November 17, 2006
Battlestar Friday 11.17.06 ~ Getting Your BSG Game On
This week’s BSG Friday we take a quick look at board and card games based on Battlestar Galactica. I say quick because it is 7:40 PM and I have to leave soon to get over to Steve-O’s for BSG, Beer and Xbox games at 9:00! The first game based on...
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11-17-06
September 30, 2006
Peter... watch out for your cornhole, man...
This is Cornhole Country Originally uploaded by manahanwill. If you've seen the movie Office Space you know that line. The one where Peter Gibbons thinks he is facing jail time in a "Federal Pound Me in the Ass Prison" and his neighbor, Lawrence warns him to... well it's pretty...
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09-30-06
May 19, 2006
Big Game Hunters
Big Game Hunters Originally uploaded by manahanwill. The elite Devilsaur is one of the larger and deadlier monsters in the World of Warcraft. When Burnsie was alone in the Un'Goro crater the other day he knew better than to tangle with one. But with his friends Laeren (human priest,...
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05-19-06
May 17, 2006
Burnsie in the Land of the Lost
Burnsie in Un'Goro Crater Originally uploaded by manahanwill. Talk about the land of the lost, aka, Un'Goro Crater! No way would Burnsie - my main toon in World of Warcraft - tangle with that Devilsaur (big beastie on the left) on his gnomesome... I mean lonesome. It takes a...
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05-17-06
February 15, 2006
Valentines Day in Azeroth
Valentines Day in Azeroth Originally uploaded by manahanwill. Even in the on-line game of World of Warcraft, Valentine's Day was celelbrated. Burnsie found a Valentine in the city of Iron Forge. Like me, my gnome mage has the MOJO with the ladies! YEAH BABY!...
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02-15-06
February 12, 2006
Whole Lot of Slaying Going On
Trophy ~ Burnsie Slays a Raging Cliff Stormer Originally uploaded by manahanwill. With the snow keeping me inside, I've been playing a lot of World of Warcraft. Burnsie has been traveling far and wide this weekend. From the Alliance City of Stormwind, into the Elwynn Forest and west to...
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02-12-06
February 11, 2006
Gnome, Gnome of my Own
My Gnome Mage Character, Burnsie Originally uploaded by manahanwill. I have posted a collection screen shots of my Gnome Fire Mage charatcer, Burnsie from the massively multiplayer on-line RPG, World of Warcraft, to my Flickr site. A few days ago I wrote about WoW and I promised some screen...
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02-11-06
February 08, 2006
Mages and Monsters and Quests... OH WOW!!!!
This entry rated HG17 by the Academy of Game Arts & Sciences for its high geek factor. You have been warned. Burnsie, Twenty Sixth Level Mage of the Gnomeregan Exiles and member of the guild, the Legion of the Lorax, jumped excitedly on the small mound of dirt and shouted...
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02-08-06
February 02, 2006
The Game Day Repore... I mean report
This entry rated HG13 by the Academy of Gaming Arts and Sciences for its high geek factor. It will not be of interest to everyone. It's also taken me several lunch breaks to write. I haven’t talked about one of my hobbies in quite a while, that hobby being games....
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Posted by Will Burnham on
02-02-06
December 07, 2005
Pope Puts Limbo in Limbo and Angers D&D Players Worldwide
So, the new Pope (at what point does he become the 'Old Pope'?) would like to rewrite centuries of Catholic dog... errr... I mean 'doctrine' and eliminate Limbo. If that happens what will happen to all of the cool catch phrases and that crazy dance with the stick? This is...
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12-07-05
April 28, 2005
What for Dummies??
Just when you thought you'd seen everything for your Dungeons and Dragons game along comes this. Our Dungeon Master, Prof Pan says he saw it in Barnes and Knoebles and that it's a pretty good reference for both new and old players....
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04-28-05
April 27, 2005
Beneath the Tavern of the Dancing Dove
This entry rated HG-13 by the Academy of Gaming Arts and Sciences for its high geek factor. It is about fantasy role playing games - specifically the classic RPG, Dungeons and Dragons - and will not be of interest to everyone. Although I have not written about it much in...
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04-27-05
April 17, 2005
Lord of the Games
Poe is Lord of the Rings Yesterday was game day. A thirteen-hour marathon session of board games, food and fellowship, and lots of friendly trash talk. I love game days. I know when a lot of folks think of board games they think Monotony... I mean Monopoly, Clue, Sorry,...
