Carrying on from the last post here are more upcoming events this month:

4th-6th July: Summer Stabcon 2014:

                                                  (Picture source: Kevin and Games)

As usual it is been held at the Britannia Hotel, Dialstone Lane, Stockport. While the hotel itself has mixed reviews (increasingly negative in more recent years) the convention itself is consider one of the better cons in the UK.




For the LARPers amongst you Heroquest UK located at Candleston Castle Campsite in South Wales is holding an event, unfortunately past the basic description at this time I don't have much information but if anyone is planning on attending send me a message and I'll post an update.

25th-28th July: Continuum 2014:

Held at John Foster Hall, Leicester University Halls of Residence, Oadby, Leicester, UK. I've sadly no pictures for this one but the site itself is highly informative, while in the past most of the games have been Call of Cthulhu focused it looks like this trend is fading with this years game list.

For more event information in the UK there is a great source of regularly updated info here.

Finally in regards to the adventure I have been writing and intend to post, I plan to upload it in series of posts spread across the month for two reason: Firstly to avoid the article becoming a giant wall of text that is difficult to read and edit, secondly several of my play testers for the adventure have been away for a for a few days so it gives me time to finish play testing and making any alterations.

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First of all let me say Happy New Year to all you readers, I honestly hope you've all enjoyed the Christmas break and are ready to resume all those games and stories that have been put on hold over the festive season.

I for one am excited but I will not bore you with the details of various goodies I've received after all I'm sure your heard nothing but that from friends and relatives over the last week, instead let me tell you of various events to catch quickly over the New Year before they are gone.

First of all for those who are interested in the video game history of Britain the National Centre for Craft and Design in Sleaford is still hosting the Exhibition Revolution in the Bedroom, War in the Playground: Video Gaming 1979-1989.
Focusing on the rise of the British video games industry it celebrates home based or "bedroom" programming, it attempts to highlight the importance of the hardware and the creativity of the early pioneers of video gaming and the industry's importance to the arts and creative industries.
The exhibition admittedly is rather narrowly focused on the Spectum and Commodore but with the chance to play some of the older rarer games and a free arcade experience this is worth a visit if you have an afternoon to spare but hurry the Exhibition closes on the 5th of January.

Alternatively if boardgames are more your forte then Stabcon 2014 might be just what you need which takes place between the 3rd and 5th of January. I have been planning on attending myself sometime in the future but I am sadly unavailable this month, I would however love to hear from attendees about what happened this month in the comments.

Finally for the first post of this year I wish to present a table given to me by one of the more creative of my gaming group (which shows her supporting roles in the group aren't just limited to the table.) For the more artistic amongst you her blog Buzy Bobbins contains free to use cross stitch designs and other crafty musings.

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