Olympics

Thanks to my lovely wife's perserverence, we're off to the Paralympics in September. We've managed to get tickets for the swimming finals. This means we get to see the Aquatic Centre and the Olympic Park. Very exciting although the ticketing system is bonkers.

State Of The Union Address...

A grand title to be sure. Just thought i'd take a few minutes to bring you up to date with all that's happening in Renny land.

Ironically, as this is Renny's Game Corner, there's been very little gaming going on. I've played some ACTA, although this has been delayed by my singular failure to finish painting my Federation fleet. I'm hoping to get this moving again. I'm still playing AD&D every three weeks or so but haven't done much else. I did a bit of play testing for a friend back in March but other matters are filling up my time.

Things have been very busy on the real life front. My daughter has been singing in choir concerts. She continues to ride at weekends, and swim. That and homework has been keeping us all busy. We're deep in a creative homework project to do with space, and as such we've been making moons and planets and other fun stuff.
She also spent a weekend at Brownie camp in May

We've also had a 25 year reunion of some local bands which was a lot of fun. Saw a lot of old friends and reconnected with a bunch of people. We then spent a week at Center Parcs in Norfolk, attended my mum's 70th birthday party and lived through the Diamond Jubilee celebrations.

I managed to see John Carter on the big screen, which I thoroughly enjoyed, and loved the heck out of The Avengers, like most of the rest of the planet, apparently.  

On a personal note, I've also picked up an arthritic knee, which had me in some pain for most of March and April. I've been referred for an exploratory surgical procedure on July 10th which will hopefully alleviate the situation. Luckily, the discomfort has subsided somewhat and as such i'm functioning more or less normally at the moment.

There you have it. Lots going on and lots to come. Hopefully i'll post some more updates soon.

Something from the album...

Thought i'd share some pictures from the last ACTA:Star Fleet game.

Snigger...

Well, that must be a record. I didn't even manage to make one post before breaking my resolution. Ah well. Life in general has been extremely busy since christmas so there you go :-). Played a second game of ACTA since my last post and the game is good fun, although due to a misreading of the rules, the second game was a bit of a washout. Hopefully a rematch will follow in the next couple of weeks. The RPG side of things has been quiet so far this year. I've dropped out of the online ST:RPG I was playing as I was finding it hard to keep up with posts and finding anything meanigful to add. I really enjoyed the experience, however.
Have been reading loads and watching lots and i'm going to keep track of all the movies i've watched and books i've read during the year, just out of interest. See you next time.

Resolution

I'm going to try and update my blog more frequently this year and to this end i'm going to try and post at least once each Monday. We'll see how long this lasts. For now, a quick update. Christmas was good in the Race household. sans child, we managed to see Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol and Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows on the big screen. really enjoyed both, although MI probably edged it a bit. New year was a bit of a washout as we all came down with a stomach bug but happily we're all well again now.

The gaming year kicks off tomorrow with Digger and I trying out ACTA: Star Fleet for the first time. I look forward to seeing those miniatures on the table properly. A battle report to follow, hopefully.

Tis the season to be jolly...

Well, where has the year gone? I've done very poorly at updating this blog during this year. We've had a busy one, no doubt. Hopefully i'll be around a bit more in the new year. let me take this opportunity to wish everyone a merry christmas and a happy new year.

Has it really been seven months?

Well, hard to believe but I last posted to this blog in February. I have some updates to come.