What does it take to get me into a new game? Well, I’d say for boardgames its the game concept. I’m a fan of something as simple as Ticket to Ride or Scrabble but Ice Age and Carcassonne work well with me. I got Brutality from the Kickstarter delivered a few weeks ago so it seems that not all out cutthroat competition is the thing.

Videogames, good graphics win me over most of the time but if you can catch my imagination just right I’d say you have me. West of Loathing is literally stick figure animation but the premise is funny as hell and the humor is canny to gamers. Punch Club is a throwback to 16 bit graphics and a Rocky like revenge story with more tongu in cheek humor. Then again you can have something as pretty as the latest release of Battletech, Frostpunk or the Valkyria Chronicles series (damn you Sony for releasing 2 and 3 on PS Vita!)

RPGs really needs to have an overarching motif that I can sink my teeth into. White Wolf started me into the more gritty RP experience and made me think exactly what kind of narrative I played in. With my current GURPS it is sad to say that the GM doesn’t really have much to run on and its pretty obvious. 2nd ed. VtM kicked me into a new world as I read voraciously and a bit here and there to get fluff (even getting the novels at one time). Changeling: The Lost is really something to gnaw on long term and still is a favorite from when it was Changeling the Dreaming. Where can your mind wander? Go ask Alice.

I pledge to try and get some simple work done on a cleric I’ve had sitting on the shelf. Pics to prove it later.

Because this silence is offensive to Slaanesh!!!

Yep, something to be aware of when gaming World of Darkness or in the far reaches of the 41st Millenium

Rumble thee forth and poof them out of existence!!! *mucho shooty shooty bang bang ensues

When sometimes you need to turn your brain sideways

Metalheads be present as well

@mage When did you start doing musical appearances?

Relax and wind down

@woldenspoons All I could think of was a comic from waaaay back when titles Bazooka Jules when you made mention of what works for you and new games.

@limburger I think that the anime series you might want to check out about bazooka boys might be “Is This a Zombie?” where yo0u can get your confused magical garment girl as a boy.

@robert Yes, the backlog does grow sometimes. With the army down I’m getting around to mine. The bad part is being in a subscription for limited edition stuff.

@mage Yes, the thought of a large block army makes me cringe a little but it might be good. I’m not building anything large scale because I have been trying to remain mobile (yeah right). I’m at the point of having to decide between minis or my book/video collection in order to be move more readily. It sucks but I want to be more serious about mini painting and the single life without a set domicile that I own just makes that a little bit rough.

Off to work and maybe get some paint work done