Over the weekend I got to attend Mayhem IV in West Lebanon New Hampshire. It’s the second time I’ve been able to swing down to West Leb. This year I played games and driving home on Sunday I had a strong feeling that I should host Balck Powder AWI games at the next one.

I got a recommendation at GenCon from Joseph Goodman to read Captain Blood as a next thing to read after appendix N. Captain Blood is a pirate story with fights and sailing and romance. I really enjoy Sabatini’s writing style and his stories are set in the age of sail, the American War of Independence, […]

On Saturday we are recreating a 28mm version of the Battle of Bennington Aug 16, 1777. The background material on the battle can be found here: http://blog.amrevpodcast.com/2020/06/episode-155-battle-of-bennington.html We are using the Black Powder v2 rules from Warlord Games. A how to play video can be found here: https://youtu.be/V8tFXhAFSBI I’m going to start setup at 1100 […]

Are you sick of Wizards of the Coast? Bloated rules, declining quality, retiring printed books, license struggles, and more! There’s not a lot to say nice about WotC and what used to be an excellent game. Would you like to find a game that plays like “the good old days”? Maybe DCC is what you […]

I won’t rehash the licensing struggle/drama unfolding with Hasbro/WotC related to Dungeons & Dragons. I will advise anyone who is not pleased with the corporate over-reach of a company that seems to have lost touch with its customer base to please please please learn to play something else! I grew up with the game during […]

I have been reading several papers about how to move on after being in a toxic workplace. There’s a lot attitudes and behaviors that will not serve me well in my new situation, but were required at VTC for simple survival. At first I was skeptical about the articles. After reading and pondering my time […]

My resignation from Vermont Technical College is not being handled well by the administration. I received a retro-active end of service date and cannot complete the work I had planned to finish in the first month of the semester. That means grade changes, help with incompletes, club transfer work, etc. is beyond my reach. I’m […]