Haiku Contest Winner!

So we were running a Haiku contest last month to give away a copy of White Dwarf #356 (for details on the contest, view this post). We didn't get as many entries as we would have liked, but fear not, we're good for our word! In response to the replies on the above-mentioned post, the posters Allandros, Gospog, James, and Tas were all eligible for the give away.

After a random drawing of the four names from the hollowed out space marine skull we use as hats around here, Gospog is the big winner! Here's the winning entry (well my favorite of his two, and no, he was only put in the skull once):

Sin of Damnation.
Not just another bug hunt.
Up from the floor plates!

Gospog, if you could send me your mailing information by the end of the month to: TheHopelessGamer@gmail.com I'll be happy to get you your copy of Space Hulk for writing that wonderful Haiku!

Keep checking back in the future, we're hoping to have more giveaways and contests! Here's a hint: the more people we get following, the sooner it'll be :P

Long Weekends and EoV update

So it's been a long weekend, and I really don't like to go oppppvp000000000ohj (that's what the kitty typed as he just ran across my laptop, he's now a published author I guess) more than a day or two without posting, so I apologize.

Anyway, we got some good stuff done this weekend. Several of the FNG gang and I played Saturday morning in a small holiday ensemble to help raise money for the Salvation Army, which was a great experience. We also made our first five gallon batch of hard apple cider home-made style. I'm really excited, and THE BRO reports that fermentation has already begun, yay! It wouldn't be a great weekend if we didn't get some gaming in, and this weekend didn't fail. We got our third game of Chaos in the Old World in and I tied for the win with the Tzeentch (this is a word recognized by Firefox's spell checker, beeteedub) player, who has actually won or tied all three of our games so far. All I have left to try out is Slaneesh, then the kid gloves come off as we've all tried out each of the forces.

But enough of my weekend (*sob*)! Eye of the Vortex has some great releases again. The November issue has been published and you can find it here. In this issue, yours truly has penned a general purpose introduction to the New World of Darkness that gives a quick rundown of the basic mechanic as well as some background and direction to take depending on which subgame you want to play. It's what I hope to be a definitive primer to help new players navigate the huge variety of products available to White Wolf fans.

We also have a review up for the Magic: The Gathering expansion: Duels of the Planeswalker. I'm not a competent Magic player by any means, but I like the rules, I like the flavor, and of course I love the production value Wizards consistently puts out there for this timeless game. Check the review out here.

(Image borrowed from FFG's online store.)