Despite having written Game Day columns the last two weeks, I haven’t actually played much. Two weeks ago I was sidelined by pink eye, while last week a March snowstorm destroyed our plans to conquer the world with Risk 2210.[…]
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Game Day: Re: Your Brains, HeroClix Redux
Jonathan Coulton’s undead anthem “Re: Your Brains” will lead off our gaming session tonight as our brave band of adventurers faces off against a horde of undead besieging the town of Barovia. But hey, it’s not just the undead we’re[…]
Read moreRadio Active #38: Painting Ghosts, Portable Apps, A Feast for Crows
Radio Active starts glowing again as the Great Fall Painting Project of ’06 winds down. This time around I’ve got updates on said project as well as the far geekier AirTunes setup I finally got working. Sites of Note looks[…]
Read moreHorrorClix Tries to Scare Up a Hit
According to Gaming Report, WizKids is returning to the Clix-mechanic with HorrorClix. It’s a collectible game in which you control a horde of undead and/or supernatural monsters who are either out to protect or eat innocent bystanders (“protect” them? That[…]
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NukemCon: Day 1
Day One of NukemCon arrived yesterday, bringing with it HeroClix, Illuminati, Dungeons & Dragons and plenty of Halo. We kicked off 12+ hours of gaming by opening a case of HeroClix: Ultimates, the new latest expansion for WizKids’ superhero miniatures[…]
Read moreHeroClix Reaches Critical Mass
Critical Mass, the latest expansion for WisKids Game’s HeroClix miniatures game, features a new cross section of Marvel Superheroes, including favorites like Venom, Rhino and Archangel, as well as new versions of old standbys Spiderman, Daredevil and Electra. As a[…]
Read moreDeclare Your Independence with IndyClix
WizKids Games’ HeroClix collectible figure game veers away from the mainstream with its new release, IndyClix.
Read moreGaming Until We Drop at LanceCon I
Just about every week, my gaming group gets together to play our ongoing Greyhawk-based Dungeons & Dragons campaign. It’s nearly seven years old (its anniversary arrives in September) and its a source of continual fun, camaraderie and unrelenting chaos. It’s[…]
Read moreHeroClix: Cosmic Justice Preview
Fans of DC Comics rejoice: HeroClix: Cosmic Justice is upon us!
Read moreHeroClix: Crack for Geeks
It had been weeks since I’d had a fix. Oh, I’d gone to my dealer, and picked up the goods, sampling them as soon as I got to the car. But the holiday’s wrecked havoc with my free time, and[…]
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