My Rules Are Better

Tom missed two topics from the last bonus recording. An email from a friend about painting commissions introduces what Tom feels is his responsibility through this period. Also the elephant in the room through lockdown is solo gaming and changing rules to allow for fun solo play. More coming on this topic shortly.

Tom covers a number of topics in this somewhat rambling account of his current thinking.

The attic brings some insights into Tom's prior behavior.

Barney Dicker is back and Tom wants some biographical information. It all started with Shreddies. Tom introduces Barney to the word nerdic. What does review mean when it comes to tabletop gaming? They compare and contrast their experiences with Kickstarter. What games are being played by Barney currently? Are they physical games or online games? How should people be able to play our games? Some discussion of online gaming and tabletop simulator ensues. Are people who play games more ideally suited to pandemics?

Tom has reclaimed the bed in his podcasting room and discovered a simplification while he was writing the rules in software.

Covering a few different topics, Tom concludes with the idea of simulating rules to get good coverage.

Tom has been reading about the final squabbles of the Third Reich and has a story about a dragon ogre or three.

Down but not out. A couple of brief updates.

Sometime the war on miniatures has occasional victories, now Tom is painting d12s and rules are a coming.

While Tom was travelling he continued to work on two rule systems, one soon ready for prime-time and one for longterm development. He also discusses his reflections on Kickstarter, the progress of the lead pile and some experiences in Australia.