2 posts tagged “gaming”

HoL

So I'm poking around at the few gaming books I still have, and enjoy a few nostalgic giggles over Hol, the cheekily inappropriate and endearingly handmade role playing game of adventure and slaughter and stuff in a dark far future. It was mostly just silly, but I did manage to play it a few times. Man, that was fun. What I remember was fun, anyways. There may have been alcohol involved. Or just really good coffee.

After looking at the books (yes, I own the full line - both books), I did what I always do these days. I went to Google to see if I could learn more. Turns out there was more. A second edition was released in 2002, with four extra pages! I must have that. There were also rumblings of a plush wastem. I want that, too. And if I cannot buy one (because you know maybe they never gathered enough money to produce them), I will make it myself.

I've got the 3 core Dungeons and Dragons books for the first time since 1993. It's a happy day for this geek. Now if only I could find a group to play with. I'll probably have to figure out something for an online game.

Of course, D&D may be fun, but GURPS, Hero, or Fudge would be downright awesome. Meanwhile, it's still a fun set of books to read during idle moments.