Brett Favre: The Game

I wish they had a Brett Favre mini-game in Madden Football. Or at least an old BASIC game on the Commodore 64. Sorta like a Zork clone. I imagine this would be the typical game experience. LOAD BRETT  FAVRE GAME RUN It’s the Brett Favre … [Continue reading]

Portugal in Europa Universalis, part 3

"Onward, cowards!" General Poltroon cried. Portuguese soldiers, decorated in chicken feathers and yellow shields, charged into the open plains of Mali, long deserted by real heroes who were fighting a civil war to the west. "Let's go east!" sounded … [Continue reading]

Forum update

I'm updating the forum. If for any reason you can't log in (or if I screw up and the forum is fubared), either email me (dave at this domain) or leave a comment at here. … [Continue reading]

Portugal in Europa Universalis, part 2

Time to set out. I loaded one fleet and sailed them west to the New World. Ahem, I said I loaded troops onto a fleet and...what a bunch of laggards. Are they lazy, cowardly or both? I'd forgotten that loading troops on ships in Europa Universalis is … [Continue reading]

Portugal in Europa Universalis, part 1

I don't know why I like to chronicle dumb tales played out in historical strategy games, but I do. It started with a Spanish Empire campaign in Medieval: Total War 2. Please don't contact me about how such and such would never have happened in real … [Continue reading]

Optimus Prime, Leader Class – toy of the week

Of all the crappy design work on the Transformers and Transformers 2: Revenge of the Fallen movies, the bot I’m most happy with is Optimus Prime. Do I need to see flames on his cab? No. Do I need to see Optimus lips? No. But I can live with it. They … [Continue reading]

NFL Fantasy Football 2009

Our leagues are open. See forum for details. … [Continue reading]

Warhammer 40,000 Fourth Edition

Once feared for the anticipated damage done to existing army lists, the latest edition of Warhammer 40,000 is a kinder, gentler wargame. Fully compatible with existing codices, fourth edition strives to eliminate exploits of the third edition rules … [Continue reading]

Andy Chambers Interview from 2003

Once a mail order troll, Andy Chambers’ first few contributions to White Dwarf led to a career in developing and designing rules for the Warhammer 40K universe. Back in 2003, on the eve of the Eye of Terror campaing, the 40K Overfiend and motorcycle … [Continue reading]

The General’s Compendium

When hurling wave after wave of goblins into the maws of gibbering Bloodletters loses its luster, Eric Sarlin and Jeremy Vetock’s The General’s Compendium is just the thing to shake off the Warhammer cobwebs. These rules are not official, so you … [Continue reading]