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Don't argue with the DM over what you did (or didn't) do. Whether you actually cast Mordenkainen's Faithful Watchdog or not is irrelevant. The fact of the matter is that there are ogres now, and the guy with the Ogre-Slaying Knife is at the bar getting drunk. ~ RPG Wisdom

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For those of you new to our little group of geeks, we are a hobby board game group located in Winnebago county in east central Wisconsin, with many interests. If you're here that means that some of them are your interests too. Board games, computer games, rpg, miniatures, sci-fi, fantasy, and probably other such things. Even with all our interests board gaming remains primary for us.

We always like having new players around so introduce yourself on the forums and get comfortable. And if you find that we're your type of gamers, well, invite yourself to a game night or day that we frequently have.

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Game-a-thons listed for rest of the year.

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Seripmav
Forum: Gameapaloozas / All Day Events

Wed Jun 30, 2010 3:16 pm

See you there. I hope to show around 10 and stay until about 4 or 5.

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July 29 EAA Game Night?

Poster:

atom
Forum: Game Nights / Meet Ups

Thu Jul 22, 2010 2:15 pm

Harbinger wrote:

Atom, how can I procure two passes?

PM'd

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Thur. July 22nd-Holy Crap! July 22nd Already! Game Night

Poster:

Guardtroll
Forum: Game Nights / Meet Ups

Tue Jul 20, 2010 8:40 am

I am forced to wait. I'll be down there next week at the store anyway.

Thanks for the offer!

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Thur 7-15 Diceless Fairy Aerial Combat Games- Game Night

Poster:

ratpfink
Forum: Game Nights / Meet Ups

Mon Jul 12, 2010 9:06 am

Yeah that just offsets the -5 I'm giving him.

Comments: 28 • Post a reply • Views: 205

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<![CDATA[Introduction: The Pathfinder Experiment
Greetings, this is Caesar Slaad (known in various other parts of teh intarwebs as Sangrolu or Psion; known in meatspace as Alan). I’m a guest poster at The Gamer Dome. Propagandroid saw my idea for a little project on one of the forums we both haunt, and invited me to share it [...]]]>

The Pathfinder Experiment, Report #1: Tide of Evil

<![CDATA[Reporting from George R.R. Martin’s blog, he’s got the identities of seven new cast members. Some of them great, experienced actors, others virtually unknown. But, they are some *big* parts and it’s making it seem more and more real to have them cast. So, on to the castings:
Ser Jaime Lannister is…Nikolaj Coster-Waldau. Sappy tribute video [...]]]>

Seven new parts cast for HBO’s A Game of Thrones

<![CDATA[I’m honored to host a series of guest posts by famed RPG reviewer and excellent gamemaster, Caesar Slaad. He’s going to be testing out some of the claims made around the Web that the Pathfinder RPG isn’t as compatible with 3.5 Dungeons & Dragons as it purports to be. Here’s what he has to say:
So [...]]]>

Pathfinder RPG guest posts

<![CDATA[The ENnies featured some entertainment this year: sketch comedy performed by the Polyhedrals. Audience reaction seemed quite positive to the sketch, and now a video (not of great quality, sadly) of the sketch can be seen on YouTube. The sketch was called the Four Greyhawksmen, and was based on an old performance by some of [...]]]>

The Polyhedrals perform sketch comedy at the ENnies

<![CDATA[If you haven’t seen this on the front page of RPG Now recently, I’d like to alert any of you who are interested in ordering the Midnight Chronicles film. You can get a download version along with a lot of extra goodies for $14.95 if you pre-order it before August 13th. Here’s the word from [...]]]>

Midnight Chronicles film distributed electronically

<![CDATA[Previously I told you about the disappearance of the award-winning Midnight RPG from Fantasy Flight Games website and all your favorite PDF vendors. With the U.S. release of the Midnight Chronicles movie slated for next week at Gencon, Fantasy Flight Games has started re-releasing the Midnight game setting on PDF sites. Even better, they’ve lowered [...]]]>

The Midnight RPG returns!

<![CDATA[I received a copy of this module from Matt Finch, its author and the creator of Swords & Wizardry. Swords & Wizardry is a retro-clone OGL game meant to emulate the original Dungeons & Dragons booklets with some of the supplemental material. I really like Matt and Swords & Wizardry, so I wanted to give [...]]]>

Review: Spire of Iron and Crystal - A Tournament Module for Swords and Wizardry

<![CDATA[Here are the spell lists for the classes in 3.old. We’ve brought back reversible spells, which increases the versatility of spellcasters somewhat, and removed a lot of the 3.x baggage. Also, much to my delight, some classic spells have been reinstated (and renamed spells have had their classic names back). Spell descriptions may also change, [...]]]>

3.old Spell Lists

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<![CDATA[<b>User-generated comedy content.</b><br />

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Click here to read the full article]]>" /> CVG: The week's best comments

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Click here to read the full article]]>" /> Operation FlashPoint: Red River is 'tighter, more focused' than Dragon Rising

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Click here to read the full article]]>" /> Medal Of Honor LE detailed, PS3 buyers get free HD game

