One of the stumbling blocks I’ve frequently faced in my pursuit of the tabletop role-playing hobby is particular and fairly strong dislike for Dungeons & Dragons, and… Read more “Tabletop RPG Review: Dungeon Crawl Classics”
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Best and Worst Movies of 2018
Overall, 2018 was a pretty darned good year in film. There were a few dogs, to be sure, but there were also a whole heck of… Read more “Best and Worst Movies of 2018”
Tabletop RPG Review: Strange Aeons
A collection of three scenarios for Call of Cthulhu, I’d say this is a mixed bag, if generally good and worth reading for a Keeper. The first… Read more “Tabletop RPG Review: Strange Aeons”
Book Review: Servant of the Muses
The first outing of Jake Conrad, a hard boiled detective in the mold of Sam Spade who gets wrapped up with some strange goings on in post-War… Read more “Book Review: Servant of the Muses”
Book Review: Midnight at the Pera Palace
Istanbul, Constantinople, Byzantium. Whatever you call it, it’s one of the most important, interesting, and complicated cities in history. It was the seat of the hold-out Roman… Read more “Book Review: Midnight at the Pera Palace”
Tabletop RPG Review: The Golden Dawn
A supplement to the supplement Cthulhu By Gaslight for the Call of Cthulhu tabletop role-playing game, this is an exploration of the real life secret society, The… Read more “Tabletop RPG Review: The Golden Dawn”
Book Review: The Dark World
Henry Kuttner is one of those names that has fallen into obscurity, and that’s too bad. In his short life, he produced some excellent work. And when… Read more “Book Review: The Dark World”
HestFest 2018: Food & Film
HestFest is one of my longest running traditions. Once a year, I gather some folks together and make them watch some Charlton Heston movies. It started way… Read more “HestFest 2018: Food & Film”
Book Review: The Lost World of Communism
“Until 1945 Adolf Hitler was the greatest for us as Germans and I was extremely disappointed when I later found out what kind of person he really… Read more “Book Review: The Lost World of Communism”
Honeymoon Stop One: Munich
The first step of our completely bonkers European Honeymoon was Munich, Germany. I was a bit concerned about weather, as we were traveling in early February,… Read more “Honeymoon Stop One: Munich”
