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October Horror Movie Challenge: Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988)
Oh, what to say about this movie. I figured it was timely with all the clown "attacks" being reported.Of course, I saw this when it came out, but wanted to watch it again with Connor. He honestly...
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October Horror Movie Challenge: Late Night Cable
Been suffering through some migraines this week. Thankfully a lot of my posts were pre-written and cued up. Today's post wasn't. Since I have slept something like 24 hours in the last 48 I was up...
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October Horror Movie Challenge: Crimson Peak (2015)
This is one of the big movies I wanted to see this Challenge. It had such a cool look and I was looking forward to watching it with my son.Well I have to say it did not disappoint. It is less a...
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October Horror Movie Challenge: Ghost Ship (2002)
I enjoy a good tale of ghost ships. Ever since I had read about the Flying Dutchman and other tales of ships lost at sea I have had a morbid sort of curiosity about them.So when Ghost Ship from 2002...
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October Horror Movie Challenge: Splice (2009)
Splice is a movie I have wanted to see for a few years. It is a basic mad-scientist makes a monster movie with some twists.There are some interesting twists in this modern Frankenstein tale. Instead...
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October Horror Movie Challenge: A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)
A Nightmare on Elm Street. This is the movie that changed horror movies forever. It gave us the slasher and it gave us a villain that in many ways it more important that the heroes (though I think I...
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October Horror Movie Challenge: The Witch (Audio Commentary) (2015)
I wanted to end my Horror Challenge with the movie I began with, The Witch.This time I watched it with the director's audio commentary. I also watched the special features that went along with the...
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Monstrous Mondays: The Piasa Bird for 5e
Welcome back to Monstrous Mondays!Today I want to add a monster from stories of my childhood. If you grew up in Central or Southern Illinois you heard stories of the Piasa Bird. I featured this...
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October Horror Movie Challenge: 2016 Wrap-up and Looking to 2017
Another October Horror Movie Challenge is done.Final tally: 35 movies watched, 26 were first time views. Not bad, that is about my average.While I did great in the challenge, I failed in making these...
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The Witch Thomasin
File under: "You knew this was coming so you really can't act surprised."Black Philip: Wouldst thou like to live deliciously?Warning: Spoilers ahead for The Witch.The Witch is a fantastic movie, not...
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We Interrupt this Blog for an Important Message...
No "real" post today.I was up last night watching one of the most exciting World Series games I can recall. I didn't work on my posts and now I am dragging.I am not a Cubs fan despite living in and...
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Kickstart Your Weekend: Castles & Crusades Adventurers Backpack
This week's Kickstarter of choice is Castles & Crusades Adventurers Backpack.https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/676918054/castles-and-crusades-adventurers-backpackBilled as a set of options, it...
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Monstrous Monday: 2nd Edition Monstrous Compendiums
So no new monster today. Been pretty busy this last week or two.But some things I am working are a couple of auction and Craigslist scores.For all four binders, I think I have now paid something like...
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Election Day
It's Election Day in the US.Don't sit at home and complaining about the election, the people in it or the people voting. Get out and vote.Seriously. You can read blogs tomorrow.
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DIY Swords & Wizardry Light Folder + Something new
(Ugh. That election. But I am not going to sully this blog with talk of our new national nightmare.)+Erik Tenkar's Sword & Wizardry Light is out. More or less. It's a great idea and has endless...
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Dungeons & Dragons in Toy Hall of Fame
The big news in the RPG world is of course, the introduction of Dungeons & Dragons into the National Toy Hall of Fame.You can read what they said about D&D...
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New Movie: The Witching
Al Bruno over at Al Buno III's Internet Tomfoolery just posted this trailer for a new movie that caught my eye.Check out his post here:...
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The Witch for Swords & Wizardry Light
Swords & Wizardry Light is then newest little OSR game on the market thanks to the great work by +Erik Tenkar. Run over to The Tavern and grab yourself a copy.The philosophy behind the game is...
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The Future of the Swords & Wizardry Witch
Yesterday saw the release of the Witch class for Swords & Wizardry Light. +Erik Tenkar put together a nice set of rules and I had to do something to support it.So far I am pretty pleased with the...
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Wizards of the Coast Print on Demand
The biggest news in the D&D corners of the Internet is Wizards of the Coast and OneBookShelf are now starting some Print on Demand services for classic D&D products.This isn't terribly new,...
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