Monthly Archives: July 2012

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Newcastle Gamers – 28th July 2012

Bit of a confusing start to this one… as I drove into the car park, I noticed (what seemed to be) the entire membership of the club gathered in a huddle outside, away from the building. For a moment I … Continue reading →

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Thing of the week: Crossing the Divide

It occurred to me that I haven’t seen any activity from VNV Nation in my facebook feed for a while… so I tried typing their name into the FB searchbox, and accessing their profile the old-fashioned way. Imagine my surprise … Continue reading →

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Newcastle Gamers – 14th July

Last time I visited Newcastle Gamers, I taught John F. and Emma how to play Agricola:All Creatures Big and Small. They were so impressed that I promised (/threatened?) to take the full version of the game to the next meeting, … Continue reading →

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Thing of the week: The Jon Pertwee era of Doctor Who

I recently ran out of things to watch on my Tuesday-and-Thursday-Curry-and-Sci-Fi-Lunch-Break sessions. Battlestar Galactica, right from the start – done. Firefly – done. Every season of Blakes 7 – done. What next… Hmmm… how about some “classic” Doctor Who? The … Continue reading →

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Newcastle Gamers, 30th June

Due to the odd number of weekends in June, inconveniently-timed visits from relatives, acts of god etc, this was my first trip to Newcastle Gamers for FIVE weeks (eek!). Fortunately the biblical-scale storms and floods of a few days earlier … Continue reading →

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