Sunday 1 June 2014

I SURVIVED HALFTERM HORROR

I know your expecting to see some painted zombies, toy cars, badly constructed card scenery or even, god forbid, some painted survivors. Well today we have none of that, mainly due to the last week being half-term.
My daughter had a visitor from Doncaster and my son had his girlfriend stay over most of the week. So Dad was in charge of "entertainment". This more than cut into my hobby time.
On the plus side, Dad's "entertainment" involved playing Zombicide, which we played nearly every night. More converts to the cult of gaming.

This gave me time to pause for thought about this little adventure I started back in January. Well six months in and I'm still managing to post stuff. I think I've made some friends, probably upset others.
I have 18 people who were mad enough to follow my weekly nonsense, and amassed over 4500 views, in short I'm amazed and a little bewildered how this happened in such a short space of time.

Oh here he goes again (fuck off) with his thanks. Yes a big thanks to all of you who follow, leave comments or just lurk.

What does the future hold, well if I knew that we would all be rich. There are certain things to be finished, like painting my Zombicide set. There are things which need to be explored, like making more card scenery. There are things that need to be purchased, too many to mention here. I guess the biggest thing is being part of a really friendly community that I had no idea existed.

I guess that was a roundabout way of saying, I'm enjoying this so much I won't be stopping anytime soon. Sorry about the lack of pictures, will rectify that next time.

Until next time dudes and dudettes, the DUDE needs you all to take it easy.


20 comments:

  1. Half term hasn't been too bad for you, Bob, especially not if you've been playing Zombicide every night. Lucky sod!
    It's great to know that you are enjoying your hobby and that you have discovered and become a valued member of our community. Keep up the good work, Dude. We need more good guys like you.

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    1. Thanks Bryan.
      In terms of gaming, half term was great. Any other hobby activity had to cease, never mind it was only a week.
      I'm really touched by your kind words Bryan, I don't think life would be the same without blogging. Hearing that from you has really made my day and even made me smile. Thanks once again.

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  2. Glad you survived, keep it coming Bob!

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    1. Thanks Fran.
      I'll certainly try my best.

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  3. The Dude abides.

    I certainly enjoy your forays into madness, er gaming that you share with us. It is so cool that you continue to spread the gaming bug! Keep up the good work!

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    1. Thanks Steve.
      That's nice to hear, don't worry I'll keep on keeping on dude.

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  4. Slacker...... ;-)

    Now back to painting zombies mate!

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    1. Thanks Lord Siwoc.
      Your right I have been slacking, that's what dudes do, I haven't picked up a paintbrush in a week. Feels a little strange to be truthful, don't worry threw some paint on some this morning.

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  5. You are selling you short there Bob. You don't get attention just because we're all such a great group of guys, your blog is full of great ideas. It contains too much dude for my taste, but I can live with that :P.

    Keep up the good work, I'm looking forward to see you start the grand ATZ campaign!

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    1. Thanks Mathyoo.
      There's no such thing as too much dude!
      The campaign will be a while yet, still no survivors and only one piece of half built scenery.

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  6. I quite fancy having a go of Zombicide, Fran's got it, but as far as I know he's not played it yet??? Kids are back to school tomorrow............praise the lord!!!!!

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    1. Zombicide is a great game, tell Fran to break it out one night you won't be sorry.
      Yeah! Kids gone back today, the house seems unaturally quiet.

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  7. Half term was quite the reverse for me, loads done, but no games played - keep it coming with the posts Bob.

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  8. No doubt, but you get the "little angels" every other week. Your a better man than me Gunga Dhin, I can just about put up with my own.
    Don't worry no plans to stop any time soon.

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  9. Half -term over....

    ...and relax.

    Back to the alternative reality of modelling, painting and so on.

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    1. Back to the better reality of modelling and painting.
      NO SLEEP 'TIL BEDTIME!

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  10. You are the El-duderio of the zombie blogging community sir. And well done with the extra converts! - Bad Fran! It's an ace game. I've even played it with my parents... and they're not gamers at all!

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    1. Thanks Adam.
      If we don't convert people the hobby will die.
      People must be shown that GW is not the only way.
      Zombicide is a great game.

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  11. "What does the future hold?' Well, that would be Zombicide Season 3 kickdtarter in a few weeks, including the new supplement Angry Neighbours. New crawler zombies, 3d doors and obstacles, PvP rules plus RPG elements. The futures bright, the futures unliving!!!

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    1. All sounds good Dude.
      Where you been my man?
      Is the future so bright we have to wear shades?

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