All posts by The Plaid Mentat

Warmahordes Narrative League – Designing a Character

This year’s narrative league was intended to be one part narrative and one part game design.  The narrative part was about writing stories about the characters as they made their journey of discovery and rose to power within their respective factions (you may have read a few here on my blog over the last few months).  The game design part was built with the idea of engaging everyone in the group to design a character from a mere solo, through journeyman, and finally as a full warcaster or warlock.

Below, I will show the final rules for each of my characters, and discuss a bit about the game design for them. Continue reading Warmahordes Narrative League – Designing a Character

Thanksgiving Apocalypse 2017

This year, the Thanksgiving Apocalypse match was Ian (Adeptus Mechanicus, Sisters of Silence, and Adeptus Custodes) and I (Imperial Knights and dreadnoughts) vs Uncle Clayton (Necrons) and Cody (Chaos Space Marines).  Unfortunately, Uncle Barry wasn’t able to make it this year, so his Orcs ended up on the sidelines, but, with only the four of us, it was actually a pretty streamlined game and a ton of fun. Continue reading Thanksgiving Apocalypse 2017

The Magic Labyrinth

The Magic Labyrinth, by Philip Jose Farmer, was the next book on my queue, as it was the next book in the Riverworld series.  Dark Designs was hard to follow up, but I felt like The Magic Labyrinth was a fun read – while somewhat predictable, it had a certain flair to it that kept the story going.

This time I’ve certainly got spoilers, so go no further unless you want to hear them. Continue reading The Magic Labyrinth

Seven Days, Seven Photos

A while back, I noticed a couple of my friends posting black and white pictures about their life.  It was part of a meme to do just that, and, of course, to challenge someone else to do the same every day for seven days.  While I’m not a huge fan of memes, the idea itself sounded interesting, so I decided to give it a shot.

The following is a collection of those pictures: Continue reading Seven Days, Seven Photos

Warmahordes Narrative League – Week 10

Having proved himself in the Pelligan Shards, Adrik now lead his armies South, following the trail of the Trollbloods. The Shards had taken its toll on his magical energies though, so he planned to stop at an old, familiar, graveyard along the way to recharge his power. Adrik would find no respite though, for the Cryx had laid a trap for their old allies… Continue reading Warmahordes Narrative League – Week 10

Immortalis

After Transcendence, I was ready to dive into Immortalis and see the story to its conclusion.  Not because I wanted it to be over, but because seeing all the pieces fall into place and interact in a unique way is what I like most of this kind of novel.  In this case, while I liked how everything ended, I felt like there were pieces left at the end that didn’t quite fit.

As usual, I’ll provide some details after the jump. Continue reading Immortalis