I'm not sure when the holidays became the time to let your nerd flag fly high, but I'm all for it!
De nerdibus
Reflections of an aging geek
Saturday, December 24, 2016
Saturday, December 17, 2016
Dancing with Dragons
That feeling you get when the dragon who just kicked your ass goes airborne.
Friday night D&D. We took the dragon down in an epic combat that left the party with about a dozen hit points to share among us.
Friday night D&D. We took the dragon down in an epic combat that left the party with about a dozen hit points to share among us.
Saturday, November 12, 2016
Star Wars: Armada
It's been a while since I posted anything from the Ambler Gamers. Sporadic meetings and my own laziness have all but killed this blog. But last night we met up for a game of Star Wars Armada. It was my first dip-of-the-toe in this game. I was familiar with SW: X-Wing. Despite some superficial similarities, Armada turned out to be nothing like X-Wing. While in many ways it was more complex, we all agreed that it felt just like a SW space battle, with lumbering capital ships and swarms of light ships and fighters trying to score an advantage. Scott provided the miniatures, and Joe provided the expansive playing space.
I'll say this right off the bat: Armada is the most visually impressive sci-fi space combat game I have yet played in. |
Big ships hovering above the table...I wonder if anyone has made a stop-motion film of one of their games? |
We imperials had a hella lotta TIE fighters. Fun in swarms, but they are just as fragile as in the movies. |
Yes. Yes we are seriously going into an asteroid field. Never tell us the odds. |
Friday, September 23, 2016
Nerd Club!
At the school where I teach, I am one of the faculty advisors of what has come to be known as the "Nerd Club!" (our official name is the Leland Society, named for Charles Godfrey Leland, a 19th century cartoonist/occultist/fantasy author who was an alumnus of the school). Yesterday, we held out first meeting of the year. What did we serve for refreshments? Well, September 22 is a pretty big day for fantasy nerds...
Tuesday, September 20, 2016
J1Con in the can...
A video I made of our time at J1Con this past weekend, with my brother's former band providing the soundtrack.
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