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Click here to read the full article]]>" /> Battlefield 3 beta key in MoH

<![CDATA[<b>Game name revealed on Codemasters artist's CV.</b><br />

The new Operation Flashpoint game will be called OF: Red River, CVG has discovered.<br /><br /><a href=

Click here to read the full article]]>" /> Operation Flashpoint: Red River outed

<![CDATA[<b>And OXM teases 'new cars' (sort of) in sexy incoming issue.</b><br />

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<![CDATA[As sometimes happens, one of our recent review targets has been updated, and Demian is on the case. As proof, he’s taken a look at two recent additions to the Wickedly Errant Game System from Gamewick Games. First, WEGS: Old Skool Redux tweaks and adds to the core fantasy RPG system, improving on the original [...]]]>

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<![CDATA[It’s that time of year again: Gen Con draws ever closer, heralding the announcement of the Diana Jones Award and its shortlist for 2010. Each year, this independent award is bestowed on prime examples of “excellence in gaming” by the Diana Jones Committee (made up of past winners and other luminaries). The nominees are an [...]]]>

2010 Diana Jones Award shortlist announced

<![CDATA[RPG Blog 2 broke the news that Precis Intermedia is the new home of the Masterbook, Shatterzone and Bloodshadows properties, which all formerly belonged to West End Games. Last month, it was revealed that WEG’s Eric Gibson had sold the rights to TORG, the precursor to the Masterbook system, to German company Ulisses Spiele – [...]]]>

Precis Intermedia acquires remaining West End Games properties

<![CDATA[Because we know you can’t get enough, we’re starting the week with another Gaming News Update interview. This time Lee Valentine chats with Colby Dauch of Plaid Hat Games and Hasbro’s Dungeons & Dragons Heroscape line. Colby has several projects in his queue, both freelance designs and new Summoner Wars releases, which Lee quizzes him [...]]]>

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<![CDATA[To help keep us up to date on the mass of card gaming goodness available these days, Demian has sent over his thoughts on 7 Ate 9 and Super Circles (both from Out of the Box), and on Third-World General (Battle Bunker Games). As it turns out, at least one of these failed to fully [...]]]>

OgreCave reviews – 7 Ate 9, Super Circles, Third-World General

<![CDATA[Mike tweeted about this earlier, but it deserves a main page mention: Betrayal at House on the Hill: Second Edition is on final approach for release October 5th. Co-designer Bruce Glassco announced the new edition back in November 2009, and has recently hinted at new features of the updated game. The new game will feature [...]]]>

Betrayal at House on the Hill 2e coming October 5th

<![CDATA[In our latest Gaming News Update interview, Lee Valentine chats with Chuck Kroegel of Petroglyph Games about the company’s plans to release a card game, a board game, and a PC game in the next few months, all about a single fantasy setting. Kroegel, Petroglyph’s General Manager and one of the company’s designers, goes into [...]]]>

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OgreCave review – Small World: Tales and Legends

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BGWS 067 – Dicing for Resources

<![CDATA[Scott talks about several Simultaneous Auction games, including Amun-Re, Homesteaders, Peloponnes, and Cyclades. (21:29) In this episode of Board Games with Scott, host Scott Nicholson takes a look at several different simultaneous auction games, including Amun-Re, Homesteaders, Peloponnes, and Cyclades. (note – I make one mistake in the Homesteaders rules. In Homesteaders, if you are [...]]]>

BGWS 066 – Simultaneous Auction games

<![CDATA[No new episode yet, but one will be coming soon. I’ve changed around some of my social media sites, and wanted to let you know the new addresses so you can keep up with me. I got tired of Facebook mixing up my various personal and academic lives, so I’ve changed how I’m broadcasting there. [...]]]>

Changes to Social Media

<![CDATA[Scott talks about four Flicking Games – Tumblin’ Dice, Pitchcar, Crokinole, and Catacombs. (20:25) Welcome to the BGWS 2.0! In this rethinking of the show, Scott moves away from focusing on just one game per episode, but instead does more comparing and contrasting. There will still usually be at least one new game involved, but [...]]]>

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<![CDATA[So, I’m starting to have the stirrings to make a new video. I’m recovering from a sinus surgery, so am picking up the pieces from that. If you want to keep up with my thoughts on games, I’m posting them in a twitter feed at scottsturn (https://twitter.com/scottsturn) If you don’t use twitter, but do use [...]]]>

Keeping up with Scott

<![CDATA[While I’m taking a break from doing the full Board Games with Scott episodes, I will continue to release some content over on my YouTube channel in my “Scott’s Stuff” series. When there is something appropriate for BGWS viewers, I will cross-post it to this feed. I did a discussion of my Top Ten Gaming [...]]]>

Scott’s Stuff – Top Game Experiences for 2009

<![CDATA[Well, my muse has not yet returned. I’ve played some games that I’ve really enjoyed – Peloponnes and Chaos in the Old World are both games I considered making a video about. But I think about making a video, and the drive just isn’t there. I don’t want to say that I’m ending the show, [...]]]>

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