Filed under: wargames | Tags: 28mm figure gaming, old west, wargames, wild west
About 10 years ago or so a friend gave me a dog-eared photocopy of some playtest rules that he’d downloaded from the internet and even though i’d got no interest in the American “Old West” I had a read, then another read, then bought a £100 worth of Foundry (28mm) Wild West Apache, Outlaws, Citizens and some US troopers of the time, then made up a “fate deck” and thoroughly enjoyed myself.
For some reason I moved on to other things and hadn’t thought about them since, until a mate told me he’s buying me a copy of the newly published Rules with No Name (Fistful of Dice) Hardback version by Bryan Ansell
So, I thought i’d re-acquaint myself with the rules and found (an even more dog-eared copy than I remembered!) the copy from my filing cabinet where it’s hidden for years. I’ve had a read and I’m even more enthusiastic than I was the first time around. It’s taken me about half a day to find the old gunslinger figures from the garage but I’ve got them out and dusted them off. And found a bunch of mounted Red Indians that I hadn’t even painted.
I can’t remember the last time I was so excited to be getting a new set of rules in a few days (Dave if they’re delayed and I don’t get them on my Birthday I’m going to be well p*ssed off!)
Anyway, fingers crossed. If they’re half as good as the playtest versions I’ll be a happy happy man indeed. What a brilliant brilliant brilliant game – Bryan (and I think I said this via email years ago) you’re a genius man!
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: digital photography, photography, xmas presents
A few years ago I bought a good camera (well good for me) – a prosumer one and expected to take great photos immediately
Of course that was stupid in retrospect but I really didn’t understand why the pros took really good photo’s and mine were.. well a bit rubbish.
The camera helped and hindered as I hadn’t got a clue about many of the features (and the manual was a nightmare) then a friend bought me a copy of Scott Kelby’s Digital Photography book and it all started to make sense. Admittedly I still don’t care about why changing shutter speed makes my photos of waterfalls look really good, but it does the job, and I get approving looks from other camera fans (until they ask me why I set the shutter to a certain speed and I say “because it looked good..??”)
Anyway, there’s another volume out (I haven’t got it yet) but it’s looking good.. so any friends who want to buy it for me – then go ahead 
Scott Kelby – Digital Photography Volume II (note the publishers information and table of contents is here)
