Game-a-thon: Saturday, May 17, 2008 |
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Submitted by DC on Sun, 05/04/2008 - 16:13.
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Reminder: This month's SWA Game-a-thon was originally scheduled for May 10th. Some of you may still have that date on your calendar. We had to bump it down a week because of an availability conflict at the Studio of Bridge and Games. Please take note! Anyway, on to this month's events... Both Sessions ( 11am - 10pm+ ) Morning Session ( 11am - 4pm )
For more information, including full event descriptions, click here for the May Game-a-thon page. Several event descriptions have links to
BoardGameGeek. Check them out for game reviews, pictures, rules and
player aids. We hope to see you there. |
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Game "Swap Meet" at this Saturday's Game-a-thon |
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Submitted by DC on Tue, 04/08/2008 - 00:07.
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This is a reminder about the SWA Game-a-thon coming this Saturday, April 12th. Not only do we have a bunch of good events (click here to see the full descriptions), but also one of our quarterly Game Swap Meets. If you've got merchandise you'd like to sell, please consider renting a table or three at our Game-a-thon. This is meant to be more of a Swap Meet / Garage Sale atmosphere, and not really intended for full merchant setups. Each attendee can rent a maximum of three tables. The first costs $2, two cost $10, and three cost $20. As you can see, the price structure encourages individuals to rent few tables. Each table is (2.5' x 2.5'); a standard card table. Some of them are kinda old and thus not very sturdy. Please keep this in mind when planning what you'll bring for sale. You can reserve your
table(s) ahead of time by using the online registration form. You will
see the prices repeated there. Please also note that you have to pay
the Game-a-thon
registration in addition to the table rental fee if you are
playing games. You can also rent
tables on a walk-in basis, first come, first served. Here's our secret
agenda... Not only do we want to help you get rid of gaming stuff
you're not using, but we'd also like to see this generate some more
walk-in traffic. So feel free to come by and browse. There
is no registration cost to you if you're not playing games. Here's the summary of events again. We've got a special all-day Wilderness War tournament. We've also got FCS D&D in both time slots. And other good gaming offerings as well... Both Sessions ( 11am - 10pm+ ) Morning Session ( 11am - 4pm )
For more information, including full event descriptions, click here for the April Game-a-thon page. We hope to see you there. |
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RPGBomb.com - Facebook for Gamers |
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Submitted by DC on Tue, 03/25/2008 - 13:00.
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Tyler Dion put the word out to the gaming community... Some folks down in southern New England have set up a social networking site for gamers. It's a lot like Facebook or MySpace, but gaming-oriented. They're in open beta right now and would like new users to check things out. http://www.rpgbomb.com Give it a look if this interests you. |
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Looking for Players - Battleground: Fantasy Warfare |
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Submitted by DC on Tue, 03/25/2008 - 11:14.
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I was introduced to a great game at last month's Total Confusion convention: Battleground: Fantasy Warfare (BFW). The manufacturer, Your Move Games, is a Massachusetts company, and they were onsite to showcase their game. BFW is like a miniatures game, but the cool innovation is that your units are printed on 2D cards. You can have a whole army's worth of units in single deck of cards in your pocket. Aside from the nice presentation, the rules are very good too. Annother innovation is that casualty hits are marked right on the card with dry-erase marker; at the end of the game, wipe your cards clean and you're all set for the next time. There are currently eight fantasy armies/factions: The Men of Hawkshold (feudal humans), Orcs, Undead, Ravenwood Elves, High Elves, Dwarves, Lizardmen, and the Umenzi tribes (like Zulus with magic). There will be more armies in the future, and historical earth sets are in development (Roman Punic war is coming soon). Each army has at least a dozen different unit types, and their unique special ability. For example, Orc generals can "lash" their troops to move faster and fight harder. The Undead can heal their units by creating new troops from the battlefield dead. Good stuff! You can learn a lot more about the game at the official BFW web site: http://www.yourmovegames.com/battleground_index.html This site includes lots of detail on each faction, discussion forums with hundreds of posts, and even a Flash animation showing how game play flows. I was so impressed with the game that I contacted Your Move Games to ask how I could help promote BFW. They would like us to be one of their Beta playtest groups for the new Campaign system they're developing. Just from showing the game to a bunch of folks around the SWA, we've already got over eight potential players lined up. But there's always room for more. We'll be starting some time in the month of April, and we'll probably be meeting on Saturday and/or Sunday afternoons. Location will probably be Zombie Planet game store, or the Studio of Bridge and Games, or a mix of the two. We'll see who's playing and what works best for the group. If we get enough players, we may even have more than one group, for better flexibility with scheduling and such. If you'd like to give the game a try, some of us will be getting together this Saturday. Newbies welcome! If you're interested in either this weekend or the Campaign idea, please contact me directly. Dave Cheng dave@swa-gaming.org (518) 464-1977 |
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Game-a-thon: Saturday, April 12, 2008 |
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Submitted by DC on Fri, 03/21/2008 - 01:06.
