Halfway Station

Andy Slack’s presence in cyberspace

Links

Most Frequently Visited

  • Amazon: Mostly for books. Not a lot cheaper than the high street now, but still open when I get out of the office, which the high street usually isn’t.
  • RPGNow: Games to download in PDF format. Good source of out-of-print classics.
  • The Times online: News and commentary.
  • Yahoo! webmail.

Family

  • C-Cakes: My wife Costanza’s website and cake catalogue.
  • Campobianco: Siblings-in-law; games, taiko, and a house in Arizona.
  • Portal Editions: A Spanish publishing house, which has Anna on its editorial board.

Games

  • Alter Ego Software: Home of the MetaCreator character creation and management software for roleplaying games.
  • Copplestone Castings: Nice line of 28mm science fiction figures, amongst other ranges.
  • em4 Miniatures: Prepainted figures for RPGs and skirmish wargames.
  • Games Workshop UK: Home of the Warhammer, Warhammer 40,000, and Lord of the Rings wargames, amongst others.
  • Figures in Comfort and Kaiser Rushforth both make figure cases, and also replacement foam trays the right size for Games Workshop cases.
  • Pinnacle Entertainment: Publishers of Savage Worlds, currently my favourite RPG.
  • The Sad Muppet Society: My friendly local wargames club.
  • Two Hour Wargames: Publishers of solo and same-side wargaming rules such as 5150 (SF), All Things Zombie (survival horror), and Warrior Heroes (fantasy).

Webcomics

  • Girl Genius: Adventure, romance, mad science – bonkers steampunk.
  • Penny Arcade: Strips loosely grouped around videogames. Strong language throughout.
  • Schlock Mercenary: Space opera about a group of mercenaries and their missions. Much like Robert Asprin’s Phule’s Company, so if you liked that, you’ll probably like this.