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BlackStar: The Ambassador Curse
Last night was the premiere of Star Trek Discovery Season 4. Not only that we also had a new episode of the Kid-focused (but adult enjoyed) Star Trek Prodigy. Two new Trek episodes from different...
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Monstrous Monday: Glory Hound (A Wolfenoot Special)
Once again it is Happy Wolfenoot Everyone!What, you don't know about Wolfenoot, the holiday to celebrate all that is cool about the wolf and dogs? Well get yourself over to Wolfenoot.com to find out...
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Masters of the Universe: Revelation
It is late Tuesday night (now early Wednesday morning) and I just finished binge-watching Masters of the Universe: Revelation with my wife. Now I only consider myself a causal MotU fan, but it really...
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Monstrous Monday: Tiâmat
I have talked about Tiamat since the earliest days of this blog. No surprise really given my love of mythology and my oldest son's obsession with dragons. It really is a natural fit for me. I was...
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Review: Man, Myth & Magic (1982)
I am going to be spending some quality time with the classic game Man, Myth & Magic by Herbert "Herbie" Brennan and J. Stephen Peek and published originally byYaquinto Publications in 1982, and now...
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Character Creation Challenge: Man, Myth & Magic
It is the first of the month, so that means a new character. I went through the effort of creating a new character for Man, Myth & Magic. Well, I say "new" because it is a new character for this...
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Plays Well With Others: Man, Myth & Magic and Lands of Adventure
Ok. "Plays Well With Others" might be stretching it a bit. Almost to the point of ridiculousness to be honest, but I have wanted to compare both Lands of Adventure and Man, Myth & Magic for a while...
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Monstrous Monday: Demon Prince Orcus fo AD&D 2nd Edition
Going back a bit to do some more level setting and based on a conversation I had last week with a friend. He was looking for some stats for Orcus for 2nd Edition AD&D. I have stats for all...
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Mail Call: Chris Perkins'"Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition"
Been a busy time at work, so just a fast one today.Some time ago I grabbed something called "Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition" from the web. It has been sitting in my "to be sorted" folder...
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NotTSR sues Wizards of the Coast
Kinda busy with work and other projects this week, so this will be a fast one. File under, "Gods, Not these Idiots Again?"So the New, New TSR, also 3SR, or TSR3, or NotTSR by me, have decided in their...
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Kickstart Your Weekend: Vaesen RPG – Mythic Britain & Ireland
There are few things I love more than Creepy Folk horror and one of those things is creepy Gothic Horror. I was quite pleased to see that Free League Publishing of Sweden was doing a horror Mythic...
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Monstrous Monday: Children of Darkness
Author and world creator Anne Rice died this past weekend at the age of 80. Rice's writing, whether her books on vampires, witches, mummies, or erotic fairytales, had a huge effect on horror writing,...
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Featured Artist: Chris Achilléos
It has not been a good week. In addition to Anne Rice and Mike Nesmith, we also lost British Cypriot painter Chris Achilléos. He was 74.Achilléos' book Sirens was one of the first art books I ever...
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Tea with the Witches
Been crazy busy at work. That time of year. But one big project is done and I am down to the last few courses in this contact hour audit I have been doing for weeks. I have been neglecting things...
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Friday Night Videos: Remembering Mike Nesmith
Not everything I post here is game-related.Friday Night Videos is a prime example. And in truth, there might not be a Friday Night Videos (or even an MTV as we used to know it) without the pioneering...
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Monstrous Mondays: The Confessor
This creature began with a picture posted to the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Facebook group, and I thought it might be fun to stat up. The original posters asked, "in game terms, what is...
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Winter Solstice and a Return to Hyperborea
Today is the first day of winter in the Northern Hemisphere and last night I got my PDF copies of the new Hyperborea RPG, formerly Astonishing Swordsmen & Sorcerers of Hyperborea. Hyperborea has...
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Santa Claus and the Friday the 13th Christmas Special for NIGHT SHIFT
Been working a lot on NIGHT SHIFT lately so I see everything through this lens. So when one of my friends on Facebook posted this idea, you know I had to run with it. Not too far-fetched, as the...
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Friday Night Videos: Christmas Eve Music
It's Christmas Eve in my part of the world!While I am not a Christian I do love the secular holiday aspects of Christmas. Getting together with family. Relaxing at the end of the year. Making some...
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Boxing Day: Magic Realm
After many years I finally treated myself to a game I have wanted for years. Avalon Hill's "Magic Realm."The game looks like a board game, but there are a lot of RPG elements as well. And the game is...
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