Well this is my first ever review of my first ever UK Games Expo so a double cherry popping!
As this was my first expo/convention in over 20 years of gaming, given that I’m currently 39 I sort of understood from listening to several podcasts (admittedly American ones) what to expect but was still overwhelmed by the sheer amount of ‘stuff’ that was present as well as the number of people that attended.
One of the reasons I started G*M*S Magazine is because I wanted to voice my opinions without having them belittled by people who can’t bear the thought of other people’s opinions. You have met that sort of people before, I am sure.
By Paco Garcia Jaen Recently in my group something happened. Well, many things happened, but one in particular, that made
By Paco Garcia Jaen Continuing with the series I started a couple of weeks ago, the moment has come to
IYADWYADYWAGWYAG, or how to do more and better–Part 3. The distributors. Read Post »
So why write anything about RPG’s? Maybe this question isn’t very easy to answer. After all everyone has an opinion, everyone had a system they champion and everyone has fun playing at what they are playing. So then why does it matter?
Recently I published the first of a series of articles dedicated to highlight how, despite our best efforts, we are not doing enough to make the hobby a healthy hobby, and we are not doing enough to get the most out of the existing market.
IYADWYADYWAGWYAG, or how to do more and better–Part 2. The publishers. Read Post »
Not long ago I asked James Desborough what could publishers and retailers do to increase the presence of games to the public. Or something similar. He did say that it is a big subject with a difficult answer to give, so I took it upon me to actually attempt to provide with some ideas and galvanise some people into doing things.
IYADWYADYWAGWYAG, or how to do more and better–Part 1. The authors. Read Post »
There is no doubt that Games Workshop is a successful company. They make a lot of money, are very well known worldwide, keep a very healthy number of games shops that video game retailers would like for themselves and the popularity seems to be on the rise, despite the highly priced products in the current economic climate.
The different versions of Dungeons & Dragons have all dealt differently with the way classes are equipped for the roles they are meant to play in the game.
Every year, dozens of new board games release that are choc full of plastic. There is nothing inherently wrong with this, I can hardly claim to avoid the stuff as an avid mini gamer and dungeon crawl fan I own more plastic than some toy manufacturers but today I’m going ask the question, why?
