Happy Birthday! Dungeons & Dragons Turns 40

dungeon and dragons

Happy Birthday Dungeons & Dragons! I’m not the greatest D&D player there is, yet by the guess of experts in the field, January 26th 2014 marks the 40th anniversary of Dungeons & Dragons (though as the author admits, it’s tough to nail down one specific day). Either way, that is certainly worth a little celebration! #1 […]

The Desolation of Smaug – Thoughts

Hobbit Desolation Smaug

Like a lot of people (I assume), I was the movies yesterday watching the 2nd installment of the “Hobbit-Trilogy”; i.e. Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings-prequel trilogy spun from Tolkien’s rather more lighthearted (and rather short) Hobbit book. I thought I’d share some of my thoughts! The following article will inevitably contain spoilers. You’ve been […]

5 Cool Golden Demon Entries from Games Day 2013

Golden Demon Entries 2013

As there weren’t actually any games on Games Day 2013 (outside of the valiant efforts by the guys from Fantasy Flight to demo some of their board games), the Golden Demons and Armies on Parade painting competition were the only “fan-contribution” to the event (beyond shopping). Here’s a choice of 5 miniatures from the Golden […]

The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug – Movie Trailer

The Hobbit Available for Pre-Order

Slightly off-topic. Or perhaps not. Today saw the release of the first trailer for the second instalment of the Hobbit movie “trilogy” (guess we all got used to that). The Hobbit miniatures games … dunno … I still don’t see it getting a lot of game-time, though I know some people are playing it. Either […]