Matthew Sylvester
war
Star Wars: X-Wing – Iron Fist Campaign – Capture Keehla Rigor
“Sir! Sensors are picking up enemy fighters! There are dozens of ’em!” Trooper Peenes practically screamed his report out, eyes wide open and lips moving as he tried to pick out individual ships from the snowstorm on his screen. Captain Keehla Rigor looked over at the panicked rebel trooper for a second, “Calm yourself lad. Send … Continue reading
Star Wars: X-Wing – Iron Fist Campaign – Rearguard Action
*<<<“Gemini 5-4, you’ve got one on your tail! Break left, break left!”>>>* *<<<“This is bunker 3-1, we’re being assaulted by a company of enemy stormtroopers. Request assistance, we can’t hold out much lo…..>>>* *<<<Mayday, mayday, mayday, this is ore transport Pork Belly, Imperial TIE fighters have hit our engines, we’re drifting towards the planet, estimated … Continue reading
Star Wars: X-Wing – This gamer’s excitement is back
Back when I was 9, I started playing Basic Dungeons and Dragons, my first adventure was Keep on the Borderlands. I still have the books. I still remember the excitement. That was 32 years ago. Since then I’ve become a bitter, cynical and jaded gamer, fed up with constant rule revisions and re-releases of figures, … Continue reading
Combat – Why I like writing about it so much
Combat. There’s nothing I like more – aside from coffee – than reading or writing about combat. I’m not talking about mental-based combat such as psionics or magic, I’m talking about the physical, the visceral, weapons-based and empty-handed combat. I’ve always enjoyed writing about such things, often to the consternation of my primary school teachers. … Continue reading
I hide in shame, and a little fear, from my bin men
Sounds sad doesn’t it? A 41 year old man, hiding from the bin men. But it’s true. See, we’re moving soon. We have a 120 foot garden (one reason we’re moving) which absolutely filled with plants that hate us. Don’t feel bad, we hate them just as much. In order to get the house into … Continue reading
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