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Laserburn – the ancestor of Warhammer 40K

Posted on October 25, 2012 by Barwickian

This article was supposed to be the start of an occasional series on what I call revenant games: long out-of-print gems (or near-misses) cluttering up my bookshelves. However, I can’t

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Gaming British, Laserburn, old school 4 Comments

One character or many: an old-school turning point?

Posted on October 23, 2012 by Barwickian

When I started playing D&D in the early ’80s, it wasn’t uncommon for players to play several characters simultaneously. It wasn’t the way we played in my first game; there

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Treasure Trap – the first British LARP

Posted on October 21, 2012 by Barwickian

The last entry mentioned the White Dwarf ad for Treasure Trap, the first commercial British LARP, and perhaps the first British one altogether. It ran its first adventure in April

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Gaming live action, old school, Treasure Trap, White Dwarf 1 Comment

From the Archives: White Dwarf 28

Posted on October 21, 2012 by Barwickian

White Dwarf 28, dated December 1981/January 1982, contains the usual columns supporting D&D/AD&D and Traveller, with news reviews and one general article, The Magic Jar by Andy Slack, on how

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Gaming AD&D, old school, tabletop, White Dwarf 2 Comments

From the archives: White Dwarf 27

Posted on October 19, 2012 by Barwickian

I’ve been thoroughly enjoying James Maliszewski’s descriptions of his old copies of Ares and Dragon magazines. It’s long been in my mind to do something similar for some of the

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Pathfinder and Uzbeki party games

Posted on October 1, 2012 by Barwickian

Gosh, it’s been 10 months since I wrote anything here. If something as eclectic as this blog ever attracted a regular reader, he or she has long since given up.

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Hard times at Hero Games

Posted on November 29, 2011 by Barwickian

Hero Games’ Jason Walters made the following announcement on the Hero Games website and the Hero Games discussion boards a few minutes ago: Changes At Hero Hero Games has been

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Gaming Hero System, tabletop 1 Comment

Unchivalry & Sorcery: C&S Redbook

Posted on November 20, 2011 by Barwickian

There is a document being promoted around various filesharing sites under the name C&S Redbook, aka C&S 6th edition. I don’t know who’s behind it, but it would appear from

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Gaming C&S, Chivalry & Sorcery, tabletop 1 Comment

Poser Pro 2012 – initial thoughts

Posted on October 7, 2011 by Barwickian

One word review? Wow! I’ve been using Poser since version 5. I think this is probably the most significant upgrade I’ve experienced since then, although it’s something of a toss-up

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Poser 9 and Poser Pro 2012 on pre-order

Posted on August 26, 2011 by Barwickian

The new versions of Poser and Poser Pro are due to ship on September 20, and Smith Micro are now taking pre-orders at a significant discount. Poser Pro 2012 (retail

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