Monday, July 17, 2006

Holy cow a post! yeah well walk a block in my shoes buddy!

Nah really just been REAL busy with life 101 as I like to call it. I was over at 1000 Buffalo's site for my daily dose of my best friends world (which apears to be just a crazy as mine!) and noticed this post which I just had to copy here:

The first thing I heard on the radio this morning, pre-California sunshine, was that Syd Barrett passed away last week. Syd was a founding member of Pink Floyd who had to step down before they made it big. That I recall, the band always acknowledged the start Syd have given them, and Wish You Were Here was a tribute to him and his influence.

Not much to say that Pink Floyd hasn’t already said:

Remember when you were young,
You shone like the sun.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
Now there’s a look in your eyes,
Like black holes in the sky.
Shine on you crazy diamond.
You were caught on the crossfire
Of childhood and stardom,
Blown on the steel breeze.
Come on you target for faraway laughter,
Come on you stranger, you legend, you martyr, and shine!

Shine on, Syd.


Yes Syd is gone! Pink Floyd holds some very special memories for me and I am sure for allot of use that are in our late 30's or older!

Anyway as Molotov said...shine on Syd, shine on!

Peace,
Mr. Mean

Wednesday, January 25, 2006

Eberron to GURPs

Ok I have been working on the conversion of Eberron to GURPs 4th ed. And I am just about to start a game. I think I have it all together (at least in the mind!). I have all the Eberron books except the book of magic for Eberron and it is on my list of things to get, can you say eBay!

But what I really wanted to talk about is the Players Guide to Eberron, wow what a great book! What a great job on this book, I mean everything is just … well GREAT! I mean there are not a lot of “crunchy bitz” such as rules or setting specific rules just for D&D 3.5. I mean I got it on the recommendation of my FLGS owner Darren at www.imperialoutpost.com as he knows I am working on the conversion and I must say do yourself a favor and pick this book up if you like character setting and area based knowledge of a fantasy setting. This could almost be a GURPs book already as the game related stuff is very minimal as I said before and the “What you know” section of each new topic can easily convert to any game system.

If you are like me and love the concept or flavor of Eberron but not a huge fan of the D&D mechanics, grab this book it will give you a wealth of info for your game if you want to use the Eberron setting and not the cannon rules of D&D.

So in short go buy this book if you think you might want more info on Eberron or may use it in a campaign setting.


Mr. Mean

Wednesday, January 18, 2006

Yum day old cinnamon rolls!

So I am at work and starving and I go in the break room and there on the counter are some day old cinnamon rolls! Oh the smell the tatse! I pop them in the nuker for 15 sec and yum! nice and hot cinnamon rolls!

Gotta go I got to get me one more of those baby!


Mr. Mean

Monday, January 02, 2006

Gaming 2005




Ok so I have not posted in a bit and I apologize for that.  I just was inspired by Molotov to post my gaming review for year 2005!

L5R or http://www.legendofthefiverings.com/rpg/: I ran a small campaign for 3-4 of my local friends here in Phoenix. Fun had by all and we all enjoyed the 3rd ed. Rules

HARP or http://www.harphq.com/:  While I have not Gmed the game yet I do have the main book and 2 of the supplements, HARP has been referred to as Rolemaster light! HARP stands for High Adventure Role-Playing and is a rule set with no setting to speak of. I really like the character creation rules and it has a very different spin on the whole fantasy setting. Give it a try I think you will like it. Also ICE has all the books as PDF’s right from their site.

GURPs or http://www.sjgames.com/gurps/ : I am playing in a 4th Ed. Game Fantasy at the moment and have been working on my conversion of Eberron from WotC to GURPs as I think GURPs handles fantasy better than D20. If you have not checked it out you should there is a free primer of GURPs Lite on the site.

M&M or http://www.mutantsandmasterminds.com/ : M&M has to be my all time favorite RPG system for it’s ease of use and playability! If you have not checked out the world’s greatest superhero game then please give it a test drive you will not be disappointed!

Well that’s about all for me for the year of 05. I would have loved to play more but life 101 got in the way a lot! I hope to make a better year of 06 that’s for sure. I have a new job and it is permanent and looks to be a good fit for now.  

I have made a few repairs to the house and with the new job and influx of cash that that brings I hope to be able to fix the dry rot spots before the next monsoon season and the rain.

Oh well I think that is all! Happy New Year and may 2006 be better for you and yours.

Mr. Mean