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The Temples of Elemental Evil in the Multiverse
I have been thinking a lot about my interconnected D&D 5 campaigns.There is the Mystara/Oerth combination on my wold of Mystoerth I have been running for The Order of the Platinum Dragon. Which...
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October Horror Movie Challenge: The Crow (1994)
No movie captures the "Noir of the Nineties" more than "The Crow".It has been said that the only difference between a slasher flick and an action flick is if the "Last Girl" is a woman or a big action...
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This Old Dragon: Issue #90
Ok. I will admit this. I am totally cheating. Normally I grab an issue off the top and review it as is. But this is October and that's a big deal here at The Other Side. So I went through my stacks...
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October Horror Movie Challenge: Dark City (1998)
This must be my Alex Proyas tape. Dark City was one of those movies that came up a lot on the old Kult RPG list I was on.Connor thought it was cool, but had a lot of his own theories and questions.As...
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Kickstart Your Weekend: Jacob Blackmon style!
If you have been here for any period of time of bought any of my Pathfinder books then you will have seen the fantastic art of +Jacob Blackmon.We are at a point where there are three Kickstarters out...
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October Horror Movie Challenge: Lair of the White Worm (1988)
On to my vampire tapes now. I am not going to review all of these since I had done so many of these in past Challenges. But there are few that stand out.Lair of the White Worm (1988) is one of those...
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Zatannurday: Interview with MYSTIK U's Alisa Kwitney
A few of weeks ago I mentioned the news of the new Zatanna centric comic MYSTIK U, about Zatanna's days at university.As you can imagine I did a very unmanly squeal of delight and immediately set out...
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October Horror Movie Challenge: Gothic (1986)
Gothic is another one of those films that you either love or hate. I enjoyed the hell out of it. The story of how Frankenstein and the Vampyre came to be? Ken Russell as the director? Gabriel Byrne as...
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October Horror Movie Challenge: Dracula 2000 (2000)
Not one of my favorite Draculas to be sure, but it is satisfying that I also got to finish a tape.It's an interesting tale. Bringing Dracula into the modern age, trouble is that we have seen this story...
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Into the Nentir Vale, 5e Style
Vacation day today. So the boys and I are starting our "Halloween" adventures of Into the Nentir Vale. Yes, I am converting the 4e the adventures to 5e. I started these adventures back when 4e came...
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October Horror Movie Challenge: The Mummy (2017)
A bit of a change of pace for this Challenge.This is a first time view. It's a Tom Cruise movie (whom I can't stand). And the movie is not as bad as I was lead to believe.The idea is an interesting...
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October Horror Movie Challenge: Alien Covenant (2017)
Another new one. Plus I am running out of tape material.Note: Spoilers ahead.Alien Covenant attempts correct some of the mistakes from Prometheus. Not sure how well it succeeds. For starters, this is...
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This Old Dragon: Issue #138
October 1988. I was a sophomore in college, but not just any college. I was at Southern Illinois University and Halloween was a HUGE deal. I debuted my first version of my "Astaroth" devil costume. A...
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October Horror Movie Challenge: Burn Witch Burn! (1962)
Also known as Night of the Eagle, this is one of the many versions of Fritz Lieber's Conjure Wife and one of my favorite versions of it.this version cleaves much better to the spirit of the book, but...
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Witch Superstitions
It's Friday the 13th! Always a special day here at The Other Side, but a Friday the 13th in October? That's practically a national holiday here!I am participating in the RPG Blog Carnival for October...
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I *need* Some D&D t-shirts
If you have been on Facebook or other social media it is likely you have seen ads for some D&D themed/branded t-shirts. They look really cool.I am not here to link them or rat them out for...
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October Horror Movie Challenge: Black Swan (2010)
Is Black Swan a Horror flick?It certainly has elements of it and IMDB and Wikipedia list it as Psychological Horror. I mean it is no Silence of the Lambs, but it can get to you.Plus Darren Aronofsky...
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Love Will Have Its Sacrifices: Carmilla and Laura for the Buffy RPG
Some pairings just work so well that it feels like the universe clicks into place.This is one of those times.Carmilla is a web series based on the Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu short story of the same name....
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This Old Dragon: Issue #54
Again today is a bit of cheat. I had been going through all my October issues and this is the next one on the pile. It's October 1981. I am in the earliest days of my gaming life, having played Basic...
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No Sacrifice Without Blood: Carmilla and Laura for World of Darkness (nWoD)
Coming back to CarmillaAnother great system for doing anything "Vampire" is, of course, any of the Word of Darkness systems. For these builds, I have chosen to use the World of Darkness and Vampire:...
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