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”
Tag: Books
RPG a Day 2020: Week Two
Even when I’m not actively participating in my chosen hobby, it’s nice to think about. Day 8: Shade. Crom knows I’ve been guilty of throwing shade… Read more “RPG a Day 2020: Week Two”
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!”
RPG A Day 2020: Week One
I started participating in RPG a Day a few years ago. At the time, I’d attempted to run one game in about 10 years and it hadn’t… Read more “RPG A Day 2020: Week One”
Comic Review: Bone: Crown of Horns
The final volume of Jeff Smith’s beloved comic series Bone. I don’t know. Maybe it was years of folks telling me how good it was. Maybe it… Read more “Comic Review: Bone: Crown of Horns”
Comic Review: Bone: Treasure Hunters
It’s the next to last volume, yet so much of it is spent on Phoney Bone being exactly the same character he’s been since the first volume. … Read more “Comic Review: Bone: Treasure Hunters”
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 