While I still haven’t taken a run at Diablo himself, I did manage to complete one of my goals. I finally was able to upgrade my gems to have all six perfect gems and use the Horadric cube to change them into a resist-all amulet.
On the down side, it looks like the resistances top out at a max of 75%.
On the up side, it clears up a lot of space in my stash.
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Monday, March 7, 2011
Road Trip - Petersfield
Coming back from Winnipeg Beach, we stopped at the Petersfield duck.
There's not much of the town itself but they have a nice little park where you can pull over and see the duck and take some pictures.
Friday, March 4, 2011
Fig painting total - Feb
I was doing fine for figures bought this year – with nothing I purchased in January completing any sets and only 11 sets completed in February – until I came across some farm animal sets in BJ Super Toy Sales. I’ve been looking for 1/35 horses and cattle for the upsized RWNN and haven’t been able to find any at Dollarama or Michael’s. At $1.50 a bag, it was worth picking up two bags to see what was usable.
It was a good find – with 2 horses (1 foal), 3 cattle (1 calf), 3 pigs, 3 sheep (1 lamb), and a goat. 5 to 10 bags should give enough head of cattle to simulate a decent herd come to town, enough horses, and even enough sheep to make a cattle/sheep war viable. Especially if I can find the bags for less.
Also, I’m hoping to use these figures to hone my painting skills for the regular figures.
40K Battlewagon (in bits) – 1
40K Carnifex (in bits) – 1
40K Raveners (in bits) – 3
40K Tyranid Warriors (in bits) – 6
2 sets Farm Animals (1/35 scale) - 24
Feb figures bought – 35, figures painted – 0
It was a good find – with 2 horses (1 foal), 3 cattle (1 calf), 3 pigs, 3 sheep (1 lamb), and a goat. 5 to 10 bags should give enough head of cattle to simulate a decent herd come to town, enough horses, and even enough sheep to make a cattle/sheep war viable. Especially if I can find the bags for less.
Also, I’m hoping to use these figures to hone my painting skills for the regular figures.
40K Battlewagon (in bits) – 1
40K Carnifex (in bits) – 1
40K Raveners (in bits) – 3
40K Tyranid Warriors (in bits) – 6
2 sets Farm Animals (1/35 scale) - 24
Feb figures bought – 35, figures painted – 0
Monday, February 28, 2011
Laptop - finally?
I got a bit of a bonus so I'm going to put it to buying a laptop. I'm hoping to be able to save up the remainder by the end of March.
My needs are low - I'm looking for a minimum of 15", wireless, 2GB RAM, 250 GB HD, and a decent video card. I'm hoping to keep the cost under $400. I've got my eye on a few models that should work.
With these requirements, I can finally play Hellgate:London, Dawn of War, and City of Villains. As well as finally being able to be online while watching TV. I'll probably load Diablo (and Diablo II) on it as well so my son and I can play online together.
It's been quite a few years coming but now I am so close.
Shan had picked up an old laptop from work - but it didn't have wireless and she wrecked the one usb port because she left the trackball plugged in it. Plus, it was 'hers' and we didn't get to play with it much.
My needs are low - I'm looking for a minimum of 15", wireless, 2GB RAM, 250 GB HD, and a decent video card. I'm hoping to keep the cost under $400. I've got my eye on a few models that should work.
With these requirements, I can finally play Hellgate:London, Dawn of War, and City of Villains. As well as finally being able to be online while watching TV. I'll probably load Diablo (and Diablo II) on it as well so my son and I can play online together.
It's been quite a few years coming but now I am so close.
Shan had picked up an old laptop from work - but it didn't have wireless and she wrecked the one usb port because she left the trackball plugged in it. Plus, it was 'hers' and we didn't get to play with it much.
Friday, February 25, 2011
Road trip - Winnipeg Beach
One of the other places we stopped in at last summer was Winnipeg Beach. This is where they had filmed some of the series Falcon Beach.
It's a small town - the biggest draw for most people is the beach - it's quite a nice beach with a huge boardwalk beside it.
On the ends of the boards they have dedication plates. These ones tell a neat story.
My big reason to go was the surviving arcades. They have three arcades in a row on the main street.
I wanted to make sure that the kids got to see some real arcades while they still could. The two Playlands had some old decor - with vintage posters from the eighties.
They had some old games and even some skee ball games. In the Boardwalk Station they had a pool table, old arcades, a pair of coin-op horses, arcade games, and some vintage pinball machines.
The kids had a great time. I hadn't been to Winnipeg Beach in the last two decades, but it's definately on my list of places to go back to soon. The beach is so nice that it shouldn't be hard to convince the family, but I'm heading back for the arcade.
