Rab's Geekly Digest

Blogging has been the thing that has continued to feel like a drag since more-or-less recovering my mojo after a slump in pretty much everyt...

While I do get enthusiastic about things pretty easily (I like to think of it as a childlike sense of wonder), it's not often that I...

A large part of my interest in the medieval fantasy that can be found in the games I mostly play (WFB, Dragon Rampant, my Averaigne Basic Fa...

Following on from this post ... It turns out that Frank is not just a modelling inspiration for yours truly, but also an open-handedly gen...

Around about this point in the year (October half term for us teachers), I start thinking about what gaming projects and ambitions I want to...

Mini-Rab #1 had just started at a new school and, as a way of getting to know the other kids, has joined almost every club going - a bit lik...

About ten days ago I was playing a new tabletop pirate game with my two sons. Each player had a small wooden ship about seven or eight inche...

...around here for a while. Aside from some fairly significant developments at work (good, bad, and just time-consuming), the main reason is...

Now, I love a random table as much as the next nerd. Whether it is a simple d6 affair to select a scenario when you want a quick pick-up gam...

About a week ago, a fellow Oldhammerer on the FB page enquired about the value of a copy of Gary Chalk and Ian Bailey's 1990 publication...

Assuming that the fallout from the more unexpected political events of 2016 isn't actual  fallout, I've made some hobby-related ...

So, we're about halfway through the annual painting event that, by way of a slightly laboured pun, celebrates the bony and the bloody, t...

Today I received a box sent to me by what many outside the online geekery circles would call a stranger. There is a better word from the Win...

As well as needing to get set for Friday's game session, a poll and subsequent discussion on the Swords and Wizardry G+ community about ...

So, there I was, searching for the best product to fill my rivers with (pictures of the first flocking tomorrow, I reckon), when Squirre...

Hills. Rolling countryside. A realistic landscape over which medieval, fantastical, and futuristic antagonists can pursue their goals. That...

After yesterday's sad news about Wayne England, there was only one choice I could make for last night's hobby time - my first dwarf ...

To misquote Gaj's Warhammer for Adults blog 's strapline, do you remember when cartoons were inspiring fiction and not just extended...

Hello readers, I'm back from my (very enjoyable) family holidays, caught up on the excellent post-BOYL reports and pictures, overcome ...

This time of year is rather full for me at work (report writing, working out the impact of new exam syllabi etc.) and in the garden (I'm...