Why Do I Have the Urge to Paint Minis?

I can't explain it? I've never painted minis nor have I ever had the desire to. I know I would be terrible at it. and no! I am not fishing for complements.  I lack the fine motor skills necessary to be a good mini painter. I know this because crafts are my weakness as a stay at home parent. Well, crafting and baking, which are similar in nature. These skills require a keen eye for detail and patience. Both of which I am sorely lacking.

 But man! The idea of painting minis sounds killer!!! I blame Starfinder. Those space ship mini previews I have seen floating around on the interwebs look dooooope! I must paint you like one of those French girls... But I will yield! I must. I don't have the resources (I'm broke, fellow, I'm broke!) to buy the many items needed to paint minis. no, I must except my fate. Minis are not meant for me.....

Heavy Gigs in Seas Side City Episode 2

The plot thickens for our B-Sides as they track the StarFall Daisho to the Iron Crab market only to be confronted by Chairman Kaga and his elite army of killer chefs! But will they be friend or foe? Join DJ Anton K and B-sides John, Bob, Jason and Jim in their next 70s-tastic adventure!

This is a play through pod that sounds more like an old school radio play. We have a great DJ and wonderful players. Give this pod a listen. Hell, listen to all the play through pods on the Good Pencil network.

Heavy Gigs Episode 2

Spirit of 77 Podcast

"Heavy Gigs in Sea Side City,the pod we are doing based around the MonkeyFun Studios game Spirit of 77.

I play a sleuth named "the Great" Buddy White, a former professional wrestler tragically injured in a horrific plane crash. After the injury, Buddy trades in the bright lights and tights of the pro wrestling circuit for the grit and grimy life of a private eye. Think Dusty Rhodes meets Jim Rockford.

Our DJ (GM in this system) is Anton. He's done an amazing job crafting a crazy fun world for the players to explore. Speaking of the players, we have a wonderful group. They are Jim (playing a time traveling rock star,) Jason (a hard living, hard driving good old boy) and John (a sexy disco owner who has a bit of blood lust.)

As I've mentioned in other posts, this game system is easy to play and loads of fun. Check out the episode and enjoy!



Spirit of 77 play through podcast

Gen Con 50

GEN CON WAS AMAZING!!!! WHY AM I SHOUTING!!! BECAUSE IT WAS AWESOME!!!!

I gotta tell you, on my way to Indy (a two hour drive from Cincinnati) I had no idea what to expect. It sounds crazy but I was also a little nervous. Why? I have no idea, just felt a bit apprehensive. I had built the event up so much in my mind, I was afraid the event wouldn't live up to expectations. Boy, was I wrong.

The show was sold out. That means single day badges as well as four day passes were gone. I think this also played into my nervousness. The thought of all those people made me a little uneasy but again, I was mistaken. The space is HUGE!!!  Three halls of the convention center was filled with vendors. Paizo had set up an impressive make-shift store jammed packed with all things kinds of goodies. Well, everything minus the new Starfinder core rule book. Those bad boys sold out Thursday afternoon. Yep, the entire inventory for a four day show gone in an afternoon.  There were three halls dedicated to magic and other card/board games. All of the ballrooms that line the hallways of the convention center were all filled with people playing games.

But that's not all. The show takes over downtown. The street in front of the convention center is shut down and 40 food trucks lined up to serve the hungry con goers things like pizza, BBQ, Chinese noodles and evn fro-yo! All of the adjacent hotels' ballroom and conference room space were filled with games, many which ran until 3am.  Lucas Oil stadium, home of the Colts was transformed into a game library, filled with tables and gamers. Meaning your wizard was free to goblins on the 50 yard line! Crazy right? Nope, not the craziest part. The rest of the stadium, was turned into a LARPing dungeon crawl! Yep! A real life crawl in the hallways of Lucas Oil Stadium! how crazy is that!

There was way too much going on for my one day visit however, I don't feel like I was short changed. I played in two con organized games (Tales from the Loop and Hollow Earth Adventures. Both of which I will discuss later in some detail) and I was able to purchase some cool stuff from the many vendors.

If you love gaming and never attended you should go. it was that much fun. I have decided I will go every year for the rest of my life! See you there!

Game Night! Spirit of 77

By far, the funnest game I am currently playing in (we will see if that is the case after I get my Starfinder book) is Spirit of 77 from Monkeyfun Studios. For those of you who have never heard of the game, Spirit of 77 started out on Kickstarter (which seems to be the birthplace of many inventive games) and after a successful campaign the game went game shops and sites. Spirit of 77 is the exploitation film of table top RPGs.  Players can play boppers (think "The Warriors"), sleuths (Kojack or Columbo) or a good old fashioned tough guy (Kane from Kung Fu) in an alternate reality where Nixon  was never impeached and Agnew was sent to Mars, or something like that.

Anyway, the game is a real blast. The system is a easy to pick up D6 system with little math needed. The core rule book even goes as far to say the most important rule of the game is to "have fun," and "if something in the rules is not fun, then ignore it, change it, or make something up."  It is truly a players game with the point being to have a good time. And man, do they hit the mark!

If you are a fan of exploitation films of the 70's or the Rockford Files, this is the table top RPG for you.

The Intro

Hi, my name is Bob! I love table top gaming! I had this long intro planned, rambling on and on about my gaming history and blah bah blah. I scrapped it.

I want to get down to business. I plan on use this blog as a review, game/character journal, links to the podcasts of the games we are running and so much more.

As for the games I am currently playing are:

Dungeons and Dragons 4th edition (Swordmage/Sorcerer hybrid)

Pathfinder (Swashbuckler)

Spirit of 77 (Sleuth, All Star)