http://diceofdoom.com/blog The Dice of Doom is a blog about gaming, being a gamer and general interest content suitable for nerds. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:12:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2009/01/a-nerds-guide-to-visiting-sydney/ http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2009/01/a-nerds-guide-to-visiting-sydney/#comments Thu, 08 Jan 2009 03:48:47 +0000 RupertG http://diceofdoom.com/blog/?p=791 Or, What We Do On Nerd Day. After spending some time living and working in the US, I came back to Sydney accustomed to the resources available to Nerds even in a town like Atlanta. While I had spent many … Continue reading →]]> http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2009/01/a-nerds-guide-to-visiting-sydney/feed/ 14 http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2008/12/foldable-paper-dnd-scenery/ http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2008/12/foldable-paper-dnd-scenery/#comments Mon, 15 Dec 2008 20:00:32 +0000 RupertG http://diceofdoom.com/blog/?p=739 I stumbled across this the other day on the WOTC website archives (from 2003). It is the PDF’s and JPG’s of paper based 3D building models. The quality and detail is quite amazing, and they are no trouble at all … Continue reading →]]> http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2008/12/foldable-paper-dnd-scenery/feed/ 9 http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2008/09/plastic-miniatures/ http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2008/09/plastic-miniatures/#comments Fri, 05 Sep 2008 10:24:05 +0000 Ellisthion http://diceofdoom.com/blog/?p=350 Yesterday I wandered into a newsagent and bought a copy of this month’s White Dwarf magazine. Why? Because a previous White Dwarf told me to. Or, rather, it told be what came with it. Pictured here is the sprue you … Continue reading →]]> http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2008/09/plastic-miniatures/feed/ 0 http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2008/08/dd-minis/ http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2008/08/dd-minis/#comments Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:35:07 +0000 RupertG http://diceofdoom.com/blog/?p=297 D&D Minis is a collectable miniature game set in the D&Dverse. Taking obvious inspiration from Magic the Gathering, each box set (20 or 30 AUD) comes with 8 collectable plastic miniatures already painted for you. The miniatures are numbered and … Continue reading →]]> http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2008/08/dd-minis/feed/ 22 http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2008/07/mr-orange/ http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2008/07/mr-orange/#comments Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:30:15 +0000 RupertG http://diceofdoom.com/blog/?p=39 About 10 years ago, my brother and I started work on a game we called Cyborg. It was a great game until we tried to write down the rules. We have subsequently tried three times to codify the game and … Continue reading →]]> http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2008/07/mr-orange/feed/ 4