http://seanandmelissa.net/gamer Games & gaming in my home town of Pearland Texas Wed, 19 Jul 2006 02:39:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Gaming in Pearland is headed out the door.  It has been a long while since I have been able to write much about the gaming side of my life.  However, I am not abandoning the blog lifestyle altogether.  I have just started a new, more general blog called sean.blog.  Please ... http://seanandmelissa.net/gamer/2006/07/18/final-post/ Just happened upon the WOTC page and saw this site for a new miniatures game coming in August. Looks like a horror themed game. This is the first I had heard of this new game. DreamBlade Miniatures Official Home Page Technorati Tags: collectible miniatures game http://seanandmelissa.net/gamer/2006/05/24/dreamblade-cmg-in-augusr/ I have been horribly deficient in writing up reports from the Shadow Creek Ranch Social Game club (Scrgamers).  We got together this past Saturday for our third game day.  This month, game day was hosted by the Chris and Keri King.  I brought a pretty large selection of games along, ... http://seanandmelissa.net/gamer/2006/05/22/scr-gamers-may-game-day/ Caught this link over on Gaming Report.  I would certainly be interested if it was true, and if the game was at least pretty good…we shall have to wait and see. Avalon Hill Boards - Axis and Allies Miniatures “War at Sea” http://seanandmelissa.net/gamer/2006/03/20/a-new-aa-minis-game/ Could be an interesting game.  The WFRP 2.0 rules have really grown on me.  The time frame for the entire roll out of the product line seems a bit odd.  Fans will end up buying all three books.  Guess that happens though. Warhammer 40K RPG Details Announced @ Gaming Report http://seanandmelissa.net/gamer/2006/03/14/40k-rpg/ A new web community/social bookmarking site is out of beta and ready for use.  If you are interested in social bookmarking, and online communities this seems to be a nice competitor to del.icio.us and Simpy. Ma.gnolia Social Bookmarking: Search and Find Web Sites & Build Community Online. http://seanandmelissa.net/gamer/2006/02/21/social-bookmarking/ What happens when… Things have gone a little crazy in game design land since I last posted.  My straightfoward plan to make a game so that I could play with my tanks has turned into a rather massive under taking.  To provide some history,you would need to jump back to ... http://seanandmelissa.net/gamer/2006/02/04/designing-a-miniatures-game-part-3-what-happens-when/ Very Cool WizKids - HorrorClix http://seanandmelissa.net/gamer/2006/02/03/oh-the-horror/ I received a small shipment of games yesterday from Time Well Spent. I was mostly grabbing up the recently released Runebound expansions from Fantasy Flight Games. However, I also added a few games that I did not receive at Christmas. One game that just sort of fell ... http://seanandmelissa.net/gamer/2006/01/14/wallamoppi-review/ In catching up with my blogs today I noticed that Mikko Saari (Gameblog) added my miniatures design thread to the best of board game blog.  I am quite honored. Best of Board Games http://seanandmelissa.net/gamer/2006/01/12/best-of-board-games/ The newest rant of the Fantasy Flight page is about the forth coming character decks for Runebound 2nd edition.  I think the idea sounds great.  You can read about the different types of cards that will be available ... http://seanandmelissa.net/gamer/2006/01/12/runebound-character-cards-explained/ Taking the initiative Research into tanks and tank combat is proceeding nicely. I have learned quite a bit about how tanks fought, and about how the strengths and weaknesses of the Axis & Allied tanks effected the outcome of the battles they fought in. While I continue to research, I have ... http://seanandmelissa.net/gamer/2006/01/07/designing-a-miniatures-game-part-2/ I have to admit, I am a huge sucker when it comes to the collectible miniatures games. I seem to buy a box or a pack of pretty much every game that comes out. I am usually disappointed in the miniatures, but that was not true with the ... http://seanandmelissa.net/gamer/2006/01/04/designing-a-war-game-part-1/ Christmas has come and gone for 2005, and it was a good year for games and gaming. This being the first year with Iain as a member of the family things were a bit more hectic, but all worked out well in the end. My mom and my ... http://seanandmelissa.net/gamer/2006/01/04/christmas-swag/ It would appear that BGG has a new look…no real comment on it yet, but it certainly is different. BoardGameGeek http://seanandmelissa.net/gamer/2006/01/03/a-whole-new-geek/