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Geek Resolutions for 2009

Most of us make new year resolutions of one sort or another, and most of them don’t last through January. I suspect that’s because most resolutions are thinks we don’t want to do, but think we should – exercise more often, diet, drink less, stop sleeping around, yadda yadda yadda (for the record, mine is a perfect example – quit drinking coke).

But I thought it would be nice to have some new year resolutions that I actually do want to achieve so here they are:

RPGs

1. Play in a regular campaign, work allowing. This should happen as I’m supposed to play in my friend Dan’s ‘Mythic Japan’ game, using the World of Darkness rules.

2. Run/Play at least one of the following games that are on my shelf but have never been opened in anger:

• D&D Rules Cyclopedia
• GURPS 4e (preferably using the complete collection of Transhuman Space books I have)
• Dark Heresy – the Warhammer 40k RPG.
• Angel – I had a great idea for a game set in Hong Kong in the lead up to the handover. Hong Kong is a city I know fairly well, having lived there as a kid and having visited at least once a year for the last three years as well, but no one I’m likely to play with really knows it at all.

3. Work on the campaign world I’ve got kicking around in my head – a grim, dark fantasy world with lots of malevolent faeries.

Video Games -

1. Finish at least three of the following:

• Grand Theft Auto 4 – I’m on the last bloody mission and can’t manage to finish it. Bah!
• Rainbow 6: Vegas – similarly, I’ve got one level to go. I refuse to buy the next one until I’ve finished this.
• Call of Duty 4 – I’m roughly half way through, and being annoyed by a sneaky level.
• Bioshock & Mass Effect - barely started these, but I was enjoying them both and with the sequels due either this year or next, I’d better get onto them!
• Fable II – again, barely started, but it’s a loaner so better get on with it!

As there’s nothing I’m actually looking forward to coming out on the 360 any time soon, I hope this resolution isn’t too hard.

2. Play online more – I have a Xbox Live Gold account which I’ve used next to never (OliveTheMage is anyone is looking to play). Currently it’s a waste of $100 a year so I’d like to either use it or drop it entirely.

Books

1. Read a bit more!

2. Read more of the Fantasy/Sci-fi classics that Gollancz publish. I’ve been working my way through some good stuff in 2008 – finally read Elric and some Gene Wolfe for example – but I’d like to make a concerted effort to read some of the origins of these genres.

3. Review. One thing I’ve like to do on here is review some of these books. These won’t be major reviews, but hopefully they’d be a good way of organising some thoughts on the books I read and perhaps even generate soem discussion.

Board Games

Once my friend Duncan gets back to Melbourne, I’d like to do at least one serious, all day, board gaming session. Perhaps a return to Axis and Allies?

So there you have it. Check back in 12 months and I’ll go through what I achieved!

Tags: board game, books, console game, games, RPGs

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