A whole bunch of really, really bad ideas (and a few interesting ones that just didn’t work out) are explored in this book of failures. From exploding… Read more “Book Review: Nuking the Moon”
Category: History
Book Review: Lusitania
A fascinating read and a deeply disturbing reminder that the roots of atrocity remain a part of our culture to this day. Willi Jasper looks at the… Read more “Book Review: Lusitania”
Tabletop RPG Review: Guardians of the Forest
One of my greatest experiences as a tabletop role-playing gamer was the six months I spent playing Ars Magica back in the mid 90s. Even though I… Read more “Tabletop RPG Review: Guardians of the Forest”
Book Review: Underground
A childhood obsession with an old, disused train tunnel that went under his house was the seed of an obsession that would take over Will Hunt as… Read more “Book Review: Underground”
Book Review: The Spirit of Gin
There are countless things you could point to when trying to make the argument that I’m a weird dude. Just one among many is that I didn’t… Read more “Book Review: The Spirit of Gin”
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: 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 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”
