Based on Larry Niven’s award winning novel Ringworld, and the future history it shares with several other of the author’s works, this 1984 boxed set from Chaosium… Read more “Tabletop RPG Review: Ringworld”
Tag: Science
Book Review: The Warlord of the Air
I finally cracked into Volume 4 of Michael Moorcock’s Eternal Champion series published by White Wolf back in the 90s. I haven’t been reading these in order… Read more “Book Review: The Warlord of the Air”
Tabletop RPG Review: Ultraviolet Grasslands and the Black City 2nd Ed.
Let me start by saying I have no actual experience with mind altering drugs. Like other substances, I’m not morally opposed to their use, so long as… Read more “Tabletop RPG Review: Ultraviolet Grasslands and the Black City 2nd Ed.”
Book Review: The Sundered Worlds
This was not at all the book I was expecting. I read it in the hardcover collection, The Eternal Champion, first in the White Wolf series of… Read more “Book Review: The Sundered Worlds”
Book Review: Dune
When people ask me, “what is your favorite movie?” I answer, “Casablanca.” Is that true? I don’t know. I love it. It’s a great film, and a… Read more “Book Review: Dune”
Book Review: Protector
Larry Niven has always been a great idea man. Though sometimes making use of Clarketech (see: Clarke’s 3rd Law), much of his science is at least somewhat… Read more “Book Review: Protector”
Tabletop RPG Review: Aurore Sourcebook
I’ve written about it a bit before, but suffice to say, the setting of 2300AD is very much my jam. I always find GDW’s game mechanics to… Read more “Tabletop RPG Review: Aurore Sourcebook”
Book Review: Mayenne
The ninth book in the Dumarest of Terra series, this volume both defies expectations and functions as a minor reset for the story. E.C. Tubb managed, at… Read more “Book Review: Mayenne”
Tabletop RPG Review: Gradient Descent
Mothership is a game with a ton of potential that has already gained a lot of fans. I don’t know, ultimately, if it’s for me. However, the… Read more “Tabletop RPG Review: Gradient Descent”
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”
Matthew J. Constantine 