The NWoD game “Geist: The Sin-Eaters” is a difficult game to summarize. It’s essentially a game of ordinary people who almost die, make a bargain with a “geist,” (a type of spirit or force of nature) and return to life with supernatural powers. However, in exchange for this second chance at life, they are...
Read more →It’s been a long time since I’ve had the chance to write an update on Here I Stand: Wars of the Reformation 1517-1555 because this turn has taken a hell of a long time to complete! It is a GMT game that I play by email (PBEM) and I’ve lost count of how many...
Read more →Are you interested in wargaming, but are daunted by the time commitment? Games that can go for hours, weeks, months, even years if you play by email? Is it too much trouble to find more than one person to play with you and make the same commitment? Is a tome of rules too overwhelming...
Read more →Lucia (Lucy) Maria Ramirez (October 6, 1987 – November 5, 2011) This is a true character arc that I went through in NWoD Geist. It was a deeply emotional journey up through death with a character that I became very attached to by the end. I couldn’t have done it without a wonderful Storyteller...
Read more →Mouse Guard is a wonderful game that is in turns adorable, heroic, moving and exciting. It’s a fantasy world based on a series of comics by David Petersen. The RPG is based on the Burning Wheel system by Luke Crane. It reminds me a great deal of the Redwall series where animals are the...
Read more →Finally! Turn 3 is over and it was an exciting one!! I didn’t believe it would be possible, but I got to burn a Protestant (sorry to anyone who may be offended out there. It’s not a practice I usually follow). One of the advantages of playing the Pope is that the player has...
Read more →Continuing with Here I Stand: Wars of the Reformation 1517-1555, it has taken several weeks to get through the preliminaries of Turn 3 (remember, the whole game started in May!) Now, we finally get to play our cards in the Action Phase! Why did it take so long? Well, part of the reason is...
Read more →Turn 2 endeth and the Protestants march ahead. Apparently God is on summer break for this tragic Pope! What I did was follow the advice of a veteran friend and attack Florence. This gave me two crucial victory points, but I ended up with a net loss of one due to the Protestants doing...
Read more →I’ve reached the end of Turn 1 and, as my first-time ever as Pope, my butt is being KICKED by the Protestants. I believe that I let them get away with too many conversions. Should have tried burning more of them! Right now, we move into the diplomacy phase of Turn 2. I finally...
Read more →I ‘ve almost finished my first game of Here I Stand and am sitting in second place. That’s not too bad for a first-timer, although I have to give credit to the fine gentlemen who played with me and who held my hand during the game. All of this playing was done electronically with...
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