Kingbeast's Lair

DunDraCon XXXII

DunDraCon was a BLAST! I went with my friend, Brian, and had a very eventful time.

On Friday I started off with a rousing game of Memoir 44 then moved into a game of Dark Heresy. I played an off-world guardsman in Dark Heresy. He was a total thug. Awesome! Memoir 44 and Dark Heresy both look like winners to me.

On Saturday I played in Rod Currie’s Friends Of Justice game. I played the boxer character, Joey Pulzak. We stopped the dreaded vigilante known as The Fog. At dinner time I attended a seminar on Keeping The Plot Boiling that was hosted by Steve Long, Ken Hite, and Bruce Harlick. GREAT seminar! DunDraCon really does seminars right…keep reading. Saturday night I attended the annual Hero Games party. Jason Walters had the lucha libre action going and Ken Hite had everyone in stiches.

Sunday continued with several seminars. I started with a seminar that was on Games For Kids. It was very nice. The second seminar was called What’s Cool. It was hosted by Darren Watts and Ken Hite. Both pundits mentioned several products including Dirty Secrets, Grey Ranks, Esoterrorists, Colonial Gothic, and Aces and Eights. After a great Italian lunch with Darren and Ken I attended the What’s New With Hero Seminar. Darren and Steve hosted this one. The big reveal for this seminar was the 6th Edition of Hero. Wow. 😀 Sunday ended with a great game of Battlelore hosted by Craig Rose. Great stuff!

Monday had only one event but it was a biggie. It was the Hero seminar for their second reveal…Champions Online! A MMORPG based on the beloved Hero IP. What fantastic news for Hero and us fans.

Hero 6th Edition

The first of the big announcements. This is scheduled for a release in August of 2009. The plan is to have two books (characters and combat/adventuring) in full color. The other key news is that Steve is asking everyone for input! WOW! That is SO cool! 😀 I am really looking forward to seeing the end result.

Champions Online

The second big announcement is huge…a Champions based MMORPG by Cryptic Studios! I can’t believe how cool it will be to play some of my old characters in this game. Hec…I have never played an MMORPG but I am looking forward to this one. I think the real impact will be to bring players to Hero. That can only mean more books and higher quality products for our beloved game system.

Congrats Hero…you deserve it. 🙂

I thought I would spend a minute blogging about my gaming life in 2007.

Star Aria Planetfalls With A Bang

The highlight of my 2007 RPG life was the conclusion of my Star Hero campaign Star Aria. For the first time in my RPG career I actually created a campaign with a real ending and ran it all of the way through. Boy was it a rush. The last three session are something that I will never forget. Complete homeruns.? Special thanks to all of my fantastic players!

Derek’s Monthly Sunday Game

Another highlight of ’07 was my return to the other side of the screen. I started playing in a set of games run by Hero fanboy extreme Derek Heimforth. These fantastic games ran from a Hero adaptation of GURPS Infinite Worlds to the current banish the hidden evil Darkwalker campaign.

TIAM Rings In At The End Of The Year

As a filler for about a year or so I am running a Terra Incognita based monster hunting campaign. It is nice using a different system for a real campaign. I’m not sure if my players would agree with the move but they are a friendly sort and are being patient as we work out the kinks. 🙂

Game on in 2008 everyone! 😀

My current keychain is getting old so I decided I wanted one with an RPG dice on it.? After looking around the web I found a site that had some details on making your own.? The site is in a blog by Cory.? I used his guidance to come up with three keychains of my own.? Here is what I learned.

Supplies

• Dice
• Variable Speed Drill
• Drill Bit – 5/64″
• Eye Hooks – I went to Orchard Supply Hardware and bought Screw Eyes (Small) 11/16″ (part number 9040106) for $0.59.
• Epoxy

Instructions

1. Measure the depth of the hole you will need.? Make sure the hole covers all of the thread exposing only very little of the bar.
2. Mark the drill bit with tape so you drill to the correct depth.
3. Set the drill to a low speed.? I used setting 2 on my drill which has 24 speed settings.? Go carefully as the dice may try to spin out of your hands.? Also dice are very brittle and will crack easily.
4. Drill the hole in any number.? I found that 8 is a good number to drill as the center of the 8 acts as a guide for the bit.
5. Put a dab of epoxy on the threads of the eye hook and place them into the hole.? With these settings the eye hook should actually slide in without binding.? I found that this works better after breaking a few dice trying to thread them.? 😉
6. Let dry.
7. That’s it!? 😀