by Porky | Aug 10, 2014
If you wanted to out-DCC DCC and recapture the magic and disorientation of early D&D with a new set of die shapes and ranges, what dice are left?The classics of course are the d4 and d6 - the d2 and d3 included - the d8, d10, d12 and d20, plus the d100. Most are...
by Porky | Aug 9, 2014
It's true. There's a new Space Wolf codex out for 40K, the fourth since the codex cycling began, and all three original characters - Ragnar, Ulrik and power armoured Njal - are still available, over 21 years after they first appeared in White Dwarf.Off the top of my...
by Porky | Aug 8, 2014
A quick comment on a piece of fifth edition D&D.At first I was generally positive about the idea of the so-called 'background' - the personality traits, ideals, bonds and flaws. Now I'm not so sure. It seems more gimmicky as time goes by, more predetermining of...
by Porky | Aug 7, 2014
Hats can be big in adventure fiction. Best known of all maybe is that myth made for Indiana Jones.But how do we know how important they are, or more importantly when they've fallen off? In mass wargames, who cares? In skirmish games many might, and in tactical...
by Porky | Aug 6, 2014
My post on aesthetics in 40K, Von's follow-up and Patrick's comparisons produced some solid discussion and several insights. This builds on it.The success of GW's various games hasn't given it a license to print money, but once the company captured a critical mass of...
