"This far no further........"

2 months ago i made a decision to not go ahead with Magic the Gathering because I felt it was too expensive and because of that I couldn't afford to do some other things that I want to do

recently that has changed - recent refinancing and some positive wage based stuff means that I am more comfortable than I was and in august I will be better still

So I think I can do want I want to

New Magic set (new start) in June - they are reformatting the game and starting with a more story based format

while that is going on I wil actually be redecorating the flat

starting the end of May (some stuff I want to do during May)

Games Room (May)
Little Bedroom/Hall (June)
Kitchen/Bathroom (July)
Living Room (August)

Decorating through first
then curtains and any new furniture
then flooring

target for completion - by Christmas

going to be busy :)

Right then

Spent 2 days thinking about this

had no inclination to write/ref for months now
recently any small inclination that was regrowing was stamped out

but WOTC are releasing what amounts to the 5e edition of The Temple of Elemental Evil (along with the MMO expansions for Neverwinter and DDO and a bordgame)

so that got me back to classic DND modules/adventures and the fact that I happen to think they were inspired and in an age where RPG materials are basically churned out at riduculous rates I think I can use some of that material and perhaps rekindle my interest

So I have the AD+D, 3rd ed and going to get the 5e edition version as soon as possible

Thats where it starts - there are a lot of other early material that I think would be fun - so it's going to get done over the rest of my break .... after I dig the modules out of the closet

I want to run more Cthulhu as well

anything else will go on a back burner for now


In other news I hope to get an Xbox1 or a PS4 before the end of the year

having some definative goals makes me happier

and now for dinner :)

oh well.......

Yesterday was my Brothers birthday

I wished him Happy Birthday on Facebook

this morning I found that he'd made a comment but then deleted the post on Facebook so I have no idea what he said

however I'm not surprised and don't feel anything anymore

actually more sad about that than about his behaviour

onward :(

Crossroads

okay so at some point the group is going to play DND 5e (with me as ref probably)

we did the same thing with 4th and as a group agreed to walk away from it because (to put it politely) it wasn't our cup of tea

I think 5e will be different because WOTC did a public design/playtest thing (which is what I think made Pathfinder so good - the players and the designers designed the game) which brings up the real possiblity that we will be playing 5e rather than Pathfinder in the future

I think this will be because now Pathfinder is a bloated whale of options and rising power levels which is exactly what 3.5 turned into and got us to switch to Pathfinder

5e doesn't get a fraction of the releases that PF or 3.5 got which is I think a genius move and will leave DND on top

but I have a metric crapload of Pathfinder material that isn't just mechanics but story as well which I don't want to sell off so what to do

the most likely thing that is going to happen is that I am going to read the material and use plot and chracters in a traditional DND game - mathematical conversions are possible but seems like a lot of work that these days I do not have the enthusiasm for

so whats going to happen is I am going to perhaps pinch adventure (path?) ideas and just repopulate with DND critters and loot etc and see how we get on

second thing is that although I really want to get into Magic tournaments and stuff the sheer expense makes my head spin I could if I really wanted to budget an amount every month for boosters I could but to what end - it doesn't ever end

with the new release format I'd be looking at a 'fat pack' and x times boosters (averaging anywhere between £2.50 and £3.50 per booster) and the fat pack costs £25 - £30 (9 boosters, semi random cards, guide and boxes)

It is so much more expensive than I thought and even I won't go there

So we come to Living Card games - sorta like CCGs but not really random - core set and monthly releases of set cards (about 20 or so) you build decks and add the expansion cards in but it doesnt cost anyway near as much

plus the sets I have are Call of Cthulhu, Lord of the Rings, and newly bought Netrunner I also have Warhammer INvasion but I think thats going on Ebay at some point) - they also have Star Wars and a 40k one that I am probably going to get

and they have organised play

Subject matter for the LCG's is so much closer to my core interests than MTG anyway

so looks like an Ebay clear out coming up

on 01/04/15 I start a 2 week break from work thank god and during that fortnight I will be hitting the 5e books

Providing I can get the World of Darkness thing out of my head - Dels game is great it's pre Batman (and super villains) Gotham it's understated in the sense that we are playing Detectives stumbling across organised Crime (and wierdness) and it's all escalating at a nice pace

Downside is becauseof Dereks genius I keep wanting to dive into the EOD instead of the 5e stuff I'm supposed to be writing

so on the run up to the break I am going to indulge my 'sweet toot' for WOD and get some proper work done later

Also got some LCG's to read - and a boardgame or 2

loads of stuff 

A Sad Day

Sir Terry Pratchett dies age 66

I was never that much of a fan, but then I was reading loads of material for games and stopped reading for fun at some point 

Nearly all of my friends I think liked his work a lot so feel sorry for their loss as well as the literary world losing a great

Now these days I'm reading for fun again I'm going to give Sir Terry another go

It is time

although I have made statements like this before I keep trying to get this right and will continue to do so until I succeed

strict weekly diet (something nice one day at the weekend)

walking to work every day

being better with money

earning flexitime at work so I can have more time off

trying to get the flat tidy over time and keeping it that way

branching out and expanding my life instead of getting trapped in the flat sometimes and not wanting to face the world

doing instead of saying

making a life where I am happy, and comfortable more often

This is whats going to happen

starting now

ONWARD!!!!

Le sigh

this weekend going to sketch out what I need to put down as a foundation

A 'blueprint' for what I need to build before years end

2 campaigns
a lighter, happier me
a home thats more comfortable than this

was going to start tonight but found myself thinking about someone I had (have?) feelings for and got nowhere

tomorrow is Friday (my holy day) and then the weekend

got to stop dwelling on the past

now to bed with what is supposed to be a scary book

Onward and all that