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Monthly Archives: July 2015

I awoke the next day with a profound pain centered just above my eyes. I was in a small building made entirely of oak. A few beds laid in rows in the center of the floor and clay jars filled shelves along the walls. Light came in through the only […]

Enter the Druid: Hospitality

July 31, 2015 in Enter the Druid / OSRIC / RPG / Tabletop tagged Dungeons & Dragons / Dungeons and Dragons / Enter the Druid / Janko / OSRIC / Pen and Paper / RPG / Tabletop by Rob Beach

Stories always make heroes seem so well compensated. They get land or are granted titles. The only resident of the small village that seemed eager to thank us was the young girl Kaius had stepped in front of to shield her from the goblins. She had her arms firmly wrapped […]

Enter the Druid: The Grove

July 23, 2015 in Enter the Druid / OSRIC / RPG / Tabletop tagged Dungeons & Dragons / Dungeons and Dragons / Enter the Druid / Janko / OSRIC / Pen and Paper / RPG / Tabletop by Rob Beach

Since I began playing Counter Strike somewhat seriously in 1.3 and continue on-and-off to this day, I enjoy the game in a genuine sense. It is a constant challenge to yourself to work with your teammates, remember your crosshair placement, perfect your smokes and flashes and bomb plants and lots […]

Counter-Strike Global Offensive: Skins, Style and Swag

July 21, 2015 in FPS tagged Counter Strike / Counter Strike: Global Offensive / CS / CS: GO / micro-transactions / skins by JVerb

“Kiokri,” Greg called, pointing to a mark on his map, east-northeast of Troubeck. “Headmaster Fabijan told me that there is a druids’ grove here.” That was surprising, although when I thought about it later I realized it shouldn’t have been. This world was similar to mine in so many ways. […]

Enter the Druid: Little Green Men

July 16, 2015 in Enter the Druid / OSRIC / RPG / Tabletop tagged Dungeons & Dragons / Dungeons and Dragons / Enter the Druid / Janko / OSRIC / Pen and Paper / RPG / Tabletop by Rob Beach

Well, work is progressing on OSRIC/2050, and it’s actually quite a bit of fun! Hey, Stanford here, and I’ll briefly introduce my old man. Shawn currently makes his living as a COBOL programmer, and has been since he started doing it in the Marine Corps in the early 80’s. Yeah, […]

Hashing the Hacker

July 15, 2015 in OSRIC / OSRIC/2050 / RPG / Tabletop tagged Cyberpunk / OSRIC / OSRIC/2050 / Pen and Paper / RPG / Tabletop by Shawn

Nostalgia is a funny thing. I’ve traveled a lot during my life and never had a real home, so I was surprised when the feeling started to creep up on me when we first caught sight of Troubeck. It was diminished somewhat when I saw the heads decorating pikes by […]

Enter the Druid: Good Food

July 12, 2015 in Enter the Druid / OSRIC / RPG / Tabletop tagged Dungeons & Dragons / Dungeons and Dragons / Enter the Druid / Janko / OSRIC / Pen and Paper / RPG / Tabletop by Rob Beach

Guild Wars 2 is an MMORPG with PvE and PvP, with some distinction for World-Versus-Word being separate from PvP, as the core game play elements. Did I mention PvP? When it first launched, I found myself at maximum level very quickly. The next task was dungeons and gearing. I was […]

Guild Wars 2: Micro-Transactions Done Better?

July 11, 2015 in MMO / RPG tagged Archeage / Guild Wars / Guild Wars 2 / GW2 / Microtransactions / MMO / MMORPG / RPG by JVerb

Kaius knelt down next to Lluc, whispered a prayer to his god, then touched Lluc’s slumped body. A light glow settled over him, and he groaned as he rolled onto his back. He tried to sit up, but ultimately collapsed back down to the ground. His armor clanged against the […]

Enter the Druid: On the Mend

July 2, 2015 in Enter the Druid / OSRIC / RPG / Tabletop tagged Dungeons & Dragons / Dungeons and Dragons / Enter the Druid / Janko / OSRIC / Pen and Paper / RPG / Tabletop by Rob Beach

Introduction Hello, I’m JVerb. I have played games since the NES and later SNES, so for about as long as I can remember, and plan on continuing to do so in the future. I play for entertainment, achievement and competitiveness. Highlights include two notable points: CAL-O in college for CS […]

Archeage: Micro-Transactions, Free-to-Play, and Pay-to-Win?

July 1, 2015 in MMO / RPG tagged Archeage / MMO / MMORPG / RPG by JVerb