You know, it's gratifying that there are people out there that cherish the old ways. I was on Boardgamegeek recently (back up after being inexplicably down for a week) and was catching up on some old geekmail. One of these was a comment from the designer of the old Avalon Hill game WIZARDS. I actually don't own that game, nor ever played the physical game, because, well, it kind of came and went when I was a youngster-- I never saw it in a store. But I love tile based games like this (and the far more complex MAGIC REALM), so I have downloaded and played the Java implementation of Wizards on the dewkid website. It's a fun pastime, not anything that floats my boat like Colossus does, but it retains the game play and funky artwork of the original nicely, and so it's a nice diversion. I hadn't looked at that site in eons, and the geekmail reminded me of it again.. so I popped over, and upon browsing the site for updates, noticed that Robin had made a java app based on the old SPI Time Tripper game. Now this was a development that brought back a flood of nostalgia. I had owned Time Tripper once-- and played it, regularly. I inflicted this one on my friends many times. We all liked the premise of the time-tripping Vietnam squaddies encountering hordes of generic bad guys from various realms of history and fantasy. A great game, and a great idea for a java implementation. I have to hand it to people like Robin, they really are the salt of the earth, making stuff like this available for free. Well done!

Waving Hands on Ravenblack

You are invited...

I just started a new Waving Hands/Warlocks/Spellcaster game HERE

The game is WARLOCKS, the online version of Richard Bartle's wonderful old pencil and paper game WAVING HANDS, a game of magickal dueling using somatic gestures and memory. WARLOCKS is also sometimes known as FIRETOP MOUNTAIN or SPELLCASTER.

To find rules for the wonderfully clever WAVING HANDS, go HERE

Spell list

The Ravenblack server isn't glamorous but it processes turns quickly. and has everything you need to play. Waving Hands is a blast.

Game: CONSIMWORLD 1 at "Citadels of Achilles" site

Sign up for CONSIMWORLD 1
(Max players 4, districts 8) HERE

(I set the "Assign roles randomly" button, which gave me:
Assassin, Tax Collector, Wizard, King, Alchemist, Bishop,
Architect, Diplomat, Artist)

Get a new account HERE


Rules to CITADELS HERE

and here (from the American Publisher)

House rules to the host site here


Finally, Bruno Faidutti's Citadels page