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This is the sort of blogcast that will happen when no other really big topic jumps out, grabs me by the throat, and growls into my ear: "WRITE ABOUT ME..."

Basically, there are only a few small issues to write about, and here they are:


1: DEATH OF WARLORDS

Ok, AEG is probably about the worst game company ever. They used to produce the Warlords CCG
and a couple other things, but they sold Warlords to some other company...which hasn't helped the
already bad situation with the game! See, BOTH companies had really sucky service, and really sucky
store support, and really sucky prize support, and you know what happens when you have a combination
of all three of these? You have a good game, with no players...which really does suck, because Warlords
was a good game. It had a solid base of good cards and tactics that could be used no matter whether
you were a novice or a pro, you didn't need a huge collection to play the game, the rules didn't change much
with each new set, and the entire series of playable cards didn't change every few months.

As it turns out there is a new tournament organizer (TO) in our area, and lo and behold, some of our former
group is playing in this nwe group. I hope they have better luck with this new company than we've had so
far, although from first reports...nope...


2: CHANGING D20 GAMES

Well, our GM decided to call it quits for a bit, and he wrapped up our AD&D campaign in a blaze of god-fighting glory as Pelor took on the Dragon Lord, with our characters in the middle trying to fight it out. Even though we had a group of 10-12th level characters who should have been wiped out within seconds, with the help of Pelor, we survived and triumphed...although I think Pelor went through a bit of an alignment change as a result of this battle. I mean, when Pelor's basically boiling down the souls of his loyal followers (us) to power god-level attacks, that's saying something. An evil god would be like: "Who cares, you live for me, you die for me." Pelor might have second thoughts after using his followers as god gasoline, but I sometimes question the Lawful-Good alignment anyway...I mean, what good is being a paladin if you get killed? If you can do X amount of good deeds in five years, could you not do that much more in ten years if you avoid the fight to the death with the ancient red dragon?

But I digress...

So I have started a d20 Modern campaign where the characters are all recruited by this secret intelligence organization that's working to keep what is left of society together in the post-nuke, post-oil crash world of 2100. Time will tell whether this works out...I've been away from the GM's chair for a bit, but I think it will work really nice.

More later...

John B.