Comments for Bedford Gladiators - Wargames and Roleplaying Club

Comment on They don’t bite – honest. by Steven Welch

Steven Welch — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 13:14:47 +0000

i see that the crew from Jabba’s Sail Barge are alive and kicking!

Comment on Winter on the Eastern Front by Steven Welch

Steven Welch — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 11:05:57 +0000

Thank you David!
Strength through honour!

Comment on Winter on the Eastern Front by Dave

Dave — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:41:08 +0000

As always a game of quality from our stalwart ww2 section!
Dave

Comment on Winter on the Eastern Front by Steven Welch

Steven Welch — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:52:51 +0000

It was a brave victory for the defending German force against a strong Soviet force. For once my dice held and the Panzer III’s faced down and drove off the T34’s!

Victory!

Comment on Forum by James Shepherd

James Shepherd — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 17:40:57 +0000

Hi! Not sure if this is the right board to inform Club memebers, but Barry has been quite ill, hospitalised for a week. He is now at home resting and getting well. I am sure everyone would want to wish him all the best for a speedy recovery. Jim Shepherd

Comment on RolePlaying by Mark

Mark — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:46:43 +0000

Great news! [b]Steve Jackson[/b] co founder of
Games Workshop and co creator of the Fighting Fantasy series will be attending
GamesFest 4 with Fighting Fantasy books.

More Good News ! Elliott EastoeTalisman Consultant, Playtester and Rules/FAQ Archimage of Fanatsy Flight Games will be running our [b]Talisman [/b]tournament!

Comment on Playing DnD on a Microsoft Surface by mike954

mike954 — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 13:00:52 +0000

If one wants to play ‘automated’ DnD, there are excellent videogames out there; videogames with an RPG slant already exist. Personally, what’s interesting about this story is the prospect of a technologically ‘enhanced’ RPG with a well-integrated videogame element.

Any proposals for technological tampering with the proven pen and paper model would hopefully add to the atmosphere and sense of immersion, of ‘being there’. For instance, Quick Time Events/ QTEs as pioneered by Sega in Shenmue. This showcase project was an effort to immerse the player as deeply as possible in a detective story set in 1980s Japan.

Arguably QTEs do not do this, I remember them being highly controversial, though many top-selling games use them nowadays, for example the Resident Evil franchise.

Given that many roleplaying groups find it hard to meet as often as they might like, another possibility would be to make content available for players away from the infrequent pen and paper playing session.

That is, the chance to develop characters and the plot of the game by playing game content in group online play or solo side quests or mini-games, which might even be playable in a few minutes on a 3G phone.

Frankly, I’m keen to see what the brain-boxes at Carnegie-Mellon come up with to technologically ‘enhance’ the rpg experience.

Comment on Warhammer League – Results Update by Wittman

Wittman — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:21:29 +0000

Clear this scrap iron from the orad – my Tigers must pass!

Comment on Pegasus and Horsa Bridge Memorial Project 65 by Roman Candle

Roman Candle — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 01:14:02 +0000

Ambrose’s book should be required reading. The taking and holding of Pegasus Bridge is the best coup de main effort of the Second World War and the folks in the UK should never forget the Ox and Bucks led by Major John Howard. The glider pilots were incredibly courageous and skilled.. The British beaches needed success at Pegasus Bridge to protect them from German reinforcements and counterattack. And those beaches included my countrymen, brave Canadians who stormed Juno beach between Sword and Gold beaches.

Comment on RolePlaying by Dave

Dave — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:28:07 +0000

Yes, but we don’t like taking a demo game to a show that will charge you for the privellage!! We just don’t do it.
Dave