Map Friday – Featuring MapForge
With the fever behind me I now find myself on the cusp of the weekend, that time when family and real world needs take precedence over the more ephemeral aspects of my life. There was a lot of ground I wanted to cover this week including a review of the Stranger Things D&D boxset, a […]
Tales of Eira – d6 Fantasy begins
When this blog first started back in 2012 it was subtitled “OSR with a Celtic Twist”. At the time much of my efforts were bent toward the creation, maintenance, and sharing of the loose OSR setting I used for the home game I ran for my daughter and her friends. This setting was called “Chronicles […]
[White Star] Class – Mobile Strike Marine
A little rusty as a creator … as such I need practice: Mobile Strike Marine White Star Core edition – Military Campaign This class assuming a campaign structure that is primarily human-centric and takes cues from my earlier involvement with Matt Jackson’s Edge of Space rpg system (See my work for Edge of Space here). […]
[Kickstarter] Infinity’s Edge – Can I be a Dual-Wielding Savior-kun in all black?
With the final few hours before it Infinity’s Edge the “LitRPG” RPG is a sure thing to succeed as it has doubled it’s success threshold. Still, this is one I’ve been wanting to talk about for a bit and just haven’t had the chance both due to other commitments and my own continuing state of […]
[KickStarter] Scion 2e is finally Shipping
Rich Thomas posted today the following regarding the shipping of Scion Second Edition: Hello Scion 2e Backers! RichT here: Just got this note today from the fulfillment shipper: Hi Rich, FedEx picked up their 2 pallets and USPS picked up 14 pallets. The USPS truck couldn’t take any more so they are […]
Retroscape – Jazzy Cyberpunk in the Post-Apocolypse [Update – 5-7-18 1707]
On the second day of Chupracabra-Con as the Savage World’s ESU Pool Party was winding down and I was seriously beginning to worry about my daughter’s insistence that she could play real beer pong (not the water variant they were playing) I got an e-mail that the Tiny-6 game I was supposed to be playing […]
More Awesome OSR Sale
DrivethruRPG’s annual OSR sale continues through the end of the week (A little over four days left!) and if you haven’t taken a look at all the amazing OSR products available (even stuff from yours truly) you really should. Here is a quick list of some of my favorite picks* (in no order): Eldritch Tales […]
Night of the Slashers Part 1 – Dead by Daylight
One night several weeks ago my daughter (14) had a sleep over … she and her friends decided to use my Plex server to binge watch every Slasher flick I had … at 11 pm after only Halloween 1 & 2 and Friday the 13th Part 1 the internet died and four somewhat scared and […]
Where are the Pets?
Humans have had animal companions since before we had written language, barely had agroculture, and still thought a good layer of dirt was a good way to stay healthy. Our pets have followed us throughout time, history, culture and art … and yet, despite there being rules in place for them, I have rarely ever […]
Marvel’s Conan the Barbarian Issue 1
When I was of the wee age of seven my step-father took me to a local comic convention in Reading. It wasn’t like what my seven-year-old mind thought and I found myself rather disappointed to see booth after booth after booth of Tri-State comic shops selling old stock and collectables. No Stan Lee, no Neal […]