Posts Tagged by you pick it
| July 29, 2011 | Posted by Phil Vecchione |
Once again some of the Gnomes will be rolling into Indy next week, and today’s article is about where we will be and how you can find us. Despite the bad press 4e has been giving us Gnomes, we are a social bunch, and nothing gives us more of a thrill than getting to meet the people who read Gnome Stew, and write the comments that spark the discussions that make this blog great. So lets see who is going and how you can find…
| July 22, 2011 | Posted by Phil Vecchione |
For those long-time readers of the Stew, this is a tradition that I have had a lot of fun doing the past two Gen Con’s. It is the 3rd annual You Pick It, I Review It event. This is where you get to put the last item on my Gen Con shopping list before I pack up and head to Indy for the best 4 days in gaming. In years past you have picked out some great games to review: Hackmaster Basic [here and here],…
| July 23, 2010 | Posted by Phil Vecchione |
This time last year, I made a deal with those of you who were unable to attend Gen Con. You picked something for me to pick up on the Exhibitor’s floor, and I reviewed it for you. That resulted in my two part review of Hackmaster Basic (Part1, Part2), and John’s review of Realms of Cthulhu. Well it’s that time a year again, and Gen Con is just under 2 weeks away, and I would like to continue the tradition and ask those of you…
| October 6, 2009 | Posted by Phil Vecchione |
In yesterday’s article we looked at the character creation system in HackMaster, but let’s face facts, if you are interested in HackMaster, you want to know about the Combat system. So let’s not waste any time and get right into it… Combat Overhaul With the new edition of HackMaster gone is THACO! The new combat system focuses around competing attack and defense rolls, but that is just the tip of the iceberg. There are a number of innovative elements that make up this system, and…
| October 5, 2009 | Posted by Phil Vecchione |
Back before GenCon, I asked you guys what game you would like me to review, and you chose HackMaster Basic. I picked up the book at GenCon and started reading it right away. I kept you up to date with my progress on Twitter with the tag #hmbreview . Now, weeks later, summer breezes have turned to autumn chills, and I have finally gotten through the book and done some playtesting as well. This is the first part of a two part review. Today’s article…
| August 3, 2009 | Posted by Phil Vecchione |
Last Friday, I asked you all to pick the product that you would like me to pick up at GenCon to review, and you answered. The results were tallied and the winner was…
| July 31, 2009 | Posted by Phil Vecchione |
GenCon is just under 2 weeks away, and I am in full swing making my final shopping list, when I noticed that I had forgotten about all of you guys who are not going to be able to attend. So for all of you that cannot attend, I wanted to do something for you. One of the great parts to GenCon is the convention floor. It is row after row of gaming stuff; booth after booth of games, dice, miniatures. I love to shop at…
