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Early: Pathfinder: The Embassy
Late: d20 Future: Mechacolony

Backup: Traveller: Machine Parts Transit Solutions

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 Just for Dr Manda

Thu, 22 Apr 2010 08:52:37 GMT

ROFL Spiders


 Congratulations Zak and Crazy!

Fri, 09 Apr 2010 11:31:07 GMT

Congratulations to new parents Zak & Crazy, and welcome to the world the twin boys, Dexter and Vincent.

So gaming at Zak's is off tonight, I'm opening the bar here for drinks to celibrate.


 The Doctor Returns

Wed, 07 Apr 2010 10:20:48 GMT

Yes, The Doctor made a fantastic return to the telly last Saturday, it's available here on the iPlayer:

Doctor Who: The Eleventh Hour

No spoilers, other than "It's Great!", just go watch it. :-}=


   Pathfinder: The Embassy, did all the new characters get a Trait?

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:15:09 GMT

Just something else I remembered, did all the new characters pick a Trait? The little half-feat character details from the Character Traits printout?

If not, you're owed one!

You can download a PDF of the Character Traits rules from here:

Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Resource Page

Pick one and check it with Jak, as some aren't being allowed, or may not fit the setting and I can't remember which.


Pathfinder: The Embassy


   Pathfinder: The Embassy page updated

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:07:05 GMT

Updated the page for The Embassy, now it's become the early game and added all the extra players. Everyone who has levelled up already has their level 7 stats, saves and skills.


Pathfinder: The Embassy


  Bloodbowl: Shadownight All-Stars take on the Scimitars and the Packers

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 16:40:47 GMT

Match Cas ForPassGateDate
Shareef Scimitars 3 - 0 Shadownight All-Stars 1 - 0 1 - 1 15,000 2010-02-23
Tolbeck Packers 6 - 0 Shadownight All-Stars 1 - 3 2 - 2 21,000 2010-02-24

Two more games for the All-Stars, sadly they are still to score.

First up it was a clash of the low raiting teams with Shadownight taking on the Shareef Scimitars. The All-Stars put up a better game of it, they still can't generate a scoring drive but did hold the Scimitars to 3 TDs, the last grabbed in the final turn of the game.

Game two saw the Packers roll over the All-Stars with a 6-0 win, however they didn't have it all their own way as the Shadownight offensive line killed off two Tolbeck lineman and used a chainsaw to nobble the Ogre, causing to miss most of the game.

2009 Blood Bowl League (Autumn)

TeamRaceCoach TV W L D GD CD PD Pts
Shareef ScimitarsHumanGav 1,480,000 5 - 1 +19 +7 - 28
Tolbeck PackersHumanLevi 2,470,000 2 1 - +5 -4 -3 11
Northern HawksChaosJak 3,010,000 - - 1 - +3 - 3
Shadownight All-StarsDark ElfIan 1,050,000 - 3 - -14 - +1 3
New World WenchesAmazonDavid 2,780,000 - 1 - -1 -2 +2 1
Sixty WhinerzOrcAddam 1,580,000 - 1 - -3 -2 - 1
Skadayul BullzOrcMax 1,590,000 - 1 - -6 -2 - 1
Khemri ParaplegicUndeadManda 1,320,000 - - - - - - -

All this pushes Shareef and Tolbeck away at the top of the table, with the Northerners taking 3rd place ahead of Shadownight on GD.


Bloodbowl League


  Bloodbowl: Scimitars vs Bullz

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:42:33 GMT

Match Cas ForPassGateDate
Shareef Scimitars 6 - 0 Skadayul Bullz 2 - 0 2 - 2 12,000 2010-02-22

The Bullz went into their first game against a lower raited team, but came away with the looser's end of the purse.

Both teams put in a solid first half, with favourable kick off table results building a lead for Shareef, but fumblefest began when the ball was kicked for the second half. From there the Bullz and Scimitars failed over and over to pick up or pass the ball, it was only the fact the ball remained in the Skadayul half that put Shareef in a position to scramble in a few more TDs and lock down the win.

2009 Blood Bowl League (Autumn)

TeamRaceCoach TV W L D GD CD PD Pts
Shareef ScimitarsHumanGav 1,400,000 4 - 1 +16 +6 - 23
Tolbeck PackersHumanLevi 2,440,000 1 1 - -2 -2 -3 6
Northern HawksChaosJak 3,010,000 - - 1 - +3 - 3
New World WenchesAmazonDavid 2,780,000 - 1 - -1 -2 +2 1
Sixty WhinerzOrcAddam 1,580,000 - 1 - -3 -2 - 1
Shadownight All-StarsDark ElfIan 1,020,000 - 1 - -5 -1 +1 1
Skadayul BullzOrcMax 1,590,000 - 1 - -6 -2 - 1

Bloodbowl League


  Bloodbowl: Season 8 so far...

