On Sunday, May 27, I completed the Scourge Campaign. That was the final campaign in the main Frozen Throne story arc. Over the course of the campaign, I got to control Arthas, Silvanis, Varimathras, Anub'arak, and Garithos. All of the major players were featured in one way or another. The finale, Chapter 8. was of course the most difficult mission of all. The enemy attacks were relentless and demanded a lot of micro-managing of troops. All in all, I think that I enjoyed The Frozen Throne as much as Reign of Chaos. Reign of Chaos was a bit longer and had the more impressive cinematics. However, The Frozen Throne dispensed with any trivial tutorial missions. They were both great experiences.

There is a Bonus Campaign included with the expansion pack. It is a standalone Orc campaign entitled To Tame a Land. I played Act One straight through on Sunday. It was more of an RPG-style campaign focused on the heroes much more so than the supporting troops. It was a bit long and repetitive but a nice change of pace nevertheless.

Today marks the one-year anniversary of the debut of Game Central. Back on May 25, 2006, I published this site with a variety of personal gaming information: baseball leagues, computer games, and role-playing memories. Since then, I completed another season of the NALB and played numerous computer games. Unfortunately, I haven't played any pen and paper role-playing games in several years. However, I always intended to devote a large portion of this site's content to role-playing games. In particular, I wanted to chronicle and preserve some of the history of my old gaming group, "The Club."

With the site's original intent in mind, I knew what had to be done. I had to add some new RPG content to Game Central for its one-year anniversary. I decided to revisit the game that got our group started, Dungeons & Dragons. Out of dozens of D&D campaigns, one clearly stood out as deserving of the anniversary honor—The Temple of Elemental Evil. That campaign was played during one of our group's most creative periods. It featured some of our most memorable characters and many unforgettable moments.

Game Central can still be reached via the portal at http://kfields.net. Now, you can also access it directly at http://gamecentral.kfields.net.

I look forward to more great gaming for Game Central year two.

I finally completed the Alliance Campaign. There were only six chapters plus a special bonus chapter. I got my butt kicked in the bonus chapter but winning it was not mandatory to continue the story. The last chapter was a lot of fun with four powerful heroes under my command: Illidan, Kael the Blood Mage, Lady Vashj the Naga Sea Witch, and a Draenei Elder Sage by the name of Akama. The campaign ends in the Outland where you face off against the Pit Lord Magtheridon.

Now it is on to the Scourge Campaign featuring King (formerly Prince) Arthas.

I started The Frozen Throne this week and already finished the Sentinels campaign. The story takes place not long after the conclusion of Reign of Chaos. It was an easy transition starting with Night Elves because that was the race that you played in the final chapter of Reign of Chaos. This time, you start out with a new hero, Maiev Shadowsong. She is a Warden, one of the new hero classes in The Frozen Throne. Maiev is out for vengeance against her former prisoner, Illidan Stormrage. Old favorites Tyrande Whisperwind and Malfurion Stormrage return later in the campaign. A couple of the chapters near the end were a little tough. I usually struggle somewhat with timed missions and Chapter 7 was one of those with only 30 minutes given to achieve the goal. Still, it was a lot of fun.

Next up is the Alliance Campaign.