The first campaign for Call of Cthulhu and one of, if not the first tabletop RPG campaigns ever, Shadows of Yog-Sothoth is a product of its time. … Read more “Tabletop RPG Review: Shadows of Yog-Sothoth”
Author: matthewjconstantine
Book Review: At the Earth’s Core
The adventure fiction of Edgar Rice Burroughs is part of my literary DNA. At the Earth’s Core is absolutely peak Burroughs. A rough and tumble dude and… Read more “Book Review: At the Earth’s Core”
World Building Month 2021
I stupidly copied these questions from someone on a Facebook group and now can’t find the original to credit the person. So, if you know to whom… Read more “World Building Month 2021”
Book Review (sort of): The Dark Man and Others
If you were to ask me, “who is your favorite writer?” I’d probably say Robert E. Howard. As a writer, I’ve been profoundly inspired by the way… Read more “Book Review (sort of): The Dark Man and Others”
Conquest of the Sphere: Echoes of Yesterday Parts 1, 2 & 3
PART ONE The bloated opomu spun a delicate thread from spinnerets on its abdomen, working with a mechanical sureness. In the dim light, Mele watched dozens of… Read more “Conquest of the Sphere: Echoes of Yesterday Parts 1, 2 & 3”
Tabletop RPG Review: Alien The Roleplaying Game
What can I say about this? Alien is one of my all time favorite films. It’s a fantastic horror film made by people at the top of… Read more “Tabletop RPG Review: Alien The Roleplaying Game”
Book Review: Black Bangor
I grew up in Bangor (pronounced bain-gore, not bang-er), a small town in the state of Maine. To say the very least, it is not a place… Read more “Book Review: Black Bangor”
Book Review: The Huns Have Got my Gramophone!
This is a short book with a ton of illustrations, but I think it gets the job done. It looks at the Great War through the eyes… Read more “Book Review: The Huns Have Got my Gramophone!”
Comic Review: The Harlem Hellfighters
I have to admit, I was not expecting Max Brooks’s follow up to World War Z to be a historical fiction graphic novel about World War I,… Read more “Comic Review: The Harlem Hellfighters”
Book Review: Kothar of the Magic Sword
Not quite done with Gardner F. Fox, I figured I’d give this book a reread. Turns out this is actually the second Kothar book, but alas I… Read more “Book Review: Kothar of the Magic Sword”
Matthew J. Constantine 