benjoshua wrote in Random Thoughts or OT Chit-Chat Thread:May the 4th be with you.
shadeun wrote in Random Thoughts or OT Chit-Chat Thread:So, random thoughts. Outside the con happening in Texas. Is there anything for someone from the UK (who will have to take precious leave ex-Young Children) to come that you'd travel to the states for?Im looking for something aspirational to put in the calendar at the tail end of this awful pandemic.Some extra info: am in the US 2-3 times a year usually for work (mainly midwest/NYC). have never spent much time on the west coast or in Texas. Just thinking it would be great to have plans to meet other people
Kingofpain89 wrote in Random Thoughts or OT Chit-Chat Thread:Are you looking for RPG Convention related events or a more general question such as "what do you blokes in the colonies do for a good time when your not working or at home"? :)BTW, if you can make it to NTRPG Con it's a great time. I have a feeling it's going to be much hotter this year compared to the past few years though.
Mister Yuk wrote in Random Thoughts or OT Chit-Chat Thread:I saw it at least twice bitd.Gaming buddy rented it first time. He was disappointed it wasn't better, something more like Deathstalker. I thought it was going to have Bruce in it, so I didn't even give it a chance lol.Second time, I was still kind of meh about it. The thing I think about now - it's a hard to classify movie. It was pitched to a whole bunch of different niche audiences trying to find a place for it. Never really did succeed I guess. Definitely not a bad movie though.
mbassoc2003 wrote in Random Thoughts or OT Chit-Chat Thread:I don't think there are any notable RPG Cons in the UK anymore. They mostly died when GW went their own way, because GW was the backbone of RPGs in the UK.There are dozens of Wargames conventions every year in the UK though, and most of those have retail stalls, RPGs in the bring and buy sections, 5E and PF games, and a whole slew of other stuff. They are also good for unusual small manufacturer minis. Here in Scotland we have Claymore each year, usually 1st weekend in August I think, in Edinburgh, and around this time a large wargames con in Falkirk (Carronade or Cannonade). There's maybe a dozen in total in Scotland alone, but those are the two bigger ones that are close enough to me to not be inconvenient.So if you're looking for conventions down in Englandshire, maybe Google 'Wargames Conventions Diary UK' or some variation, and go see what pops up.The UK also have a few notable writers in the OSR, and I'd expect them to be relatively active in pushing their physical products if they get the chance local to them.All that said.... But Covid. Who knows what is and isn't happening on the ground these days.
Sardan wrote in Random Thoughts or OT Chit-Chat Thread:The big UK one is UK Games Expo at the NEC in Birmingham. It’s going ahead this year.https://www.ukgamesexpo.co.uk/
Sir Kill Alot wrote in Random Thoughts or OT Chit-Chat Thread:Mr Yuk, its been awhile. Glad to see you back.-SKA
rhynne wrote in Random Thoughts or OT Chit-Chat Thread:Hey all,I haven't been on for a very long time.Still in Hong Kong.I was curious as to everyones thoughts on the Magic the Gathering set coming out this summer set in the Forgotten Realms.Some of the art looks quite nice.Ronald
shadeun wrote in Random Thoughts or OT Chit-Chat Thread:Hey, I play a lot of MTG. Im pretty excited but its only replacing the core set so its a bit of a bummer as that makes it intrinsically less special.I'll probably buy a box and draft it in the UK at some point. Probably not worth collecting except for fun.