I’ve been revisiting Michael Moorcock over the last couple of years after having not read him since high school. He’s hit & miss to be sure, but… Read more “Book Review: The Knight of the Swords”
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Book Review: David Falkayn: Star Trader
Straddling the border between Space Opera and Hard Science Fiction comes Poul Anderson’s Technic Civilization. This second volume is made up of five novellas, a novel, and… Read more “Book Review: David Falkayn: Star Trader”
Tabletop RPG Review: Sailors on the Starless Sea
Apparently, this was the first adventure written for the Dungeon Crawl Classics rules. Up to that point, Goodman Games had been producing adventures for use with Dungeons… Read more “Tabletop RPG Review: Sailors on the Starless Sea”
Tabletop RPG Review: Doom of the Savage Kings
Mix in The Hound of the Baskervilles, Beowulf by way of “The 13th Warrior,” and a few dashes of “Brotherhood of the Wolf,” and you’ve got a… Read more “Tabletop RPG Review: Doom of the Savage Kings”
Tabletop RPG Review: DCC Quick Start 2020
Part of the greater renaissance of tabletop gaming that’s been going on lately is Free RPG Day. Modeled after Free Comic Book Day, it’s a sort of… Read more “Tabletop RPG Review: DCC Quick Start 2020”
Tabletop RPG Review: Creep, Skrag, Creep!
Another Dungeon Crawl Classics “Horror” module, this level zero “funnel” adventure seems like a real meat grinder. According to author “Spooky” Stephen Newton, it led to a… Read more “Tabletop RPG Review: Creep, Skrag, Creep!”
Tabletop RPG Review: Nephilim
This was a tough one to review. On the one hand, I think it’s a solid book and an RPG that would be great for the right… Read more “Tabletop RPG Review: Nephilim”
Tabletop RPG: Rapture: The Second Coming
Rapture: The Second Coming is a product of its time. If this came out today, it would be a setting book for a successful ‘generic’ system, like… Read more “Tabletop RPG: Rapture: The Second Coming”
Book Review: Washington Black
I’ll admit, I was kinda hornswoggled into reading this book. I saw it sitting on the shelf, found the cover art appealing, and read some of the… Read more “Book Review: Washington Black”
Book Review: A Very Dangerous Woman
“It was no doubt easier to believe in the ultimate rightness of the cause when one was no longer likely to be its next victim.” It… Read more “Book Review: A Very Dangerous Woman”
Matthew J. Constantine 