International Tabletop Day: April 11th

Next saturday is International Tabletop Day! You should celebrate by playing lots and lots of games and worshipping at the feet of Wil Wheaton!

Easter Wars II: The Jealousy of Ratmen

There's been a slight problem with the plan for Easter Wars II in that I have gone and left all the terrible toad at school (I forgot completely that the case was under my desk...). As a result of this grievous error, the plot has changed a little...

Jealous of the fine reputation, cute status and egg-based affection which children lavish upon their rodent brothers, the bunnies, the loathsome ratmen and their vile kin have launched a terrible plan to destroy easter! Scurrying from their dank burrows which riddle the land, they have launched a daring raid on the Easter Bunny egg stash, and stolen all the eggs! Now it is up to elite teams of ninja commando easter bunnies, each lead by a powerful Easter Assassin to reclaim the eggs from the vile clutches of the Ratmen!

Changes from last year include:

• A change of rules system from Fanticide to A Song of Blades and Heroes
• New units - the Ninja Commando Easter Bunnies now come in two flavours; deadly assassin leaders and the slightly less deadly commandos.
• New enemies - The Loathsome Ratmen and their Vile Kin, including their potent giant-rat riding chief, deadly warlocks, sneaking assassins, and foul rat ogres.
• New scenario - no longer are you attempting to rescue the kidnapped bears, now you are fighting to liberate stolen eggs!

Easter Holiday Program 2015: ANNOUNCE

Ninja Commando Easter Bunnie... ATTACK!!

This year's Easter Holiday program has been confirmed.
There will be a learn to paint session, Pirates' Treasure, Easter Wars II (with a new rules system!) and chocolate.
Mostly chocolate.
You can check out full details on the Special Events page.

Events of significant importance.

Harken oh gamers to this news of upcoming events!

Little Wars Melbourne 2015:

Borek! New figure!

May 31st, Moorabin Town Hall, Nepean Hwy. Melb.

Ah, Little Wars, venerable god king of melbournian games conventions. There will be a great deal of gaming and geekery, also many stalls and vendors selling the finest in geekery. Also, our own Brad the younger will be running a participation Dice Chucker session! Details of this session will be unleashed upon the world as they appear, but it involves:

• Skyships.
• Pirates.
• New figures.
• Cosplay.

GeekFest 2016:

Venetians recreate our masked ball. But not as awesomely.

January 16th, Coal Creek, Korrumburra.

GeekFest's return has been confirmed on January 16th, 2016. There are wild rumours circulating about:

• A masked ball after party.
• Magic: The Gathering organised play.
• Jousting.
• More traders.

More details are sure to come to light in the fullness of time...

But wait, there's kickstarter update

Kickstarter just emailed me to say that copies of But Wait, There's More have shipped. This means I should get mine in the next two-four weeks, depending on the vagaries of international postage from the US.
Rousing cheers!

Floor Games rulesets

Overwhelming demand from parents at GeekFest 2015 has lead to me posting all the floor game rules used at GeekFest and at Holiday Program to the GeekFest 2015 site. Those who ahve come here looking for them are requested the make the necessary adjustments.

In which we are thanked for our dedication to Dice Chucker V.3

I got an email last night from the bloke who wrote Dice Chucker thanking us for our interest in his game. Now that's the kind of service you don't get from the big game companies! He was very happy to see that the game is being used out in the big wide real world, and not just occupying a dark and shadowy corner of the back of his head. It's also nice to see the fame of Gippsland Gamers spreading so far!

The OvErSoUl GaMeS website is no more, but there is a new blog on which Bobby Wallen Jr. is posting about his projects, the 10th anniversary of Dice Chucker, and the future of the system.