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We're doing things a little differently at the April Game-a-thon. We've got a special all-day Wilderness War tournament. We've also got FCS D&D in both time slots. And other good gaming offerings as well... Both Sessions ( 11am - 10pm+ ) Morning Session ( 11am - 4pm )
For more information, including full event descriptions, click here for the April Game-a-thon page. Several event descriptions have links to
BoardGameGeek. Check them out for game reviews, pictures, rules and
player aids. We hope to see you there. |
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Close Action (Age of Sail) on Saturday, May 3rd |
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Submitted by DC on Sat, 03/08/2008 - 07:32.
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Close Action is an Age of Sail miniatures game, and has been one of our most popular events at Council of Five Nations for years now. Dan Bostwick will be coming to Schenectady to run a large game for us on Saturday, May 3rd. This is open to veteran and beginner players alike. Please check out Dan's invitation below. Contact him directly if you'd like to reserve a spot for yourself. - - - Fellow Captains and Admirals, On Saturday May 3, I will be running a Close Action fleet game in Schenectady, NY, at the Studio of Bridge and Games <http://www.swa-gaming.org/node/45> , a facility kindly provided by Schenectady Wargamers Association. The scenario we play will be based on the number of people that commit, with total seating limited to fourteen players. Please plan on arriving a little before 1000. A rules refresher will begin at 1000, with command conferences starting about 1015 or so. The game will end by 1900 at the latest. Send me email at wazdakka@twcny.rr.com to reserve your seat. Please also give me indication of your experience level with the game, and preference (or tolerance) for a command rank position. Something like "Yes I'll be there, and I would just love to be fleet admiral, please, oh please, oh please" would be fine. Firm commitments regarding attendance are required by 04/19, in order to give me time to setup a scenario, pick the Admirals, assign ships, and email the scenario information out. Admirals can expect to have one week to plan, and will be given 20 minutes for command conference on game day. Dan Bostwick - - - You can read more about Close Action at the Clash of Arms web site. Link: www.clashofarms.com/close-act.html You can read even more about Close Action on Board Game Geek. Link: www.boardgamegeek.com/game/3553 Dan Bostwick has created a software package to custom print the ship log sheets. This greatly speeds prep and play time. If you like Close Action, you'll love this software. Link: www.thenavalregister.com/ |
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In Memoriam: Gary Gygax |
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Submitted by DC on Wed, 03/05/2008 - 17:25.
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Gary Gygax died this past Tuesday. As one of the co-creators of the original Dungeons & Dragons in 1974, Gygax is indesputably one of the founding fathers of the entire Role Play Game hobby. Here are some top story links: New York Times: Link Associated Press: Link Gamespy: Link Salon: Link Ars Technica: Link CNet News: Link Wired News: Link |
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Early review of Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition |
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Submitted by DC on Mon, 03/03/2008 - 12:03.
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Thanks to Adam on the Green Mountain Roleplayers email list for passing this along to the community. Warning - adult language... http://www.aintitcool.com/node/35776 |
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Northeast Wars Needs You! |
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Submitted by DC on Sat, 02/09/2008 - 11:45.
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Jonathan Chiaravalle here from Quarterstaff Games and the Convention Organizer for Northeast Wars (www.northeastwars.com). Northeast Wars is coming to the Burlington Vermont Hilton on April 4-6. We need people for Northeast Wars. We needs GMs to run events, we need people to volunteer to help, we need folks to show up and play games. I am hoping for 400 or more people to attend this con so we need to get the word out. If you are interested in running an event, please go to: http://www.northeastwars.com/?page=gms to sign up. We will post your information after editing. There are many time slots open. If you GM one event your get one day free. Two events gets you the whole weekend and Three events gets you the whole weekend plus a con t-shirt. Please get back to us soon to advertise your event. If you volunteer it is the same as GMing. We need volunteers for the registration desk, info/help center, traffic controllers and managing general chaos. If you are interested in signing up for the convention, please go to: http://www.northeastwars.com/?page=prereg Print out the page and mail it in. If you are interested in vending or having your business represented please go to: http://www.northeastwars.com/?page=vendors or reply to this email. Thank you for your time and I look forward to seeing you at Northeast Wars VIII in 08, the Resurrection. Sincerely, Jonathan G. Chiaravalle -- Quarterstaff Games Attn: Northeast Wars 152 Church St. Burlington VT 05401 p: 802-863-3666 e: northeastwars@gmail.com |
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