Into the Fall...

 In the Starshield Gaming Society, fall is in full swing and Weezoh is running our annual Lovecraft game. This year is the Eternal Lies campaign for Trail of Cthulhu. So far, so great and creepy. Great role-playing at its finest.

In other tabletop news:

Max and I have been playing the new and exciting VS. System 2PCG from Upper Deck Entertainment. I am really enjoying it! Things the game has in common with Call of Cthulhu LCG: Draw 2 cards a round, any card can be a resource. 

It is a fast-paced and fun game. I can't stop thinking about playing it. Sign of a good game, if you ask me. Looking forward to crushing SurfMonkey in it in a couple of weeks. 

The Red Dragon Tabletop Gaming Society has begun. I taught a student how to play Ashes and plan on running a D&D game for a couple of sessions. 

Fall has begun. Let the games begin! 

Two Nights of SurfMonkey And School Begins...

Somehow, two game nights with SurfMonkey have come and gone without a post. Time to catch up.

Our first of the two missing sessions found us trying out the Star Wars Imperial Assault minis game. We played the tutorial skirmish mission.

From there we broke out the new hotness in card games: Ashes: Rise of the Phoenixborn from Plaid Hat Games, the company that brought me my favorite game: Summoner Wars. The designer, Isaac Vega also brought the world one of the best games in the universe, Dead of Winter.

This game does not disappoint. The dice resource mechanic makes me smile and the card art is beautiful.

Our second session saw more Ashes. Different decks this time and SurfMonkey came out victorious in a glorious back and forth slugfest.

 We ended the night with a game of Dicemasters: Dungeons & Dragons. SurfMonkey hadn't played this version of Dicemasters yet, so it was a must play for him. In the end, I was victorious. Fun times.

I have also been doing some solo gaming in my dwindling free time. 

That's right. I have broken out ye old Pathfinder Adventure Card Game recently and finished another chapter in the Rise of the Runelords campaign and have set up for another. I think this game still holds up and look forward to finally finishing the story arc. As there are plenty more adventures for this game to come, I think it will keep me firmly in solo gaming for awhile.

Fall is slowly approaching, and as anyone knows, fall is Lovecraft time here at magehammer's Gaming Table. I played some more Call of Cthulhu LCG and will be beginning a campaign as a player in Weezoh's Trail of Cthulhu game soon. Stay tuned for more gaming goodness as the footballs fly and the leaves tumble. 

Keep on rolling dice and slinging cards, people!

End of Summer Game Bonanza!

One half of the Ho Crain came on over for the Twilight of Summer gaming. He leaves for college tomorrow, so he wanted to get in some game time before returning to the grind. I did not disappoint. 

I started him out with a Solomon draft of Epic. He beat me. 

Then we moved to a game of Yu Gi Oh. It was him playing Lightsworn, me Masked Heroes. I won. 

After Yu Gi Oh, we moved on to Call of Cthulhu LCG! He played my Agency Hunter deck vs. my Cthulhu deck. A bad draw on my part led to my defeat. I love this game!

Ashes hit the table for the finale. Crain said it was an easy game to pick up, which it is if you're a gamer. He played Coal; I played Viper. It was a really good back and forth battle. In the end, my Silver Snake couldn't get any traction and Coal beat me down. Great game!

Before the Crain came over, the boys and I played some D&D. They are finishing off the "Death from Above" module in Quests of Doom Vol. 1. 

And even before that, I finished out my solo game of Sentinels of Echo City and posted it on Google+.

Overall, one of those game nirvana days.

Summer Games

Lots of gaming going on here. Just haven't posted in a while. Maximan and I have played Summoner Wars, Epic, and Ashes: Rise of the Phoenixborn. I also played Ashes with SurfMonkey before our weekly Starshield Gaming Society D&D game. 

On the RPG front, I stumbled upon an OGL superhero RPG I really like! RPGNow Christmas in July is an amazing sale. So, I picked up this gem:

The boys and I have played two sessions of it, and I am running it using my ExampleofPlay Solo RPG Engine. Character creation is random but tweakable. Loving it. My print copy should arrive tomorrow.

We have also continued playing D&D every few days. Great times!