Rindis’ August 2015 Summary

by on September 1, 2015 at 12:00 pm
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Reading:
8/17 – The Ottoman Centuries
8/21 – A Soul for Trouble
8/30 – The Godson's Triumph

Gaming:
8/8 – Same But Different (Victoria II)
8/11 – The Barbarian Frontier (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons)
8/14 – Back to War (Advanced Dungeons & Dragon)
8/23 – Merchants of Conquest (Space Empires 4X)
8/27 – 51 The Taking of Takrouna (Advanced Squad Leader)

Life:
8/5 – Enter Myzal

I've been trying to steady out my posts for a while, and this month I mostly managed to get a post out every four to five days. Part of that is scheduling things out into the future when I end up doing a couple on top of each other.

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Rindis’ July 2015 Summary

by on August 1, 2015 at 12:00 pm
Posted In: Boardgames, Books, Film & Video, Review

Reading:
7/3 – A Dragon's Head and a Serpent's Tail
7/12 – The Thief

Gaming:
7/2 – The Four Vassal War Coalition Turn 2 (Federation & Empire)
7/5 – ...And One From Column C (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons)
7/6 – R vs B Alliance Turn 11 in Review (Federation & Empire)
7/8 – Holy Powers (GURPS)
7/10 – Bloodstone Battles (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons)
7/17 – More Magic Than You Can Shake a Wand At (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons)
7/21 – Forgotten Battle in the Mines (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons)
7/25 – SH126 The Sally (Star Fleet Battles)
7/28 – Two Rounds of Amphipolis (Commands & Colors: Ancients)

Anime:
7/1 – Anime Spring 2015

Okay, an insane number of posts this month, mostly due to getting busy reviewing my old RPG archives. My reading on that has trailed off, along with my posting, but I think I'll be keeping to my goal of at least one post per week for a bit.

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Rindis’ June 2015 Summary

by on July 1, 2015 at 12:00 pm
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Reading:
6/1 – Princess of Glass
6/6 – The Thirty Years War
6/13 – The Ottoman Age of Exploration
6/20 – Princess of the Silver Woods

Gaming:
6/14 – The Four Vassal War Hydran Turn 1 (Federation & Empire)
6/16 – R vs B Coalition Turn 11 in Review (Federation & Empire)
6/21 – In the Militia (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons)
6/27 – Lands of Summary (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons)

Another good month for getting blog entries done. I'm particularly surprised that I did two AD&D module reviews. Bel and I's game of F&E continues, and we've started up a second one on the Four Powers War.

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Rindis’ May 2015 Summary

by on June 1, 2015 at 12:00 pm
Posted In: Boardgames, Books, Games

Reading:
5/3 – Siege Warfare in the Roman World
5/6 – Thirty Years of War
5/13 – Stolen Songbird
5/14 – In the Shadow of Empires
5/18 – Princess of the Midnight Ball

Gaming:
5/4 – Breaking the Speed Limit to Pella (Successors)
5/7 – R vs B Coalition Turn 10 in Review (Federation & Empire)
5/18 – R vs B Alliance Turn 10 in Review (Federation & Empire)
5/24 – J1 Urban Guerillas (Advanced Squad Leader)
5/25 – 7 Dash for the Bridge (Advanced Squad Leader)
5/31 – Cretan Blitz (Advanced Civilization)

Busy month! Also, back when I was first starting to do theses monthly summaries, I was looking forward to the time when I could say, 'and here's a game that Belirahc and I have been playing'. Sadly, his life intervened, and the game stalled out. Until now. Those Federation & Empire posts are the latest in reporting a game we've been playing by email.

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