One Gamer’s Diary part 5.3

And finally… back to part 5.2, or 5.1 or all the way back to part 1. The “Encyclopedia Eldoria” was launched in October 2005. It received good reviews and made moderate sales over its first year (after all it was being promoted by a small company). It’s never made anything that would allow me to..

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One Gamer’s Diary 5.2

The genesis of LXG (go back to the previous part) So, what was happening in the rest of the gaming world, while I was at Auran? The good news was that the Brisbane convention scene was still alive, with Auran continuing to sponsor the BIG weekend. The bad news was that, in 2002 Tanelorn called..

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One Gamer’s Diary, part 5.1

All About Auran It was a new century and the western world had not come to an end because of the millennium bug. I was now working at Auran, writing material for their web-site for “Harn”:, a fantasy role-playing world and game system that had been written by Robin Crossby in the 1980’s. Greg Lane,..

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One Gamer’s Diary, Part 3.1

The series that began here continues now into the 1980s. Take it away Keith: ONE GAMER’S DIARY (Part 3) Of Clubs and Conventions As the 80s arrived a call to arms had gone out in Brisbane for a Dungeons and Dragons club to form. For two years, Anthony McMahon and myself had been playing one..

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One Gamer’s Diary: part 2.2

Prevously: Part 1, part 2.1. About the same time I bought a copy of “Chainmail” from Hobbycraft and experimented with miniatures. Chainamail was written by Jeff Perren and Gary Gygax (who was the founding guru of Dungeons and Dragons). It was a set of rules for medieval combat, complete with a fantasy supplement in the..

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May 2024 LXG SECONDARY (incl LXG PRG) @ Queensland Contract Bridge Club
LXG SECONDARY is our extra monthly meeting. The big differences are there is no formal catering available on the day and generally no club news. Although this day does incorporate RPG, the usual board games/RPG/miniatures..
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May 2024 LXG PRIMARY @ Queensland Contract Bridge Club
It’s the regular monthly meetup of the League of Extraordinary Gamers! Come along and play some games with some old friends, or come check it out and meet some new ones!  This is the Primary..
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9:00 am June 2024 LXG SECONDARY (incl LX... @ Queensland Contract Bridge Club
June 2024 LXG SECONDARY (incl LX... @ Queensland Contract Bridge Club
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June 2024 LXG SECONDARY (incl LXG PRG) @ Queensland Contract Bridge Club
LXG SECONDARY is our extra monthly meeting. The big differences are there is no formal catering available on the day and generally no club news. Although this day does incorporate RPG, the usual board games/RPG/miniatures..
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2024
9:00 am June 2024 LXG PRIMARY @ Queensland Contract Bridge Club
June 2024 LXG PRIMARY @ Queensland Contract Bridge Club
Jun 30 @ 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
June 2024 LXG PRIMARY @ Queensland Contract Bridge Club
It’s the regular monthly meetup of the League of Extraordinary Gamers! Come along and play some games with some old friends, or come check it out and meet some new ones!  This is the Primary..
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9:00 am July 2024 LXG SECONDARY (incl LX... @ Queensland Contract Bridge Club
July 2024 LXG SECONDARY (incl LX... @ Queensland Contract Bridge Club
Jul 14 @ 9:00 am – 5:00 pm
July 2024 LXG SECONDARY (incl LXG RPG) @ Queensland Contract Bridge Club
LXG SECONDARY is our extra monthly meeting. The big differences are there is no formal catering available on the day and generally no club news. Although this day does incorporate RPG, the usual board games/RPG/miniatures..

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