yes, sunday XLBS now

It’s the XLBS Show…….Happy Sunday fellow CoGs! @free definitely get into some RPGs. I’ve been playing RPGs since the late 70’s. Some of the best gaming times of my life. Enjoy your adventures. extra nerd points for @brennon for the quote “like the Bugblatter Beast of Traal” during @warzan glow crystals segment. @artemis5150 Great Aliens minis. I looked at buying these a few weeks back, but decided to what for more reviews. Well done! @henrileite I like everything about your ‘Sleepy Hollow project’! That story was one of my childhood favorites. You have all the angles covered it looks like,… Read more »

Happy Sunday all.

HAPPY SUNDAY!!

Happy Sunday, Don’t feel afraid of meeting up with people, just don’t break the 6ft rule….oh wait we all elbow to elbow. So many people crammed into the hall. The great unwashed of conventions. Can see why it may not appeal to you getting back to the convention scene. Chin up we will slowly get back to what I would call the new normal with safety on everyone’s mind.

Happy almost a complete Sunday in the UK! (Someone nicked an hour).

Many years ago at the age of only 7, my brother introduced me to Dungeons and Dragons (Basic) as he wanted to be the DM and I ended up playing a group of adventurers that were supported by an NPC controlled by my brother to help keep me on track. It was fantastic and I learned about the meaning of words I’d never heard of before like Charisma, Constitution and Dexterity. Although my brother moved on to other interests, I continued as D&D took off in schools and I have remained immersed in the genre ever since, developing my imagination… Read more »

We’re back to having events here in Australia. I’ve been to 2 Lord of the Rings Tournaments in the last 4-5 Months and it’s not scary or weird it’s just back to normal but then again we did extremely well with Covid and didn’t have more than one or two very short lockdowns. We just had two cases in the state that got out of a hospital (all our cases are of foreign arrivals in 14 day hotel quarantine) and it’s making people go nuts. The Spring Cleaning also came at a perfect time for me. Although I did just… Read more »

Happy Sunday! I’m pretty much with @Warzan on the post-event feeling. In a number of ways this has been the best year ever for me. Am I looking forward to going back to 3 hours commuting a day, £7 sandwiches, being knackered in the evenings from that but then having commitments to grind through, then having a weekend of feeling guilty for not visiting family and grinding through the chores I didn’t have time to do during the week? Nooo-hoooo-hooooo ? I have had more hobby time over the last year, I do miss having the odd game, but the… Read more »

I agree with Warren about shows, part of me can’t wait to get back to them and another is not keen on fighting through crowds to look at stuff. I suspect mask-wearing will be a thing for some time to come. That and compulsory issuing of deodorant – but that has always been an issue at shows. In terms of games, I am looking forward to playing Frostgrave for the first time as well as Stargrave.

@dignity if you are worried about spoiling that the next Mythic Battles might be Egypt. Don’t worry they already mention it in the 1.5 rulebook with the divine stones rules.

@warzan, to help you look at upcoming Cons in a more positive way, remember that standards of hygiene are higher now than ever before. Public places have far easier access to hand sanitizer and with everyone most likely still having to wear face masks, transmission of any virus (flu, CV-19 or otherwise) will be far less than before the event. The locations will limit the numbers of attendees, so the age old issue of fighting your way through a sea of people won’t be there. And finally the tables and stalls will have to be more spaced out to allow… Read more »

A brilliant board game, guaranteed to get multiple plays in a session is Tsuro. I was introduced to it one games night at the Brighton Dice Saloon and everyone was sad when we moved on to another. I’ve bought about four copies of the game to date, as every time I’ve taken it to play with friends or family, they’ve pleaded with me to leave it so they can play with their friends! It’s a brilliant, simple game – a perfect mix of co-op and spiteful. My own personal copy, of course, has the tokens swapped out for actual, painted… Read more »

i remember we got our drive done at our old place and my eldest (at the time only) cried himself to sleep because we wouldn’t let him have the digger in his bedroom….

I have to say I’m in no rush to go to any conventions this year. I’ll wait until 2022…before mixing with the germ ridden masses…lol

I’m looking forward to sitting in the pub with some mates and playing a board game.

There are several war games I want to play this year that inclues

Flames of War
Team Yankee
SPQR
Baron’s War
Reality’s Edge
StarGrave
Mortal Gods
Gangs of Rome
Black Ops
Ronin

I didn’t find glow in the dark crystals on fleabay but I did find some pigment powder that glows

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Premium-Neon-Glow-in-the-Dark-Pigment-Powder-for-Paint-Nail-Art-Crafts-Acrylic-/273606220481?_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49292

Coming from the other side of the pandemic. I’m a postman and for the last year we have been so busy that even though I have kept up with the purchase of little people I’ve either had no time or been to tied to keep up with my hobby. So I’m looking forward to some quiet time.
Also I’m looking forward to being able to go back in our local Games Workshop store for a chat and a browse.

False widows can be handled if you’re careful. They generally won’t bite and if they do it’s no worse than a bee sting. Though some people have had allergic reactions to the bites.

I’ve removed two from the house in the past…as they’ll come indoors for the warmth. They tend to be more prone to biting around mating. The females bite is worse than the male.

Aaagh Warren is going all brockback peat bog.

When you go and plan your Spring Clean Challenge, and then are inspired by the first Sunday show, and think about other models in the pile of shame!

I may need to empty my glass containers of rice and stick dice in them. On the subject of getting back into gaming. I spend so much time and effort sorting out a game with friends that we might do just once a year that lockdown hasn’t effected too much the amount of gaming I seem to actually do. The time has allowed me to complete some projects that are now in storage and I feel almost scared to get them out and play with them

Fab projects folk’s.