There are few tales of joy to be found through plots that skirt the reanimation of something long departed. It has been nearly two years since my last post here at Castle by Moonlight, and while the moon is imperceptibly different, the castle, and it's shuffling inhabitant is not.
Since leaving the virtual ink to dry and crack in the bleak lands of abandonment I have been busy over at the Element 270 podcast and blog and more recently writing for Spartan Games. But despite these happy opportunities I have long harbored the desire to brush the cobwebs from the castle embrasures, relight the odd candle and unpack the virtual inkpot...
When I started Castle by Moonlight it was to be a largely board game focused blog with occasional miscellany thrown in for good measure. However, in the intervening years the author has changed, and likely too the content of his outpourings...
I still have an abiding love for board games (though I could no longer name an Essen release or tell you what was hot on BGG right now), but I have also rediscovered my passion for other forms of gaming I had long given up; both miniature games and roleplaying. I also want to write about more miscellany, whether Tesla cars, NASA missions, historical infatuations, good books, good authors, good podcasts or good people. The question is: is Castle by Moonlight the place for that? Or should another place be founded to write about these things?
For any old readers who may have this pop up in an RSS feed long gathering dust, would it matter so much if the Castle was animated again but wearing a face both familiar and different? I don't really expect a reply, but am canvassing my own thoughts against future action... I think it will be here, but perhaps in another place...
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Thursday, 27 August 2015
Tuesday, 6 December 2011
Preamble and welcome...
Welcome to the inaugural post on Castle by Moonlight. I suppose the thing to do would be to kick off with an insightful and philosophically rich discussion of some topic or other. However, doing this would lead to a level of expectation that would far outstrip my meagre abilities. Such a post will happen, possibly, so you’d better subscribe now in case you miss it when/if it does!
No, this post I’ll focus on the basics. My name is Giles Pritchard, found elsewhere on the interwebs under the nom-de-plume ‘caradoc’. As my profile states, I’m a husband and father. I teach in a primary school - which is challenging at times but also very rewarding. I love board games among other hobbies.
Castle by Moonlight is a blog I’ve been contemplating for some time. While you can find me on twitter, on the worlds biggest and best board game website - Boardgamegeek, and while I contribute to two excellent podcasts - The Dice Tower and On Board Games, I’ve always wanted an online space to post about a variety of things.
Castle by Moonlight will cover all those things I enjoy; a large part of what is posted will be about board games and the board gaming hobby, but I’ll also write about teaching, podcasts and podcasting, as well as various other miscellany of interest to me.
Why ‘Castle by Moonlight’? When I started thinking about beginning a blog I wondered a lot about whether I would be able to maintain regular postings, what it should be about and importantly, what name it should assume. Castle by Moonlight somewhat pompously refers to myself and my life (my castle as it were), and my reflections on those things that interest me. I’m also something of a night-owl, and love taking my telescope out to look at the moon and the planets as they (appear to) move overhead. While a large part of what will make up the content of this blog will be about board games, I didn’t want to pigeon-hole it to one topic, so I wanted something of a generic name. I’m not sure I’m 100% happy with it, but I had to start somewhere.
In any case, this rather hum-drum preamble to my blog should wind up and make way for (hopefully) more interesting content. If you have any suggestions, criticisms or comments - please feel free to leave them!
Giles.
No, this post I’ll focus on the basics. My name is Giles Pritchard, found elsewhere on the interwebs under the nom-de-plume ‘caradoc’. As my profile states, I’m a husband and father. I teach in a primary school - which is challenging at times but also very rewarding. I love board games among other hobbies.
Castle by Moonlight is a blog I’ve been contemplating for some time. While you can find me on twitter, on the worlds biggest and best board game website - Boardgamegeek, and while I contribute to two excellent podcasts - The Dice Tower and On Board Games, I’ve always wanted an online space to post about a variety of things.
Castle by Moonlight will cover all those things I enjoy; a large part of what is posted will be about board games and the board gaming hobby, but I’ll also write about teaching, podcasts and podcasting, as well as various other miscellany of interest to me.
Why ‘Castle by Moonlight’? When I started thinking about beginning a blog I wondered a lot about whether I would be able to maintain regular postings, what it should be about and importantly, what name it should assume. Castle by Moonlight somewhat pompously refers to myself and my life (my castle as it were), and my reflections on those things that interest me. I’m also something of a night-owl, and love taking my telescope out to look at the moon and the planets as they (appear to) move overhead. While a large part of what will make up the content of this blog will be about board games, I didn’t want to pigeon-hole it to one topic, so I wanted something of a generic name. I’m not sure I’m 100% happy with it, but I had to start somewhere.
In any case, this rather hum-drum preamble to my blog should wind up and make way for (hopefully) more interesting content. If you have any suggestions, criticisms or comments - please feel free to leave them!
Giles.
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