Tuesday, May 29, 2012

SurfMonkey Sessions: We Become Lords of Waterdeep, Create a Few Spells, and Run the Cloaks into the Wall of Mercenaries




SurfMonkey beat me at this...




I beat him at this...



and this...

A great night of gaming. We managed to jam in a bunch of gaming into a short period of time. I loved Lords of Waterdeep, not so keen on Spell Wars, and LOVE me some Summoner Wars!

Until next time: Play more Summoner Wars.

Sunday, May 13, 2012

Episode 2 of the d6 Countdown is now live!

Click on our awesome new logo to the left here to take you to episode 2.

On this episode:
     A little Summoner Wars
     A lot of Magic the Gathering
     A little iOS hobby games
     A ton of RPGs
   
 The Question of the Week is what makes a great game, great and a crappy game, crappy.

The d6 Countdown is my top 6 favorite pen and paper RPGs.

Please give it a listen. Any feedback is appreciated. You can throw your comments below or email us at the d6Countdown@gmail.com


Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Monday, April 30, 2012

The First Full Episode of the d6 Countdown

Bitmap Studios has released the very first episode of our gaming podcast:

the d6 Countdown.

Please give it a listen and let me know what you think. You can email me your comments at d6countdown@gmail.com

In this episode, we discuss what we have been playing: Magic the Gathering, Castles and Crusades, Summoner Wars, We Didn't Playtest This and its newest expansion, We Didn't Playtest This Legacies. iOS games Ascension and Nightfall.

Our question of the week was: What tabletop games do better than video games and vice versa.

Our d6 Countdown was Top 6 Favorite Magic the Gathering cards.

Enjoy.


Tuesday, April 17, 2012

Hey! I am on a podcast!

d6 Countdown!


Several of my former students and friends have created a podcast about video games and other geekery. They were generous enough to bring me on board to be the resident tabletop game expert. 


If video games aren't your thing, then you can fast forward to 22 minutes remaining to hear me talk about tabletop gaming. I suggest, though, you give them a listen. These guys run one awesome podcast, funny, entertaining, and informational.

Let me know what you think. 

You can email me at d6countdown@gmail.com

Thanks for listening. We at Bitmap Studios thank you.




Thursday, April 12, 2012

Constantine is Summoned and SurfMonkey Joins Us for a Play Test

On Tuesday for our monthly game night SurfMonkey and I welcomed Constantine to the gaming table.

Constantine arrived first. While we waited for SurfMonkey, Maximan and I introduced Constantine to my favorite game: Summoner Wars. I handed Constantine the Tundra Orcs while I grabbed the Vanguards since I hadn't played them since adding the reinforcements.

vs.

The battle was furious. A bad draw on my part, though, didn't yield any Guardian Knights to protect Sera until late game. By that time, the Tundra Orcs had marched across the field. Constantine also seemed to have an uncanny ability to trigger Fury in his units. Beginner's Luck and a little help from Maximan sealed Sera's fate.

We shall see if your luck holds the next time we meet across the battlefields of Itharia, Constantine.

By that time, SurfMonkey had arrived. This night we had agreed to playtest a science fiction-themed dice game I had developed way back in 2008. Recently I had revisited it, revising some of the units and mechanics of the game. Constantine was in on the ground floor of the play testing the original, so I thought it only appropriate that he join the play test of the newest version.

The first play test revealed a few weaknesses in the system. The second game seemed more solid with the new tweaks, so we focused on the units and their tweaks for the second game.

I am really happy with how the game felt. It is far from complete, and I need to integrate the feedback from the play test, but I think in a few months, I should be able to talk the guys into playtesting again.

Thanks, guys. See you next month!

Thank you good reader and stay tuned for the big announcement I promised last post.