Thursday, February 24, 2011
SJG - annual report - Tribes
Steve Jackson, of Steve Jackson Games, releases an annual report about the state of SJG and the industry. He's usually pretty open about successes and failings. It's usually a good read and, as usual, this year's can be found here. This link always shows the current year's report so if you are reading this after 2011 the link for this year will be at the bottom of that page.
While he used to be know for Car Wars and Ogre, as well as GURPS, lately he's been kept afloat on the back of Munchkin sales. I'm not as big a fan of this game as his others so, while I wish him well, and am glad that he is still around, I would like to see him get back to making some other games - like the fine Cthulhu Dice and Zombie Dice - both of which are quick and easy.
Another game I'm waiting for them to reprint is Tribes. You basically control a caveman tribe as it grows and prospers or doesn't. I keep thinking I can upsize the rules to use as a convention game but haven't even been able to get a hold of them. The basic game has been out of print for a while and they aren't going to reprint it as they plan on releasing a Deluxe version of the game.
Someday.
Just not in 2010 and they have said it is also not in the pipeline for 2011 either. They further said that the regular version is so old that they would have to reformat it to rerelease it and if they are going to go to the trouble of doing that they might as well make the deluxe version.
So, Tribes - one day, you will be mine.
Just not likely this year either.
While he used to be know for Car Wars and Ogre, as well as GURPS, lately he's been kept afloat on the back of Munchkin sales. I'm not as big a fan of this game as his others so, while I wish him well, and am glad that he is still around, I would like to see him get back to making some other games - like the fine Cthulhu Dice and Zombie Dice - both of which are quick and easy.
Another game I'm waiting for them to reprint is Tribes. You basically control a caveman tribe as it grows and prospers or doesn't. I keep thinking I can upsize the rules to use as a convention game but haven't even been able to get a hold of them. The basic game has been out of print for a while and they aren't going to reprint it as they plan on releasing a Deluxe version of the game.
Someday.
Just not in 2010 and they have said it is also not in the pipeline for 2011 either. They further said that the regular version is so old that they would have to reformat it to rerelease it and if they are going to go to the trouble of doing that they might as well make the deluxe version.
So, Tribes - one day, you will be mine.
Just not likely this year either.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
White Dwarf - renewal
I renewed my White Dwarf subscription today. I have mixed feelings about it. More and more people keep saying that it is merely their monthly catalog - hyping the newest releases, but I still look forward to it.
Not to say that I am without misgivings about it though. Ever since they went back to a North American issue (instead of the American and Canadian versions) there have been some concerns. Notable that the issues reach us long after they are in the stores - I received the January issue at the end of January and only received the February issue at the end of last week. Granted, they have been a bit of delays with Canada Post since the Christmas holidays but that still seems a bit excessive.
Secondly, when they came from the Canadian source they were in a plastic bag but when they come from the states they are not. This means that the shipping label is affixed directly to the magazine cover and I have a difficult time removing it without tearing even a small part of the cover.
Thirdly, they no longer even bother to list the prices of the new figures anymore. I suppose showing a split price would be too difficult - especially with our dollars floating around par.
Another note - with the Canadian issues, the spines for a year formed an image - it was not needed but was a nice touch. The downside of the Canadian issues was that they started renumbering at 1 so that I have a disjoint in my sequence.
On the upside, I can pay for my renewal at the local Games Workshop store. I could even have them hold the issues for me at the store as an in-house subscription. The only thing keeping me from doing so is that the 'local' Games Workshop is on the other half of the city - which wouldn't be so bad if they were open on Mondays or Tuesdays and if they were open before 1 pm during the week.
Ah well, I will continue with the mailed copy for another year and see how it turns out. Let's hope for the best.
Not to say that I am without misgivings about it though. Ever since they went back to a North American issue (instead of the American and Canadian versions) there have been some concerns. Notable that the issues reach us long after they are in the stores - I received the January issue at the end of January and only received the February issue at the end of last week. Granted, they have been a bit of delays with Canada Post since the Christmas holidays but that still seems a bit excessive.
Secondly, when they came from the Canadian source they were in a plastic bag but when they come from the states they are not. This means that the shipping label is affixed directly to the magazine cover and I have a difficult time removing it without tearing even a small part of the cover.
Thirdly, they no longer even bother to list the prices of the new figures anymore. I suppose showing a split price would be too difficult - especially with our dollars floating around par.
Another note - with the Canadian issues, the spines for a year formed an image - it was not needed but was a nice touch. The downside of the Canadian issues was that they started renumbering at 1 so that I have a disjoint in my sequence.
On the upside, I can pay for my renewal at the local Games Workshop store. I could even have them hold the issues for me at the store as an in-house subscription. The only thing keeping me from doing so is that the 'local' Games Workshop is on the other half of the city - which wouldn't be so bad if they were open on Mondays or Tuesdays and if they were open before 1 pm during the week.
Ah well, I will continue with the mailed copy for another year and see how it turns out. Let's hope for the best.
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