I cut my teeth on Worlds of Wonder from Chaosium, which used their Basic Roleplaying System. That’s the same core game mechanic (rules) as Call of Cthulhu,… Read more “Tabletop RPG Review: Runequest 2nd Ed”
Category: Book Review
Comic Review: Wonton Soup
A couple years ago, I read James Stokoe’s excellent “Godzilla: Half-Century War” and knew that here was a comic artist/writer to watch. A lot of comic… Read more “Comic Review: Wonton Soup”
Book Review: Scatter, Adapt, and Remember
Annalee Newitz looks at how humanity might go about surviving inevitable problems in this surprisingly upbeat book about the end of the world. Her basic premise is… Read more “Book Review: Scatter, Adapt, and Remember”
Book Review: The Yith Cycle
Chaosium’s “Cycle Books” are a fantastic series of themed anthologies (for the most part). But they do have one thing that I’m not thrilled with, usual series… Read more “Book Review: The Yith Cycle”
Book Review: Cleopatra
“The personal inevitably trumps the political, and the erotic trumps all: We will remember that Cleopatra slept with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony long after we have… Read more “Book Review: Cleopatra”