I haven't blogged for a while. I had
some health issues, my daughter Ashli has had some health issues and
two of my Aunts died this year, which just brought me back to the
same depressed funk I was in following my sister's death last
September. Mostly though I haven't been writing anything because I
haven't had anything to say. I haven't gamed at all since December,
and I didn't want to turn my blog into just a series of announcements
of what cool new stuff I got in the mail and contests.
Speaking of contests, my last Roman
themed contest in particular, I still haven't sent out the dice. I
was kind of hoping to mail them with the character portraits my wife
offered to do, but she's still waiting to hear from the winners what
exactly they want. You can email her directly at monelun AT yahoo Dot
com, but I suggest CC-ing the messages to me at WilliamJDowie AT
gmail Dot com, so I can catch them too if they end up in her spam
folder.
Spring is here now, and aside from
plotting my planting and doing some clean up and repairs around the
house, I think I may just get a chance to game again soon. I got the
entire Basic Fantasy RPG collection available on Amazon and I picked
up Swords and Wizardry in both the White Box and complete flavors. I
am hoping to do something for Swords and Wizardry appreciation day,
but I am unwilling to commit since it falls two days after my
sister's birthday and I am not sure I'll be in the mood for anything;
this being the first year without her.
I had planned on running a Celtic
themed contest in March, but my depression kind of got in the way of
that, so I think I'll run it later this year, maybe October so we can
get the whole Samhain/Halloween thing going with it.
My more ambitious plan is to put
together a D-Day/Normandy campaign themed contest for June, I think
an OSR game can handle any genre, Sci-Fi has been done more than
once, so why not WW II? What do you all think?
Warlord Games has already generously agreed to sponsor both contests.
