Cardcore Gamer: The Creative Process
Painting miniatures is a relaxing hobby which can be enjoyed by all. Here I present a guide to my painting process. When painting miniatures, it is important to have a clean, well-lit work area with...
View ArticleCardcore Gamer: Designing the Perfect Dungeon
The Fantasy Dungeon Crawl is a venerable staple of table-top gaming, but can the genre ever be perfected? It’s the age old story; you and a racially diverse bunch of your mates break into a network of...
View ArticleCardcore Gamer: The Again Beginning
Ay up, This is the story of how table-top games came into and eventually more-or-less took over my life. I call it “The story of how table-top games came into and eventually more-or-less took over my...
View ArticleCardcore Gamer: How Appropriate Are Your Bits?
The tidal wave of plastic miniatures I spoke of back here shows no signs of breaking and while many are happily surfing atop it, I can’t help but question whether, like this surfing metaphor, game...
View ArticleCardcore Gamer: Catcore Gamer
Cats! Darlings of the internet and scourge of rodents (except for the Capybara). So why is there such a dearth of properly cat-themed games? There have been plenty of cat-related games released over...
View ArticleCardcore Gamer: Big Box o’ LIES!
Board game boxes contain a lot of information to help you decide whether this is a game for you. They also frequently lie their lids off, the boxy buggers! Part of my job as a game shop denizen...
View ArticleCardcore Gamer: Here, Kitty, Kitty! Review
But the cat came back the very next day… Why hello there! I do apologise for my abrupt absence, but about a fortnight after my last post I underwent a significant upgrade to Dad 2.0 (2.2 if you count...
View ArticleCardcore Gamer: How I escaped reality in 2016, part 1
Britain’s flopping about in the sea, Mr. Punch is the president elect, and I ran out of whisky! Ah, board games! What would this fine country be without the quintessential activity of the...
View ArticleCardcore Gamer: How I escaped reality in 2016, part 2
Today I will be trying not to make any references to the male genitalia as I discuss Package!? 2016 continues apace, mowing down celebrities left and right, even stretching a tendril to snatch away...
View ArticleCardcore Gamer: How I Escaped Reality in 2016, part 3
Merry! Um…Happy! Err…it’s March. Welcome, welcome, friends. Welcome to twenty-oughty-one-ety-seven. It’s a year AND SO MUCH MORE! But before I reveal what stupefying, death defying, shallow frying...
View ArticleCardcore Gamer: IN SPAAAAACE!
Step lively, Rocketeers! Time to show how keen Earthlings can be! Space! It is, mostly, but between the stardust and dead satellites lies adventure for those brave, well-groomed few who don the velour...
View ArticleCardcore Gamer: A Sneaky Peek into Slyville
Board games and a medieval setting; the cheese and crackers of the table-top! Farming! Economics! Commerce! Mayhap some flax! But beneath the cheerily constructive historical tinkering, there are...
View ArticleCardcore Gamer: Flat Pack Cat Stack
Cats! The internet cannot get enough of them, and neither can I. Ikea! That’s also a thing people like. Let this handy allen key unlock new heights of near-2D felinity! Do you remember those logic...
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