While this book will not win any awards for most compelling or artistic exploration of a subject, it is packed with interesting anecdotes, and written with enough… Read more “Book Review: Best Little Stories of the Wild West”
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Tabletop RPG Review: GURPS Old West
GURPS is an interesting animal. On the one hand, it’s a kitchen sink game, where you can crunch as many numbers as you can get your hands… Read more “Tabletop RPG Review: GURPS Old West”
Book Review: Green Metropolis
We are told from the day we’re born that the City is bad and Wilderness is good. It doesn’t matter what part of the political spectrum you’re… Read more “Book Review: Green Metropolis”
Book Review: The Name of the Wind
I gripe about Fantasy a lot. I typically don’t care for pseudo-Medieval European settings, featuring lots of familiar peoples and creatures. A lot of the work I… Read more “Book Review: The Name of the Wind”
Comic Review: Rockstars: Vol. 1
What if all the stories were true? What if all the secrets and hidden meanings in lyrics and liner notes were part of a grand game? Young… Read more “Comic Review: Rockstars: Vol. 1”
Tabletop RPG Review: Listen Up, You Primitive Screwheads!!!!
Being the game master/referee/storyguide/whatever of a tabletop role playing game is tough. It is. I’ve done it a bunch, and if you want to do it well,… Read more “Tabletop RPG Review: Listen Up, You Primitive Screwheads!!!!”
Book Review: Third From the Sun
You may remember Richard Matheson from such films as “The Last Man on Earth,” “The Omega Man,” and “I Am Legend.” Each is adapted from his fantastic,… Read more “Book Review: Third From the Sun”
Tabletop RPG Review: noir
For all the other problems I have with the decade, the 90s were a great time for tabletop role playing. So many fantastic games came out, and… Read more “Tabletop RPG Review: noir”
Book Review: Mortal Engines
I first read Mortal Engines (and the three follow-up novels that make the Mortal Engines Quartet) by Philip Reeve, about ten years ago. They catapulted to the… Read more “Book Review: Mortal Engines”
Tabletop RPG Review: Robert E. Howard’s Conan
When I saw that a major, serous take on a Conan roleplaying game was in the works, I knew I had to get in on it. So,… Read more “Tabletop RPG Review: Robert E. Howard’s Conan”
