Roleplaying again? No, not really.

For the past week or so I have been playing a role playing game again, mainly while out walking the dog. That's right, on my lamentable smart phone I have been playing Tunnels and Trolls adventures!
Back in the day I did play a (very) small amount of T&T, at the time I was too po-faced  and serious to appreciate the sillier aspects of the game. I just couldn't seem to get over the daft names of spells  - I liked my rpgs to have a certain level of "realism" and names like 'take that you fiend' and 'poor baby' spoiled my immersion. (Who knew - you didn't have to stay with these names but I just couldn't get past it and stuck with my preferred AD&D).


So, back to TTA, as you might imagine it's a pretty basic solo rpg - using some of the old standard solos (Naked Doom, Circle of Ice etc) as well as several newer ones. It's pretty user friendly, simple to play, and generally quite solid. It is also, however, when all is said and done, totally tedious.
Perhaps when the developers extend it a bit it might have a bit more to draw you back in but until then I'm afraid my latest rpg adventure is pretty much over. (Can someone let me know when they have a marketplace for spending all of that gold you accumulate - my lead character definitely needs better armour).


Give it a try for free - you might not want to invest too much money in it though.


Cheerio for now,

Carl

Lack of Charity

My luck in charity shops just recently has been utterly atrocious. At one time a trip to Windsor or Maidenhead might have been reasonably fruitful but it seem that there is simply nothing available at the moment. I guess that these shops are being cherry picked by their own professionals to get the good stuff, which I can understand from a professional point of view, but it's simply getting  to the point where it's not even worth bothering anymore.


The good old days have definitely gone, I remember when you could regularly pick up D&D books and boxed sets without trying too hard but I can generally say that I haven't found a single TSR product for sale in the last 6 months at a charity shop, not even the Isle of Dread, and everyone has one of those!


So  after the school holidays are over and some normality returns I have decided to redouble my efforts, and as a special treat I will do a review on the first product I buy from  here on in just to show that my efforts are not in vain.


Farewell until the next time, when the chances are I will be doing a review of an obsolete 40K codex.


Carl