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Infinite Dark Design Blog #2 - Command Levels
A key feature of Horizon Wars: Infinite Dark is its "command levels". This is something you need to decide on early in the process of...
Robey
Apr 21, 20212 min read
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#diceday - What Even Are You?
I think the photo says it all. I mean, sure, I probably own more than three d4s, but do I know where they are? No. And do I care? No....
Robey
Apr 19, 20212 min read
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Precinct Omega Podcast - News #36 - Recovering Business Models
The podcast updates weekly on Mondays, at podbean.com. Having been not very good at updating this blog with episodes, I'm going to start...
Robey
Apr 16, 202116 min read
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Infinite Dark - Design Blog #1 - Elevator Pitch
Horizon Wars: Infinite Dark is nearly here! I'm comfortably on schedule for my planned publication date of Friday 28th May 2021 to the...
Robey
Apr 14, 20212 min read
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#diceday - The Forgotten God of Dice
The d12. Ah, the d12. I could probably wax poetic if I were so inclined, but I'll spare you my tortured attempt at verse and acknowledge,...
Robey
Apr 12, 20213 min read
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#diceday - The neglected step-child of dice
The poor d8. Now, it should be said at the outset that a number of recent wargame designs have tapped into the potential of the d8. It...
Robey
Apr 5, 20212 min read
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#diceday - The Dynamic Duo!
Last week, I wrote about how much I dislike the d10, so this week I need to return to that topic and explain how much I love the d100,...
Robey
Mar 29, 20213 min read
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#diceday - The Villain of Dice!!
Grrr... The d10. Ah, the d10. I have what may be truly considered a love-hate relationship with the d10 that you may identify from the...
Robey
Mar 22, 20212 min read
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Precinct Omega Podcast - News #34 - Waking up from COVID
I've not been good at posting new episodes on the blog, recently. But I'm going to try to get bit more structured about posting every...
Robey
Mar 15, 202115 min read
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#diceday - Our Six-Faced Time Lord
This is, of course, only some of my collection. The humble d6. The Everyman of dice. The definitive, timeless, ubiquitous randomizer. But...
Robey
Mar 15, 20212 min read
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What is #InfiniteDark?
Horizon Wars: Infinite Dark is the third volume in the Horizon Wars trilogy of science fiction tabletop wargames. The first volume,...
Robey
Mar 11, 20212 min read
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Infinite Dark is on the Horizon
Horizon Wars: Infinite Dark - it's the third volume in the Horizon Wars trilogy of games that began with the eponymous Horizon Wars* and...
Robey
Mar 9, 20212 min read
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#diceday - The Twenty-Sided Charmer
So, the d20. The ooooold twenty-sided friend of roleplay gamers everywhere. You know, when I first started playing Dungeons & Dragons,...
Robey
Mar 8, 20212 min read
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#diceday - Getting Seriously Geeky
There's nothing I like better than a strong opinion about something that fundamentally doesn't matter. There's far too much stuff out...
Robey
Mar 1, 20211 min read
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Back in the Top Five! - Why this is about more than just sales
This (below) is obviously good news for my sales figures, but it means more than that. Let me explain why. My journey as an independent...
Robey
Feb 2, 20213 min read
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Precinct Omega Podcast - News #30
SCRIPT FOLLOWS: Ares Games has lost their licence to produce the Battlestar Galactica: Starship Battles spaceship combat game. No...
Robey
Jan 21, 202114 min read
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Precinct Omega Podcast - Design Discussion #4 - Random Number Generators
Another unscripted discussion on game design theory, which goes over dice, playing cards and the challenges of random number generators...
Robey
Jan 14, 20211 min read
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Weekly Miniatures News #29 - 2020 Round-Up
In this episode, I do a round-up of news from 2020, looking at Asmodee Games's handling of Fantasy Flight, new edition releases of...
Robey
Jan 9, 20218 min read
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Precinct Omega Design Discussion #3 - Cyberpunk
I kind of forgot to update the blog with new podcast episodes recently. The end of the year was a bit manic with stuff. So am catching...
Robey
Jan 7, 20212 min read
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Weekly Miniatures News #28 - The Tabletop/Digital Hybrid, with Dr Tomas Rawlings
Bernard's back! This week's episode is a longer one, stretching out to just shy of an hour, but I was absolutely stoked to welcome Tomas...
Robey
Dec 21, 20203 min read
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