Author Archives: David Dorward
Geoide
A lunchtime game of Words With Friends resulted in: wow. Geoide isn’t in my dictionary!… ah. that’s because the word was Geoid. I now have a new piece of technobabble for my upcoming Star Trek FATE game. One of my … Continue reading
Mantic Games has great customer service
I posted recently about getting my hands on Dwarf King’s Hold. I’ve since had a chance to play it a few times (it is fun, and can serve as a nice filler game as running through a scenario only takes … Continue reading
Dwarf King’s Hold
Wargames conventions are dangerous places, and my bank balance took some hits when I went to Salute this year. One of my acquisitions was a copy of Dwarf King’s Hold. This is a fun little game with fairly simple mechanics, … Continue reading
The genetics of animal coats
Mike has been writing some interesting stuff about the genetics of horses (with a focus on what colour schemes are sensible to paint onto calvary). On a related note, Irregular Webcomic has something similar about Siamese cats which I found … Continue reading
Has Steven Moffat been busy reassembling the 5th Doctor’s TARDIS crew?
Doctor Who returns to our screens next weekend, and the BBC have released a trailer that shows us River Song is back once more. It seems the TARDIS crew will consist of someone who can relate to the Doctor on … Continue reading