On The Cards: Monday 6th August

Blogging is certainly a learning curve and, the lesson that the last week has taught me is that I and writing schedules really don't get along.

I suspect that this is in a large part due to my general disdain for deadlines. At best they are a pain and, at worst they pressure me into doing some fairly shoddy work as I rush through elements like editing and proof reading.

It's also not what this blog is about at all.

This blog is all about creativity and having an outlet for that creativity. This doesn't mean that I can't have a semblance of structure to my works however, just that declaring that I was going to convert an entire supplement in a day was probably a little bit ambitious. ;0).

My plan is still to keep all you guys in the loop though as to what you can expect to see, so going forward On The Cards is going to be more of an informal guide to what I have planned rather than the structured blow-by-blow plan of action.

So, going forward, the "plan" looks a little something like this...

I am still continuing with the conversion of the beasties for Diablo and, slowly but surely we are getting there. All being well, we should be roughly at the half-way point with them by the end of the week.

The trollish content will be thick and fast this week as I take a look at the latest products hitting the market, share my view on a more flexible means of character creation, review the next copy of Elder Tunnels in my collection and, compare Tunnels and Trolls to it's sister game Monsters! Monsters!

On the board game front I hope to be taking a look Relic, opening (finally) my copy of Fortress America and, sharing a couple of interesting reviews from around the web with my take on matters.

I have also downloaded my prizes from the contest over at Tenkar's Tavern this morning so hopefully I will have time to read through and possibly review those this week.

On top of all of this, I still have tons and TONS of content in the pipeline, so be sure to check on by on a regular basis and, most of all, enjoy your gaming. :0).

On The Cards: Sunday 29th July

Well, the week of the troll was a resounding success and, I feel that this blog is going from strength to strength.

Not only are we getting more views but, I'm also getting more organized. Work may still interfere (doesn't it always) with what I have planned for posting next week but, here's what I have in store for you all so far...

Tuesday: Diablo Day

A first look at the pencil and paper Diablo II roleplaying game freely available from Wizards of the Coast, comparing it to the other "pay to play" versions out there and, some of my own observations that will allow you to take it further without spending a dime.

I have seen a great deal of call for this in various forums, so I will be sharing my conversion notes in brief.

As a teaser however, I will say that given that the Diablo II fast play game was based upon the AD&D 2nd Edition release of the rules, the conversion notes make it perfectly possible to play the latter with only D6. Yup, that's right, D&D with nothing more than D6!

Also throughout the day I will be throwing in a few Diablo related Alchemy Bytes.

Thursday: Talisman Thursday

I've been finding myself more and more drawn towards Talisman of late, so Talisman Thursday will be more about my exploration of the game, than the game itself.

I'll be taking a look at the revised 4th Edition characters in the base game to see just how well they fare, exploring sources for new potential characters and, taking a gander at the rumors surrounding Relic.

Friday: Fluxx Friday

Amazingly the other night I actually met not one but, two people that were unable to wrap their heads around the concept of Fluxx, arguably one of the easiest games to learn (well beyond Tic-Tac-Toe) in the world!

As a result I will be posting up a short quickstart guide, along with a short post about customizing your game. I might even post up the "Plain English is Ambiguous" variant that the folks I ran into seemed to like to play with.