Terrain Crusade Competition

Terrain For Hippos in association with The Campaigner is proud to bring you the TERRAIN CRUSAD COMPETITION!

Allow me to quote lavishly from the Campaigner (because I am overly lazy and do not wish to write my own spiel)

"Now you can have the talents of The Campaigner’s resident terrain expert, Owen Top, among your own collection. The building Owen created for last issues Terrain Crusade is up for grabs. But it can’t go to just any home, it has to be won by Owen’s most learned student.The challenge is to show Owen what you have learnt by creating a piece of terrain. It can be any size, but must be on a circular base 120mm in diameter (the size of a compact disc… how about that) and can fit any genre, theme or game system you like. The more creative and skilful the more you are likely to impress Owen.

Once completed you can send your entry to contact@thecampaignermagazine.com. Include your name, up to five photos showing the terrain piece from different angles, as well as a brief description on what the piece is and how you built it. Owen will choose the entry he most thinks fulfils the ideals of the Terrain Crusade.

Entries close Friday 25 March. One entry per person. Entry is available worldwide.

All Outta Bubblegum.

There will be a crippling Brad shortage on Thursday, meaning that we cannot go ahead with the usual Star Wars: Edge of the Empire session. Which means Thursday is a perfect time to kick arse and chew bubblegum. And run out of gum. So we will play All Outta Bubblegum!

Star Wars character generation.

The plan is to start playing Star Wars: Edge of the Empire next week (although I have another GeekFest meeting, meaning we may not have a whole bunch of time). If you want to think about characters, here is a link to a handy character generator spreadsheet. We will need to check over characters you create and make sure everything is going to work, but the spreadsheet will give you some idea of what is possible.

Co-incidentally, the holiday program session next thursday is 'Introduction to Sci Fi Roleplaying' and will be about Star Wars: Edge of the Empire.

Please note that as I only have the core rulebook for Edge of the Empire, we have only eight races and six careers to choose from, although the spreadsheet has an enormous number to choose from. The core species and careers are all at the top of their respective lists.
Available species are:

• Bothan
• Droid
• Gand
• Human
• Rodia
• Trandoshan
• Twi'lek
• Wookie

Available careers are:

• Bounty Hunter
• Colonist
• Explorer
• Hired Gun
• Smuggler
• Technician

Each career has three 'specialisations', (for instance, if you want to be a pilot, that's a specialisation of Smuggler, Mercenary is a Hired Gun speciality etc.) all of these are listed in the spreadsheet, and all of them are available.

New RPG session starts this week - Star Wars: Edge of the Empire

With the release of Episode VII (and more importantly, the CGI series Star Wars: Rebels!) the time is ripe for Edge of the Empire! This Thursday I plan to launch a new RPG session, playing mercenaries, bounty hunters, smugglers and other denizens of the outer rim. Some of you may be familiar with the SW:EotE rules - some time ago we played the beginner game. It's a very simple system to grasp, and rewards story telling and imaginative play.

I am looking for FOUR players. If you are interested, either post a comment below or email me.
We will carry out character generation and play the opening chapter of the campaign on Thursday Jan 7th.

Summer Holiday Program confirmed.

The 2016 January holiday program has now been confirmed!
Go check out the events page for full details.

September Holiday Program 2015: ANNOUNCE!

Yes! Announced it is! Check it out here.

Crippling Toppy shortage strikes Gippsland Gamers

All members of Gippsland Gamers are warned that there will be a crippling Toppy shortage this week due to Melbourne Camp. You are requested to make the necessary adjustments.