After years of being out of the business, I have decided to pull from the archives all of my old role-playing games, adventures, and accessories and print them via pdf and lulu (www.lulu.com). Although I consider myself adept at writing instruction manuals, I have one flaw that has kept me from becoming the next printing [...]
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Looking for Artists
Posted in Blogroll, Pay No Attention To The Man Behind The Curtain, tagged Fantasy, Freelance Artists, Games, RPG on April 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Returning to EQ2
Posted in Blogroll, Emerald Tablet, tagged Everquest II, MMO on April 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
It was inevitable, someday, but it was sooner rather than later that I have returned to Everquest II. I spent a month in Everquest, and enjoyed their new mercenary option, then another 6 weeks in Warhammer and discovered what all the excitement was — and all the let down as well.
All during my hiatus, [...]
Senselessness of Warhammer
Posted in Blogroll, Emerald Tablet, tagged PvP, Wahammer on April 5, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Here is a funny thing that occurred to me while I waited for an RvR warband to form. I asked myself what sense was there in my impending battle? What is at stake and what are the spoils of victory?
If I engage in battle only for personal acquisition of wealth, loot, and experience, [...]
Warhammer: Low Pop, Low Fun
Posted in Blogroll, Emerald Tablet on April 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I have never found a MMO more tied to the number of people playing and the amount of fun you have in the game, than Warhammer. Lately I have been finding my server to be a bit under populated, which translates into pitifull RvR, long waits in Scenarios, and absolutely no help in Public [...]
Fearless In Warhammer
Posted in Blogroll, Emerald Tablet, tagged Fearless, Healers, Tactics, Warhammer on April 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
What would happen if you could stick your hand in a fire and feel no pain? It wouldn’t take long before you would be bathing in gasoline, while smoking a cigarette. That is the feeling I have in Warhammer.
Death is so meaningless that I would rather just die than to log out of [...]
Where Did Warhammer Go Wrong
Posted in Blogroll, Emerald Tablet, tagged Characters, Game Mechanics, Healers, Warhammer on April 2, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I must admit that after three weeks of playing hard on Warhammer, I have begun to see some chinks in the armor that I thought was once impenetrable. I think there is enough blame to go around, both to the designers, the testers, and the players on some growing faults in the game.
The first [...]
The Love of My Life
Posted in Blogroll, Emerald Tablet, Pay No Attention To The Man Behind The Curtain, tagged Companion, Friendship, Love on March 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Often we forget about the most basic comforts in life. I was reminded of that yesterday, when I inadvertantly posted a few thoughtless comments about the only person in my life that truly matters. My best friend, my wife.
I am not a real gushy, smoochy person, but I do know when I have made a [...]
Try Runes of Magic
Posted in Blogroll, Emerald Tablet, tagged EQual Perspectives, MMO, Runes of Magic, Travels with Troy on March 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
http://www.runesofmagic.com/us/index.html
Warhammer Review
Posted in Blogroll, Emerald Tablet, tagged EQual Perspectives, MMO, New Realms To Explore, Travels with Troy, Warhammer on March 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I just left the ten day free trial of Warhammer, spending my days fighting on the Vortex Server. I must say that the game is very fun to play and reminds me graphically of Lord of the Rings; plays like World of Warcraft; and has the PvP of Dark Ages of Camelot.
I played a [...]
Baby Steps
Posted in Blogroll, Emerald Tablet, tagged Destiny, Life Changes, Writing on March 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I used to think that life events happened it giant titanic leaps — the sort of life changing moments like moving to Japan or Washington DC (which I did) or getting married (which I did as well). But as I get older I see that life is not these giant leaps into the unknown [...]