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Posted by Will Burnham on
04-17-05
March 16, 2005
The Lengths Gamers Will Go To
Folks who play role playing games - any games in fact - can go to great lenghts to enchance their game experience. Here are two examples of the lenghts gamers will go to via MM and Prof Pan. Traditional table top Dungeons & Dragons with miniatures mixes in Photoshop and...
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Posted by Will Burnham on
03-16-05
January 27, 2005
More Tales of Heroic Deeds... in Role Playing Games
This entry rated HG-13 by the Academy of Gaming Arts and Sciences for its high geek factor. It is about fantasy role playing games - specifically the horror RPG, Call of Cthulhu - and will not be of interest to everyone. To read an account of Tuesdat night's Call of...
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01-27-05
January 26, 2005
Tales of Heroic Deeds... in Role Playing Games
This entry rated HG-13 by the Academy of Gaming Arts and Sciences for its high geek factor. It is about fantasy role playing games - specifically Dungeons & Dragons - and will not be of interest to everyone. Many of you know that my friends and I play both Dungeons...
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01-26-05
December 23, 2004
Monday Night Geeking
If you want to know what I do on Monday nights as my alter ego, Shinji the Sorcerer (one of many alter egos) click here for Monday Night Geeking. Hyperlink also added at the left under Blogs I Read. On Tuesday evenings I game master the role playing game Call...
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Posted by Will Burnham on
12-23-04
December 22, 2004
Having a Caulk Christmas
After the wine tasting at David and Apryl’s last evening we finished setting up for our Northern Virginia chapter of the Knights Who Say Geek Christmas party. David picked up subs for everyone, Apryl made cheese and cracker trays and Jeff & Becky brought the libations. When J&B arrived I...
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Posted by Will Burnham on
12-22-04
November 24, 2004
Monday Night Football... NOT
This entry rated HG-13 by the Academy of Gaming Arts and Sciences for its high geek factor. It is about fantasy role playing games - specifically D&D - and will not be of interest to everyone. While a lot of guys are watching grid iron action on Monday nights I...
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11-24-04
October 22, 2004
DARE YOU ENTER...
[swelling music ala John Williams]..... DA DUMMMMM...... DUNGEON MAJESTY? DA DA DAAAA DUMMMMMMMM! Once at the main page click shows and then hi or low res trailer. Warning: this short film is for the ultra ubber role playing game geek! Well... and maybe for those of you who may be...
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Posted by Will Burnham on
10-22-04
September 08, 2004
He HAD to Have New Dice OR... Escape From Nerd Zone
This entry rated HG-13 by the Academy of Gaming Arts and Sciences for its high geek factor. It is about horror role playing games & the horrors of the game store, and will not be of interest to everyone. Tuesday nights I have been staying at Jeff and Becky’s place...
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Posted by Will Burnham on
09-08-04
August 18, 2004
Happy Birthday D&D
Hey fellow gamers it's time to par-TAY! I started playing D&D in 1978 when I was twelve. I played with college students that I met at my first Star Trek convention, Star Base Baltimore, which was held at the Mariott's Hunt Valley Inn in Hunt Vally, MD. It was a...
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Posted by Will Burnham on
08-18-04
April 23, 2004
The Knights Who Say Geek Are in the Army Now!
This entry rated HG-13 by the Academy of Gaming Arts and Sciences for its high geek factor. It is about horror role playing games and will not be of interest to everyone. This entry is an account of our Tuesday night game session for the RPG, All Flesh Must Be...
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04-23-04
March 24, 2004
The Nights Who Say Geek versus MPT
For the third week in a row we have left our role playing game characters in game limbo. That’s okay as we have done other fun stuff, except for that week when some one was sick so we cancelled. As they say… sick happens (GROAN). Last week we watched George...
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Posted by Will Burnham on
03-24-04
March 03, 2004
The Knights Who Say Geek Versus the Militant Asshats
This entry rated HG-13 by the Academy of Gaming Arts and Sciences for its high geek factor. It is about horror role playing games and will not be of interest to everyone. When we last left our intrepid survivalist they were preparing to head west bound to find the mysterious...
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Posted by Will Burnham on
03-03-04
February 18, 2004
The Knights Who Say Geek are Back In Action...
