Watch the Skies!

There's a new website for Aeronautica Imperialis. Between this game and the upcoming release of the Adepta Sororitas army, it seems that Games Workshop is going to be getting a lot of my money this fall!

More News on Aeronautica Imperialis

Click here for the latest details on Aeronautica Imperialis, the upcoming aerial combat miniatures game set in the Warhammer 40k universe.

And the winner is...Tennis?!

Of the 20 Atari games that came preloaded on our mini-console, I'm suprised to report that RealSports Tennis holds up the best. Even 35 years after it first came out, it's simple, elegant, and fun!

Feuding Dragons

So the XFL is coming back (let's go, Guardians!) and D&D is playfully going after the newly-minted Seattle Dragons. Given the XFL's track record, however, I'm betting on D&D to be the last dragon standing in Seattle...

Free RPG Day News

It feels like kind of a slow time for RPG news (I haven't mentioned an upcoming D&D sourcebook featuring a setting I don't like, but I'll definitely end up buying the book for the official artificer class), so I'm scraping around for any interesting tidbits. Here's an interview with the new owner of Free RPG Day. The fact that Free RPG Day has an owner was news to me, but the really cool part is that the new ownership group includes Millennium Games -- hands-down the best game store in the entire world!

Retro Fun

With the new Atari VCS coming in early 2020, I thought it might be fun to introduce the boys to the wonderful world of Atari gaming, so I picked up one of those cheapo mini-consoles that comes pre-loaded with Atari 2600 games. Nathaniel really digs the retro vibe, but I don't think Matthew can get past the forty-year-old graphics and sound. For my part, I've enjoyed revisiting old favorites like Adventure and Asteroids, hidden gems like Crystal Castles and Gravitar, and a few I'd never even heard of, like Secret Quest and Double Dunk. We'll definitely need to poke around online for the manuals, however, as it's not really obvious how to play some of these games; I mean, the original 2600 controllers had only one button, but the controller that came with our mini-console has nine!

Atari Art

I'm back in good old WNY for some time off, and it's been a bit of an artsy-fartsy visit thus far. I enjoyed seeing the Rembrandt, the two Monet pieces, and many other great works at Rochester's Memorial Art Gallery, and now I'm working my way through Art of Atari, a fascinating visual history of the pioneering video game company. I'd highly recommend it for any fellow Gen-Xers who grew up on the 2600!

Aeronautica Imperialis

So, yeah, Games Workshop just found another way to get my money. Check this out -- it's like X-Wing, but set in the 40k universe!