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RPGs in the Covid-19 Era: Meditations on Roll20

01 Monday Jun 2020

Posted by John Samuel in Game Reviews, reviews, Role Playing, Tech Reviews

≈ 5 Comments

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COVID-19, games, gaming, Role Playing, RuneQuest, RuneQuest: Canberra, RuneQuest: Perth, RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha

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Roll20 Logo

Dealing with COVID-19 has, of necessity, forced me and several other gamesmasters I know to adopt Roll20[1] as an online platform for table-top roleplaying games.

So, having done so for the last couple of months, what are my general thoughts on Roll20, and are those thoughts extendable to other platforms[2]? Continue reading →

After School Dice Club (2019)

22 Sunday Mar 2020

Posted by John Samuel in anime, Anime Reviews, reviews

≈ 10 Comments

Tags

After School Dice Club, board games, games, gaming, Houkago Saikoro Kurabu, Saikoro, Whisper of the Heart

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Source: AnimeLab

I noticed on Friday 28 February that Anime Lab had picked up After School Dice Club[1] and had finished it by the following Saturday night.

Yes, Saikoro is that much fun if you’re a board gamer. Continue reading →

It’s really not my week.

11 Wednesday Mar 2020

Posted by John Samuel in Uncategorized

≈ 3 Comments

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games, gaming, Pendragon, Role Playing, RuneQuest, RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha, sf cons

Coming hard on the cancellation of SwanCon 2020 is the unsurprising cancellation of Chaosium Con Down Under.

Even though Chaosium Con Down Under isn’t happening this year, I would still like to thank Chaosium for inviting me to GM there (it would have been RuneQuest, maybe some Pendragon). I would also like to give credit to them for making the decision to cancel promptly, as this will help many people with their plans.

Thank you Chaosium, and I hope to see you next year when CCDU rises again!

Sad News From SwanCon 2020

10 Tuesday Mar 2020

Posted by John Samuel in Uncategorized

≈ 9 Comments

Tags

friends, gaming, sf cons, SwanCon

I just heard that SwanCon 2020: Dark Visions has been cancelled due to the corona virus. This is sad news, as I’ve observed before SwanCon is my “home” convention in so many ways, and I’ve been to every single SwanCon since 1986 (SwanCon 11, C.J. Cherryh was Guest of Honour, and she’s fabulous to talk to BTW).

Continue reading →

Thank You SwanCon 40. Thank You So Much

06 Monday Apr 2015

Posted by John Samuel in Uncategorized

≈ 7 Comments

Tags

friends, gaming, sf cons, SwanCon

As I write this I’m a little more coherent than I was when I received the Mikey and tweeted this:

No. Not real. This did not just happen. Thank you #swancon so much but this is too much. pic.twitter.com/iNfZonosRV

— The Pirate King (@arcadiagt5) April 6, 2015

But not that much more coherent, and I certainly wouldn’t have been able to speak in public about it. Continue reading →

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