Monday, December 31, 2018

Goodbye Old Game Year, Hello New Game Year

Another year of gaming has come to a close and a new year of gaming is beginning.

This waning year our group continued my campaign and introduced my brother's campaign. We alternate running our adventures which can sometimes confuse a few of the players as to which character they are playing at a given session. My brother is doing great as DM, being a novice isn't slowing him down or dampening his enthusiasm and I am proud of how well he is taking to the job of Dungeon Master.

My Hammered Game Table is back in action, having been taken out of storage and set up at my brother's house. He and his wife have fully embraced the game and went so far as to rearrange their house to create a large gaming space to fit the 8+' x 4+' table and turned an entertainment center into storage for gaming paraphernalia.

They have also been buying miniatures, and crafting their own terrain and decor for the adventures in his campaign.

The gaming group seems to have stabilized at 7 members for the time being.

I've just introduced Federation Commander to one member of the group, but it remains to be seen if any others will take to the game.

In the coming year there is a strong possibility we will add two new players to the group bringing us back up to nine which makes for a target rich environment for the monsters.  ;)

One of the possible new member played an old school version of D&D years ago, and the other, his wife, will be completely new to role playing. This will be fun rekindling his enjoyment and sparking new interest for her.

As for my campaign in the new year, I anticipate doing more dungeon crawling and less wilderness exploration. My players have begun to show greater appreciation for indoor environments than for the great outdoors. While both are dangerous, the party has lost more characters in  the wild than in the dungeons so far.

Here's hoping your games in 2019 will be grand, wild fun.

Happy Gaming!

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