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:55:10 GMT

I've been slack posting Bloodbowl results on the front page this season, sorry about that. The main League page is always updated right after the game, but I keep meaning to post here later and just not doing it.

This season has seen the Reds, Braaaiins and Klean go on hiatus, while the Packers and Hawks return. Also two new teams join the League, The Shadownight All-Stars and The Shareef Scimtars.

Results so far then:

Match Cas ForPassGateDate
Tolbeck Packers 4 - 3 New World Wenches 3 - 1 1 - 3 35,000 2010-01-27
Shareef Scimitars 5 - 0 Shadownight All-Stars 3 - 2 2 - 3 11,000 2010-02-07
Shareef Scimitars 4 - 2 Tolbeck Packers 4 - 0 4 - 3 20,000 2010-02-10
Shareef Scimitars 2 - 2 Northern Hawks 0 - 3 2 - 2 26,000 2010-02-10
Shareef Scimitars 4 - 1 Sixty Whinerz 2 - 0 5 - 5 20,000 2010-02-11

Season 8 kicks off with the defending Blood Bowl Champions, The Tolbeck Packers, taking on the team that has secured every Trophy this year, The New World Wenches. The Packers heavy hitting play did some serious harm to key Wenches and proved that the Champs are planning to keep that Cup.

Match number two was the other end of the spectrum, with the two rookie teams facing off. In the first half it was looking like a close game, with the humans 1-0 up over the elves. But the floodgates opened in the second half as casualties and KOs combined with a lack of reserves started to clear the field for the Scimitars to keep running them in.

Game three saw the Packers take a surprise loss to the Scimitars. Some great inducements in a set of experimental Orcidas Boots and some well timed Lewd Manoeuvres from the Scimitar Cheerleaders, combined with some aggressive tackling carried the underdogs to the big upset.

Number Four was the first Draw of the season, with the heavyweight tackling machine, The Northern Hawks taking on the extremely busy Shareef Scimitars. The Hawks dominated the field while shenanigans and chicanery from the Scimitars stack of inducement cards failed at every turn. In the final turns however lady luck smiled on the newcomers and a last turn dodge-dodge-touchdown evened up the scores and took the game to a 2-2 draw.

And Finally, Season 8, Match 5 saw the Scimitars once again take the field against the Orcish Monsters of The Sixty Whinerz. The Whinerz for the first time taking on a team with a lower team value, started out strong, with some good fortune bouncing a missed pass back into the hands of the receiver in the End Zone for an outstanding Touchdown. Both teams put in a solid passing game with 5 completed each. However in the match of human speed verses orcish strength it was Scimitars clocking up 4 passing TDs for the win.

2009 Blood Bowl League (Autumn)

TeamRaceCoach TV W L D GD CD PD Pts
Shareef ScimitarsHumanGav 1,350,000 3 - 1 +10 +4 - 18
Tolbeck PackersHumansLevi 2,440,000 1 1 - -2 -2 -3 6
Northern HawksChaosJak 3,010,000 - - 1 - +3 - 3
New World WenchesAmazonDavid 2,780,000 - 1 - -1 -2 +2 1
Sixty WhinerzOrcAddam 1,580,000 - 1 - -3 -2 - 1
Shadownight All-StarsDark ElfIan 1,020,000 - 1 - -5 -1 +1 1

So that's Season 8 so far. The table is still mostly split up by number of games played, currently only the Hawks and the Scimitars are undefeated and only the Scimitars and the Packers have a Win on the table.


Bloodbowl League


  Pathfinder: The Embassy Page

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:33:19 GMT

Added a page for the current Late Game, The Embassy.

Always handy as a way for GMs to keep a track of skills and saves between sessions.


Pathfinder: The Embassy


  The Scimitars of Shareef, a Warband for Song of Blades and Heroes

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:46:19 GMT

My new Warband for Song of Blades and Heroes, The Scimitars of Shareef.

I need to add another couple of Skirmishers, then they're ready to go.


Shareef Abdul-Sabur Standard Bearer Drummer Skirmisher Skirmisher Skirmisher Skirmisher Djinn

Miniatures from Artizan Designs and Games Workshop.


The Scimitars of Shareef


     Traveller UWP decoder

Thu, 04 Feb 2010 17:37:31 GMT

I've added a simple web based UWP (Universal World Profile) decoder, it should turn regular Traveller UWPs into a human readable description of the world.

I've turned all the UWPs on the Machine Parts Transit Solutions page into links that decode them. Which is much more useful than code only Dave can read. :)

Here are a few examples:


Traveller: Machine Parts Transit Solutions


     BLAM in Wargames Illustrated

Sat, 30 Jan 2010 09:55:53 GMT

There is a write up with photos of BLAM 2009 in the latest issue (268) of Wargames Illustrated.

