Full disclosure, my wife co-authored this book, so I can’t claim to be impartial. Washington, DC is my adopted home city. I moved to the area more… Read more “Book Review: 111 Places in Women’s History (in Washington, DC) that You Must Not Miss”
Tag: History
World Building Wednesday #4: Conquest of the Sphere
In previous entries in this series, I’ve been a bit vague, or thrown together a few ideas spur of the moment as I’ve been writing. This time… Read more “World Building Wednesday #4: Conquest of the Sphere”
Tabletop RPG Review: Call of Cthulhu Investigator Handbook
As I mentioned in my review of the Keeper Rulebook, I had been pretty annoyed when I saw that the 7th edition of Call of Cthulhu was… Read more “Tabletop RPG Review: Call of Cthulhu Investigator Handbook”
World Building Wednesday #3: Rabbit Holes
We’ve all fallen down a rabbit hole. Get to watching videos on YouTube and soon realize you’ve spent 4 hours watching obscure European Psychedelic bands from the… Read more “World Building Wednesday #3: Rabbit Holes”
Book Review: War Plan Red
I grew up just a few hours from the Canadian border. I had family in Canada, and my own Grandfather was Canadian by birth. I always knew… Read more “Book Review: War Plan Red”
Book Review: The Huns Have Got my Gramophone!
This is a short book with a ton of illustrations, but I think it gets the job done. It looks at the Great War through the eyes… Read more “Book Review: The Huns Have Got my Gramophone!”
Comic Review: The Harlem Hellfighters
I have to admit, I was not expecting Max Brooks’s follow up to World War Z to be a historical fiction graphic novel about World War I,… Read more “Comic Review: The Harlem Hellfighters”
Book Review: The Truth About Lies
By turns fascinating and depressing, Aja Raden’s book explores lies and subterfuge from biological to sociological. Animals survive because they camouflage themselves as other things and humans… Read more “Book Review: The Truth About Lies”
Honeymoon: The Cruise
The idea was to take a cruise at the end of our European trek, because it would ensure that we’d get some relaxation and we’d be able… Read more “Honeymoon: The Cruise”
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”
