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Going back to the old

October 27, 2011

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I got tired of the "dynamic view" blogger layout, so I went back to the old style.

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Moving

For the time being, I've moved all my blogging to here: https://strangevistas.wordpress.com/

So if you're a longtime reader (and you got to go way back, apparently) you know I have been making terrain using Hirst Arts molds for almost two decades. Their molds are wonderful, versatile, and durable. Recently I discovered another similar company called Scenery Forge . They also make RTV silicone molds for casting pieces with plaster to make wargaming and roleplaying game terrain. Unlike Hirst Arts molds, which basically have you casting small blocks that can be assembled in countless ways, Scenery Forge molds have you casting larger pieces. These pieces make assembling terrain quicker (and arguably sturdier). So I decided to try it out. For my first mold I bought Mold 61 Gotic . It seemed the best one for doing both fantasy and science fiction terrain. The mold itself has four main panels: a door, a windowless wall, and two panels with two open windows. In addition are several crosses, a casket, a loads of other gothic detail pieces (including a few skulls). Ther

Review: Mythic GME

The Mythic Game Master Emulator (GME) is getting a lot of love on the solo-wargaming online community, and given my current side-interest in solo wargaming I thought I would give the product a look-see. Basically, Mythic is a pretty free-flowing RPG that has it its rules the option to game without a GM, as long the group is willing to engage in a little creativity, logic, and a handful of random charts. The concept was popular enough for the publishers to create a separate (and less expensive) book that just had the GME in it. Here's how the GME works. Basically there are several components. The first handles basic questions about the narrative of the game. For example, the PC's enter a cemetery looking for a monster that has been ravaging the countryside. A PC asks, "do I hear any noises?" At this point, the players consult a chart which determines how likely, given the situation, something might occur, anything from very likely to impossible. There's p

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