version 2.0
Ah, the difficult second game – it’s always a proper challenge and one that I have a tried and tested solution for in normal gameplay. The patented NPC fest! I usually throw my players into an NPC rich environment and see where they gravitate and build up from there. However, in this campaign one of our challenges is to not just do the usual ‘gaming by numbers’ stuff we had noticed, so where did I go?
Introduction Ian (@fandomlife on bluesky) and I decided to try out some 1-on-1 gaming, both as a way to put some meat on the conceptual bones of the gaming we enjoy and also, you...
Summary Sharpe’s Storm is the last of three most recent Sharpe novels – Assassin, Command and Storm – which takes place at the end of the Peninsular Campaign as Wellington pushes into France. It’s...
Bandwagon Jumpers Anonymous Like many people around the world, I sat down on New Years Day and watched the finale of Stranger Things S5. I’m going to say here and now that I came...
Looking back, one of the most telling things in 2025 is that my gaming review can almost be done from memory. No lists, no spreadsheets – gaming has changed into a different rhythm, finally...
You have to admire the chutzpah of Iain Gale. He’s a great author and I really like his book ‘Four Days in June’ as a story of Waterloo. However, writing a book about an...
Summary It’s the spring of 1812 and Wellington’s army faces the two great fortresses barring their progress into Spain; Ciudad Rodrigo and Badajoz. Captain Sharpe soon finds himself in the thick of the action...