{"id":142,"date":"2019-04-20T16:06:35","date_gmt":"2019-04-20T14:06:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=142"},"modified":"2021-08-04T13:43:44","modified_gmt":"2021-08-04T11:43:44","slug":"gaming","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=142","title":{"rendered":"Gaming"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I&#8217;ve been a gamer all my life.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As a child I loved tabletop games, from the (already) classics to &#8220;Goose game&#8221;-style games such as <em>Life<\/em> or <em>Crack!<\/em> which were big at the time. In 1980s Italy there was also this trend of making tabletop versions of famous TV game shows, especially those hosted by famed Italian-American presenter <em>Mike Bongiorno<\/em>. I could never have enough of them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/gFShZz96QX2iuTzAMJnWCA-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"337\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=337\" class=\"wp-image-337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/gFShZz96QX2iuTzAMJnWCA-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/gFShZz96QX2iuTzAMJnWCA-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/gFShZz96QX2iuTzAMJnWCA-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/gFShZz96QX2iuTzAMJnWCA-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/gFShZz96QX2iuTzAMJnWCA-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BMwb4CWyR0yP4W0KMxTxkQ-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"338\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=338\" class=\"wp-image-338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BMwb4CWyR0yP4W0KMxTxkQ-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BMwb4CWyR0yP4W0KMxTxkQ-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BMwb4CWyR0yP4W0KMxTxkQ-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BMwb4CWyR0yP4W0KMxTxkQ-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/BMwb4CWyR0yP4W0KMxTxkQ-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/RoQMv2uBTNis32FthNqiig-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"336\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=336\" class=\"wp-image-336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/RoQMv2uBTNis32FthNqiig-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/RoQMv2uBTNis32FthNqiig-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/RoQMv2uBTNis32FthNqiig-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/RoQMv2uBTNis32FthNqiig-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/RoQMv2uBTNis32FthNqiig-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Then, at the end of 80s, I fell in love with <em>D&amp;D<\/em> and video games which changed everything for me. Stories is what I&#8217;ve always been fascinated by so RPGs and adventure games (Sierra-on-Line, Lucas Arts) mixed perfectly in my mind. Great postmodern things came out of that&#8230; like our <em>Spelljammer<\/em> <em>Star-Trek<\/em>-tinged saga, filled with steampunk stuff, quotes from 1980s italian comedies and characters inspired by 1990s Italian TV salesmen (all hail <em>Sergio Baracco<\/em>!).<br>Finally, I also dabbled in card games&#8230; but I was never a real collector and didn&#8217;t have many people to play with so it didn&#8217;t last long.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ChONvAQzSDuuoEkFQdaHNw-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"340\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=340\" class=\"wp-image-340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ChONvAQzSDuuoEkFQdaHNw-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ChONvAQzSDuuoEkFQdaHNw-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ChONvAQzSDuuoEkFQdaHNw-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ChONvAQzSDuuoEkFQdaHNw-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/ChONvAQzSDuuoEkFQdaHNw-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/37gSCXKTTKoofbEQ971Sg-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"341\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=341\" class=\"wp-image-341\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/37gSCXKTTKoofbEQ971Sg-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/37gSCXKTTKoofbEQ971Sg-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/37gSCXKTTKoofbEQ971Sg-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/37gSCXKTTKoofbEQ971Sg-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/37gSCXKTTKoofbEQ971Sg-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"404\" src=\"http:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_0689-e1559836105928-1024x404.jpeg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"395\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/?attachment_id=395\" class=\"wp-image-395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_0689-e1559836105928-1024x404.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_0689-e1559836105928-300x118.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_0689-e1559836105928-768x303.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/IMG_0689-e1559836105928.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">RPGs have filled most of my gaming time in the last 25-odd years but lately tabletops have had a big comeback and my friends and I got interested again. However, they can be really expensive, so my friend Berga is buying most of them while I get to play!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/shelf_2021_1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-648 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/shelf_2021_1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1350\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/shelf_2021_1-scaled.jpg 1350w, https:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/shelf_2021_1-158x300.jpg 158w, https:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/shelf_2021_1-540x1024.jpg 540w, https:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/shelf_2021_1-768x1456.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/shelf_2021_1-810x1536.jpg 810w, https:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/shelf_2021_1-1080x2048.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Prince<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Last year, to celebrate 25 years of gaming with my fellow &#8220;Starjammers&#8221;, I even built my own gaming table!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Prince - Gaming Table\" width=\"525\" height=\"295\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FfU758UUvyY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4>Related posts<\/h4>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list has-dates alignleft wp-block-latest-posts\"><li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/?p=682\">Kickstarter ethics<\/a><time datetime=\"2022-01-24T23:11:32+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">24\/01\/2022<\/time><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/?p=609\">Pandemic Legacy and the Pains of Random<\/a><time datetime=\"2020-08-12T11:02:08+02:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">12\/08\/2020<\/time><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/?p=634\">The Breakfast Electric&#8230; episode #3!\u201d<\/a><time datetime=\"2020-08-09T11:21:00+02:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">09\/08\/2020<\/time><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/?p=588\">Painting experiments: Cthulhu Death May Die<\/a><time datetime=\"2020-03-28T18:14:12+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">28\/03\/2020<\/time><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/?p=539\">The Prince&#8230; upgraded!<\/a><time datetime=\"2019-12-19T12:28:24+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-date\">19\/12\/2019<\/time><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__post-title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.electricdawn.com\/wordpress\/?p=496\">T.I.M.E. 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As a child I loved tabletop games, from the (already) classics to &#8220;Goose game&#8221;-style games such as Life or Crack! which were big at the time. 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