Seattle Gaming

So laid off in Seattle has been a great opportunity for gaming. I've played 3 complete games of Arkham with my wife so far and we purchased the Dark Pharoah expansion for it which has made it a lot better and more interesting. The biggest thing is just not repeating Arkham Encounters like we used to and having a lot more interesting ones to really stir it up. They did a great job of balancing the basic game with it.

I've also gone back to playing Galactic Civilizations II on the computer since my Tabula Rasa accoutn expired. I've progressed a ways into campaign play for a change and I am enjoying it.

I made a road trip up to Vancouver B.C. that was a lot more difficult than expected. Actually got a grilling going across the Canadian border and had it easy coming back. Makes me really curious how many border incidents there are though. It is one of the biggest borders in all the world and easily one of the quietest too. Last time there was serious cross border action was the war of 1812, so why all the paranoia? Anyways I got to meet Skuzzy and discuss lots of wicked stuff about the future of VOR: The Maelstrom. One of these days we WILL throw down dice and a serious conflict will ensue.


I also got to have a good Union versus Shard play session with "Scott" yesterday. You can read a full Battle Report on the Bioplazm forums.

Now we're working on Anima: Tactics which I've yet to play since moving up to the Seattle area. There is definitely plenty of interest at the local game store though and I will likely demo for the game if I have time between my VOR playing projects and actually working.

Speaking of work, I've got plenty waiting for me to do up here since moving.

June is Game Time!

Ah, the blessings of being laid off AND having money! I've gotten in two more games of Vor and for father's day I got Tabula Rasa which I've been playing. It satisfies some of my shooter urges while at the same time is a MMORPG. Tabula Rasa is a sci-fi MMO that is first-person and set in a weird apocalyptic stargate type world. It isn't great, but it is a decent game and better than all the standard fantasy fare cluttering up the online market right now that is getting old and stale. If you're curious check it out at www.playtr.com

I recommend it, but not highly.

It is nice to scratch that computer game itch, but I look forward even more to moving to Seattle home of PAX and many game companies. I hope to be able to play Vor and/or Anima: Tactics on a regular basis. Time spent not being a husband/father or looking for work or a new place to live gets to be spent on gaming though. Hmm, or spending all day yesterday helping my parents move. So really I've had at least a couple days this week to play!

It is in my plans that with my wife I will get more of this in:

You weren't being a pervert were you? I'm a married man and I wouldn't think of such things...

There are currently two other Vor players on the VORmap (see older blog) and one in British Columbia. Plus there is PAX and plenty of opportunities to indoctrinate new players to the game! Plus I know that Anima: Tactics has more players up in the Seattle area so it might be possible to get games of my other miniatures game as well.

Meanwhile however, everything is getting packed up so it will be the occasional Tabula Rasa until we're settled in a new location. It is likely my next blog won't be until then either.

Seattle bound

Well changes at my place of employment are starting to suck. After being chewed out by a new manager for being too much of a family man despite getting all my assigned projects done [b]ahead[/b] of schedule. I'm "unreliable" by which my current manager means predictability and unambitious is better than an employee who gets results. I like to teams, efficiency and achievable goals, not just punch a clock for 40 hours a week so this is kind of tough for me. So since my wife and I have discussed moving to Seattle this has kind of clinched it and we're definitely planning on making the move back to my northern stomping ground.

So I guess this hopefully means I should have no excuse to miss PAX08 this year! Unfortunately it is too late for Vor 2.0 to be part of the PAX 10. I still look forward to meeting the Turbine crew again and razzing them, free stuff, new games to see, and most of all this year hopefully getting in a good tournament of Anima: Tactics and finding Vor players to play against.

In the meantime I'm hoping to get down and finish up some of the many terrain projects we have floating around. I've finished up most of my models but have way too much terrain in an incomplete state. I hope to get some of it down and have some pictures before my next post. Which is kind of easy since I decide when I will post. Mwa ha ha! Any bets on when?