... and westward bound! This entry rated HG-13 by the Academy of Gaming Arts and Sciences for its high geek factor. It is about horror role playing games and will not be of interest to everyone. We, the Knights Who Say Geek, are back in action, locked and loaded and...
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Posted by Will Burnham on
02-18-04
January 14, 2004
Final Score, The Knights Who Say Geek 1, Cthulhu 4
This entry rated HG by the Academy of Gaming Arts and Sciences for its high geek factor. It is about role playing games and will not be of interest to everyone. It occurred to me that I haven’t written about our weekly Tuesday night game night in a while. You...
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Posted by Will Burnham on
01-14-04
November 24, 2003
Too Much Time and Too Little to Do... Strike That... Reverse It.
Pile Up Click on image for a larger view. Now I am back at the SLJ and I have a mountain of work facing me. Artwork reviews, sample reviews, paint color matching, deco reviews, product testing, report writing, research, instruction sheet writing and design, box design… blah, blah, blah....
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11-24-03
October 01, 2003
Three Mondays and Shorter Daylight Hours...
... make Will... something, something. Go crazy! Don't mind if I do!!!! Here's a brief rundown of things for this week. 1. I'm exhausted. If it's possible for a workweek to have three Mondays than this week has had them. I am hoping that tomorrow is indeed Thursday and that...
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Posted by Will Burnham on
10-01-03
August 20, 2003
Happy Birthday Cthulhu, Happy Birthday to Lhu
No weekly game night last night as half of the Knights Who Say Geek were recovering from the West Virginia trip. However, today is the birthday of nutjob Howard Phillips Lovecraft (20 August 1890 – 15 March 1937) in whose fictional and horrific universe we play our roleplaying game. Take...
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Posted by Will Burnham on
08-20-03
August 06, 2003
Last Knight's Last Hurrah
Last night was the last game session for Geek Knight David and his character lived! I was a little disappointed in his character’s exit. I would have loved to seen him go out in a blaze of gory glory for his last hurrah. Oh well, he went out like he...
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Posted by Will Burnham on
08-06-03
July 30, 2003
Freedom, Fantasy and the Future
That was the title of the article on page 24 of my sophomore high school yearbook, 1981 Carmelight. That's me in the center of the photo. The sterned faced and intense sophomore Dungeon Master about to deal out mystical mayhem on the party of adventurers. Here's an excerpt from...
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Posted by Will Burnham on
07-30-03
July 22, 2003
The Knights Who Say Geek versus Xt'Tapalatakettle
I just got in from our regular Tuesday night game session of the Call of Cthulhu RPG. This adventure we're starting out in San Francisco investigating a very mysterious murder of a noted Mayan archeologist. So far we've had a nasty group dream (where my character got his face...
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07-22-03
June 11, 2003
Talk to the Hand
The Knights came over to my place last night - less Michael - for the weekly get together of games, movies and beer and we fit in some aspect of all three. We spent a fair amount of time revamping our character statistics for an older, less complicated and...
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06-11-03
May 22, 2003
Getting My Game On! RPG Style That Is.
I spent my lunch time taking the Ultimate Roleplaying Purity Test. My test results are below. If you play or have played RPGs you can take the test at the link below. You will need a good thirty minutes, so be prepared. Are you a bigger game geek than me?...
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Posted by Will Burnham on
05-22-03
May 07, 2003
The Knights Who Say Geek and the Ass Kicking From Hell
Warning: This is a tale of PG-13 horror containg scenes of violence and mild adult language. Okay I did my bit. Last night we finished up our latest Cthulhu adventure and like most things it did not go as planned. In fact it went horribly wrong with one character...
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05-07-03
April 30, 2003
The Knights Who Say Geek VS. The Dominatrix from HELL!
Last night, after a hiatus of three weeks, we resumed our weekly game night by starting a new chapter/adventure of the role playing game, Call of Cthulu. CoC is set in the horrific world of H.P. Lovecraft. As far as RPGs go this one is pretty damn good and very...
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Posted by Will Burnham on
04-30-03
March 26, 2003
We Are The Knights Who Say GEEK!
Last evening provided a much-needed break from the hellishness of the workweek and it was only Tuesday! Keith and I headed over to Michael Marshall’s place (hereafter referred to as MM). It was a guy’s night of games, chips and beers with MM, Mike Hughes (hereafter referred to as MH)...
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Posted by Will Burnham on
03-26-03