The Year in Awesome 2009

I have been a bit remiss with Games of State of late. My post-graduate course is leaving me with little time for socialising away from books, let alone sitting down to blog regularly. Hopefully 2010 will see my post rate pick up again, but with the taught part of my course not ending until the [...]

Geek Moving Annoyance No 2 – Which Books and Where To Put Them?

I own 577 books. I know this because I use the excellent Delicious Library to keep track of books I’ve loaned to people and keep tabs on them for insurance purposes (most my books are just trade paperbacks, but I have some rare books as well).

Moving from a two bedroom flat in which every room [...]

Moving Annoyance No. 1 – Which RPG Books?

There are a lot of annoying aspects to moving. Quite frankly, the entire process seems to be geared to cause maximum stress no matter how you do it. There are a number of much more specific annoyances lurking in the wings however.

Today, I am annoyed because while there is plenty of room for a [...]

What Alignment Is [Insert Fictional Character]?

Alignment has been on my mind of late.
I’m not a massive fan of alignment, because I feel it’s a bit too restrictive – no character is always going to fall into one of nine categories when they make a decision. Notheless, alignment is still a part of gaming and it needs it’s paragons. So, thanks [...]

Post-Christmas Purchases

Ah Christmas, what better excuse is there to expand one’s collection of gamebooks.

I’m rather chuft with my wee selection:

World of Darkness Core and Mage: The Awakening

Friends of mine have been running a Mage campaign recently and I heard a lot of good things about it. I also know far too many people who are utterly [...]