Category Archives: Random Thoughts

Hammerhead

Posted on March 1, 2015 by Quirkworthy

I went to a local games show called Hammerhead yesterday, which was a bit of a break from sitting at my computer. It was the first time in a while that I’d been to a show with no work to … Continue reading →

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An Aside

Posted on February 20, 2015 by Quirkworthy

Excuse me while I have a little rant. Every day I spend many hours sitting at a computer, working with a number of different bits of software. Most of them I’ve used for a couple of decades, so I’m pretty familiar … Continue reading →

Posted in Random Thoughts | 17 Comments

What Should I Call This?

Posted on February 9, 2015 by Quirkworthy

Well here I am again. It seems like ages since I posted, mainly because it has been. Sorry about that. There are all sorts of reasons for my absence, but none of them are intrinsically interesting enough to bother you … Continue reading →

Posted in Random Thoughts | 18 Comments

Covert Ops

Posted on November 20, 2014 by Quirkworthy

Aplogies for not dealing with your comments for the last few days. I’m not currently at my desk and am writing this without any reference books to check rules queries and such. I’m also not sure if I will have … Continue reading →

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Fastest Kickstarter In The West

Posted on October 12, 2014 by Quirkworthy

I often hear people bemoaning the lateness of this or that Kickstarter project. Some are over a year behind schedule, and so it’s hardly surprising folk get peeved. In contrast to this trend, I recently got a boxed game called … Continue reading →

Posted in Kickstarter, Random Thoughts | 12 Comments

Weird Stats

Posted on October 11, 2014 by Quirkworthy

Not game stats, but website stats. This morning I looked at the stats for this site to see how many page views there had been. At that point there had been 270. The strange thing was that there had, apparently, … Continue reading →

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Spy Vs Spy

Posted on October 9, 2014 by Quirkworthy

Nothing to do with Deadzone. Can anyone recommend any good board (or card) games about spies, espionage, counter-intelligence, and similar cloak and dagger skullduggery? I can’t think of any really good ones off the top of my head. I’m sure … Continue reading →

Posted in Board Gaming, Random Thoughts | 30 Comments

Drowning By Numbers

Posted on September 30, 2014 by Quirkworthy

Lots of interesting notions posted in the last few days, and not much from me. I’m afraid I’ve been caught up with sorting out my accounts, which is beyond dull 😦 Still, it has to be done, and it almost … Continue reading →

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A Wave Of Rubbish

Posted on September 26, 2014 by Quirkworthy

A quick aside for all you guys that have blogs or websites of your own: are you getting a huge increase in spam in the last few days? I’ve gone from 1 or 2 a day that sneak past the automatic … Continue reading →

Posted in Random Thoughts | 14 Comments

Romans Go Home

Posted on September 18, 2014 by Quirkworthy

I watched a documentary on some headless Romans while I was having my tea (as you do),  and it brought up a question I’d like to ask you guys. It’s not about the main point of the story (though that … Continue reading →

Posted in Painting & Modelling, Random Thoughts | 15 Comments