Very tired this morning. The weekend was spent almost entirely in Montreal for Draconis . The flights to and from were both problematic. Because one of their reps misinformed me, I got to wait for my WestJet flight for four hours instead of getting on an earlier one. Draconis was an enjoyable show. Saw jkahane , spross and thothmeister running and playing some games, and...

For those interested and considering attending the convention, I will be running some games of Hollow Earth Expedition at the Draconis convention in Montreal in October. Here's my blog entry on the subject, for those interested. HEX Games at Draconis Convention, October 16-18, 2009 Hope to see some of you folks there.

For those who live in or near the Ottawa, Ontario area, and who aren't attending GenCon Indy this year, I will be running a game of Hollow Earth Expedition next Saturday, August 15th, 2009, at the Comic Book Shoppe, at 1:00 pm. More details on the scenario and the location can be found in my blog post: http://jkahane.livejournal.com/295077.html Hope to see some folks there. :)

One of the things I've been known to occasionally do is post up characters that I've created for rpgs that I really enjoy. One such game system is Desolation , a post-apocalyptic fantasy rpg from the folks at Greymalkin Designs. Last Friday night, a friend of mine treated me for my birthday by starting a game of Desolation , and I am getting to play in it this evening again. I have posted the...

Something that I've been contemplating of late is gaming conventions. Sure, there are the big ones like GenCon Indy and Origins, but there are all these other, smaller gaming conventions out there as well. Add to that the fact that exposure and promotion at gaming conventions seems to be a means by which game companies believe that their games will sell more, and that raises the question that comes...

So, yeah. Weekend was spent on the road, mostly. This past weekend was CanGames, which is at this point the oldest gaming con in Canada. I drove up to Ottawa on Friday. I left later than I'd planned because I was arguing for a while with UPS about getting Cynra's replacement phone delivered. Some of the quirks of the delivery: They could not deliver it to my work location in Mississauga. They could...

From jkahane comes this link to an article about an interesting idea - "decivilization". Simply put, it's the opposite of urban sprawl. The example given is the city of Flint, Michigan, which in the last 20 or 30 years has been ravaged by the bad times of the auto sector, but not rewarded by the boom times. They're talking about "consolidating" the city into a smaller area, and demolishing...

I am a fan of Pulp Adventure serials and of course, Pulp Adventure roleplaying games. Since the 1930s Pulp adventure genre is so popular in the gaming industry and among players these days, I have set up a poll on my LJ blog to see what folks' favourite Pulp adventure rpgs are. Please go to the poll, linked below, and participate in this poll. Comments and thoughts on the genre are welcome, too.....

A couple of folks commented that the two genres given for the RPG poll were too generic, and not defined enough. So I have revised the poll, and reposted it with two specific rpgs in mind. The blog entry for the poll is http://jkahane.livejournal.com/242942.html I hope that folks will go over there and post about the two games in question. Thanks. :)

Over on my blog, I've posted up a poll about two specific styles of rpg. I would appreciate it if folks would vote in the poll, and if so desired, offer any thoughts or comments they might have. The poll can be found here: http://jkahane.livejournal.com/242501.html Thanks. :)