A few photos of my stuff made it into the magazine, my TARDIS console, The Doctor, Katie, Vic and K9 from our Doctor Who game, as well as my Goa'uld and a few Jaffa and from the Stargate 1895 game.

The 8th Doctor The Goa'uld Atum

More photos of the minis are available here:

I'll try and get some shots of the full TARDIS interior up soon.

Also I wanted to make sure and credit Rattrap Productions for the rules we used for Doctor Who, The Brokers of Death used the .45 Adventure rules with the Amazing War Stories supplement.

One last note on the Stargate credits, that Goa'uld is a Priest model from the Crocodile Games Wargods range.


  Chaos Cup Final: New World Wenches Retain

Sat, 23 Jan 2010 20:23:27 GMT

For the first time in our League's short history, a team has retained a championship.

Final

Match Cas ForPassGateDate
New World Wenches 3 - 2 R'lyeh Reds 2 - 3 2 - 5 80,000 2010-01-23

2009 Chaos Cup Champions

New World Wenches (David)

Freshly Mutated

#1 Sunny "Long Bomb" Lane (Big Hand)
#3 Britney "Sure Hands" Stevens (Extra Arms)
#16 Helen Killer (Long Legs)

The New World Wenches dominate the R'lyeh Reds to claim the Chaos Cup for a second time. Wenches took an early lead and held right through the game, killing Reds lineman Olob in the process.

Yet again the Reds show they just can't win a Cup, while the Wenches having won every tournament this year and are looking to get a complete set of silverware by picking up the Bloodbowl in March.


Bloodbowl League


  Chaos Cup Semi Finals

Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:41:08 GMT

The Chaos Cup 2009

2010-01

Semi Finals

Match Cas ForPassGateDate
New World Wenches 5 - 4 Squeeky Klean 3 - 1 5 - 4 42,000 2010-01-20
R'lyeh Reds 5 - 0 Sixty Whinerz 0 - 1 5 - 3 50,000 2010-01-20

Semi-Finals completed and it's on to the Cup Final, possibly Saturday.


Bloodbowl League


 Sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice

Mon, 18 Jan 2010 13:58:38 GMT

Thanks to a comment on /. from Lloyd Bryant in a thread about Microsoft DDoS'ing CPAN, I've discovered a variant of Clarke's 3rd Law, Clark's Law:

Sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice.

Clark's Law

From the famous original:

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

Clarke's three laws

It made me laugh so I thought I'd share.


  Taveller: MPTS Inc Jump to Mirriam

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 20:12:29 GMT

MPTS Inc make their second jump, another two parsecs, this time from Penelope to Mirriam.

  Penelope    0503 C460642-4 I Ri NI De Lt G
  Mirriam     0303 B9998A6-A N I IWS A G

On the water world of Mirriam they met up with two new members of the crew, the Doppler Cousins, old contacts of Bradley.

So far Orion took a submarine tour, while Ansarii and D'Lombard made some contacts to sell on their dodgy wares.


  The Chaos Cup 2009, playoff round

Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:46:51 GMT

Playoffs

Match Cas ForPassGateDate
Sixty Whinerz 1 - 0 Real Braaaiins 1 - 2 1 - 1 18,000 2010-01-13

It's a bit late starting, but it's Chaos Cup 2009 time!

Just the one TD this game, with opportunities for either side to take more but unending fail from both sides leaves the Orcs ahead when the whistle blows.

Next Wednesday it's the semi finals, Whinerz vs Reds and Klean vs Wenches.


Bloodbowl League


  Machine Parts Transit Solution: Actually tranport machine parts

Wed, 06 Jan 2010 18:04:25 GMT

We had the first proper week of the Machine Parts Transit Solutions game this week, six brave travellers making a two parsec mail and passenger run from Iderati to Penelope.


  Iderati     0702 A887798-C N I Ht Ri Ag Ga Cap G
  Penelope    0503 C460642-4 I Ri NI De Lt G

On the way exploring a derilict space station, buying some alien artifacts and trading in machine parts.

Here is a small plan of the ship, with character quarters marked on it:


Deckplan of the Maiden Voyage
Red Captain Christopher Bradley (Navy), The Baron WhitefallDavid
YellowLance-Corporal Richard D'Lombard (Army) Jak
Blue Fancy Walker Dr Manda
Green Sergeant Zachary Grim (Marines) Harvey
Pink Soloman Ansarii Addam
Cyan Jonithon Orion Levi

I'll get the proper stats for the ship up in a few days.

When we come back to the game, it's the jump to the high tech water world of Mirriam.


  Mirriam     0303 B9998A6-A N I IWS A G

 It Worked!

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 10:41:26 GMT

Awesome.


Rage Against the Machine beat X Factor winner in charts


  Blade Runner is on the iPlayer

Mon, 21 Dec 2009 10:26:22 GMT

This is fairly fucking awesome, the BBC are showing Blade Runner on the iPlayer this week.

Nice one BBC Two.


Blade Runner


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