Not too much on the gaming front, beyond being asked to start my Ironguard game back up. I have decided on running a summer game (school months are too hectic with small children and work), and Ironguard now officially has more votes.
Aside from being flattering, this gives me an excuse to start incorporating all the kickstarters I have been funding.
It's only now that I've truly embraced the allure of Kickstarters. I've Kickstarted things before, with the Twilight 2000 box set, then Delver 2 and Valley of the Manticore back in November, but now that its February, there is a deluge of awesome things made available.
Yes, there is always the chance that something won't deliver, but so far, so good. Plus, all these creators have solid reputations for delivering, so I have faith. Kickstarters are also deceptive spending, for me at least - since I don't end up with immediate product in hand/hard drive, I forget that I backed things and therefore, how much I have spent on gaming things (my wife is the money person in our relationship, which is good, because if I were in charge, we would be massively in debt, because I am not the best at tracking necessary expenditures).
All this leads to my New Year's resolution to be mindful of my hobby spending, and so far, February is close to catching January's spending, and its only halfway over. So, no more games spending until March. Which is good, because I have been offered to go halfsies on boxes of Magic boosters.
In other news, I realized a new source of names for various people and places in fantasy games - the app game Dungeon Boss.
My 9-year-old got me playing it, and while he quickly found other games, I stuck with it in an on-again-off-again fashion (level 76 now). It's fantasy theme means awesome names. If you are a DM (or GM) and can't make a game featuring a final showdown in the Stonehelm Citadel against Utica the Forgotten who sits upon the Throne of Ash, after passing along the Bramblelurk Trail to the Mystic Vale, I don't know what to tell you.
Especially if you've recruited members of the Icethorn and Gladespring Knights to assist your crusade against Utica and its faceless legions.
A game world almost builds itself from these names.
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