Category Archives: Random Thoughts

Wading Through Neck Deep FAQs

Well I managed to reduce the comments on the DB FAQ from just over a hundred back to a mere 60 or so. There are still some good questions I need to subsume into the main body, but I’m getting … Continue reading

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Mixed Success

Well I’ve had a good day’s worth of gaming and writing, with Eternal Battles doing mostly what I wanted it to. Unfortunately the same can’t be said for the poll I was going to upload for you guys to play … Continue reading

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The Lonesome Death of Games Workshop

First up, GW are not dying (a), nor do I wish them to be (b). (a) The reports I hear suggest that while their business model may come in for some criticism, they are doing fine at the moment, thank … Continue reading

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The Usual Flak

Well it was always going to happen. Say I’m doing something and it’s (allegedly) simply a clone of Mordheim, BattleFleet Gothic, Epic, etc. I’m talking, of course, about the comments on TGN about me self-publishing. It’s a shame, really, that … Continue reading

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Bleh

I think I underestimated quite how unwell I was. So unwell, in fact, that I didn’t sit at my computer at all for 3 days, which is almost unheard of for me. Not dying, you understand, but not well enough … Continue reading

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Change of Season

And here come the colds 😦 Feeling particularly grotty today, which is frustrating as I’m having a bit of  a creative phase and am filling notebook after notebook with ideas for new games and bits of games. There’s lots going … Continue reading

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Perils of an Active Brain

Well like I said, I was trying to clear the backlog of comments I needed to reply to. Unfortunately, I got waylaid by an idea for a new board game and spent most of my weekend tinkering with that instead. … Continue reading

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Help Me Out Here

One of the funny things about designing games is that the more I get to work on cool projects like DreadBall, the less I get to play all the many games I have piled up in my study. Perhaps I … Continue reading

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Back Again

A combination of wandering about Europe for a week and getting loads of gaming work done has kept me from posting for a bit, but I’ve cleared my desk now and will be rather more active over the coming days. … Continue reading

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UK Game Expo

Very quickly, it looks like I might be there on sunday 27th. I might be on the Mantic stand at some stage but will otherwise be wandering about. Just in case anyone wants to say hi 🙂

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