What I talk about when I talk about miniatures
This article started as a list of lessons I learned while painting all the miniatures in my collection. However I ended up focusing on the last point so much that … Continue reading
My top Commodore 64 games, 1-10
Now we get to the top 10. If you missed the previous articles in this series you can view them here: 11-20 21-30 31-40 For this last list I will … Continue reading
My top Commodore 64 games, 11-20
Welcome back to my look at my top 40 Commodore 64 games, to celebrate 40+ years of this system, the one that cemented my lifelong love of videogames. 11 Parallax … Continue reading
My top Commodore 64 games, 31-40
The Commodore 64 turned 40 years old in 2022, and to celebrate that achievement I am going to list my favourite 40 games on the platform. This was my first … Continue reading
Deep Space Nine in 2023
Star Trek: Deep Space Nine ran from 1993 to 1999, but it’s still available to watch thanks to the wonders of the internet, plus DVDs, if you’re into that. I … Continue reading
10 years, 10 articles
I started Scent of a Gamer in January of 2013, so the blog is now in its eleventh year. This articles takes a look and one post from each of … Continue reading
2023 round of Black Library open submissions
Each year Black Library, Games Workshop’s publishing arms, runs themed open submissions. As the same suggests anyone with aspirations to write in the universes of Games Workshop are welcome to … Continue reading
The bad thing about goals
Yesterday I wrote about what I saw as the positives of setting gaols. While I think the positive outweigh the negatives, the negatives are still there. All paint, no play … Continue reading
The good thing about goals
Having achieved a recent goal spanning several years – painting all my miniatures – I have been thinking about goals. Why have them? Are they useful? What are the downsides? … Continue reading
It is done
Two thousand, three hundred and forty-five. This is the number of painted miniatures I have now. Zero. This is the number of unpainted miniatures I have now. I’ve been thinking … Continue reading
A Warhammer 40,000 primer for Magic players
With the unveiling of four Commander decks themed around Warhammer 40,000 I decided to write this primer for players of Magic who don’t necessarily have any previous exposure to the … Continue reading
What it’s like
There have been numerous attempts to describe the lives lived by the Chaos Space Marines of Warhammer 40,000, who dwell in the Eye of Terror, a realm where time and … Continue reading
3 Tips to reduce your unpainted pile
Do you remember a time when you had a manageable number of figures to paint? I know I don’t! I started in the hobby by splurging on several hundred figures, … Continue reading
Looking ahead to 2022
You will (I hope!) be happy to know that Scent of a Gamer will continue in 2022. I shared my overall thoughts on the blog’s 2021 performance yesterday and today … Continue reading
The blog in 2021
2021 was the second year in this blog’s history that overall views were lower than the year before: But I don’t consider this to be bad news as such. The … Continue reading
Enjoying the golden age of miniatures
As someone who has been buying, painting, and playing with miniatures for over 30 years now, I’m feeling relaxed and happy. If there’s a model I can think of, someone … Continue reading
The November experiment
Last month I decided to experiment with increasing the volume of posts I was making to the blog. I have no ambition to increase this permanently, but I wanted to … Continue reading
Remembering
This is one day of the year when, regardless of what else may be happening, I will take the time to pause, and reflect. Not loudly, or ostentatiously, because that … Continue reading
A strange tale of Magic and mushrooms
A few years ago, someone won a $5,000 Magic tournament while high on mushrooms. Then they wrote a highly entertaining article about it. I missed the article when it first … Continue reading
Black Library open submissions
Black Library are having another round of open submissions – between 27 October and 9 November this year, you can submit a 50 word short story proposal along with a … Continue reading
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