I first heard of Ben Robbins and Microscope on Matt Colville’s YouTube channel. I’ve always liked the idea of more player-driven games with so-called “sandbox” settings (what… Read more “Tabletop RPG Review: Microscope”
Tag: Science Fiction
Tabletop RPG Review: 2300AD
I’m a big Science Fiction fan. It’s my preferred genre of film, book, video game, comic, and tabletop RPG. So, it’s kind of weird that in all… Read more “Tabletop RPG Review: 2300AD”
Conquest of the Sphere: Echoes of Yesterday Parts 1&2
PART ONE The bloated opomu spun a delicate thread from spinnerets on its abdomen, working with a mechanical sureness. In the dim light, Mele watched dozens… Read more “Conquest of the Sphere: Echoes of Yesterday Parts 1&2”
Book Review Ancillary Justice
I was working the receiving department at a bookstore when this book came out. I got to see all the new books as they came in, and… Read more “Book Review Ancillary Justice”
Book Review: Lallia
My favorite Dumarest of Terra novel so far, Lallia shakes things up a bit for our hero. In the previous novels, Dumarest is typically on a planet,… Read more “Book Review: Lallia”
Book Review: A Boy and His Bot
I really enjoyed Daniel H. Wilson’s non-fiction books about robots. How to Survive a Robot Uprising and Where’s My Jetpack? were both very enjoyable. So, when he… Read more “Book Review: A Boy and His Bot”
Book Review: The Jester at Scar
The fifth book in E.C. Tubb’s Dumarest of Terra series finds our hero hunting dangerous but valuable mushrooms on an extreme planet infested with wild and mutating… Read more “Book Review: The Jester at Scar”
Best & Worst Movies of 2019
It’s that time again. I’m looking back at my favorite films of 2019, a year that wasn’t great, but wasn’t bad. Of course, I missed a… Read more “Best & Worst Movies of 2019”
Book Review: The Lost Planet
Rachel Searles has created an action packed romp, like something that would fit on a shelf next to Andre Norton or Robert A. Heinlein circa 1965. A… Read more “Book Review: The Lost Planet”
Tabletop RPG Review: Mutant Crawl Classics
Mutant Crawl Classics takes on the classic Gamma World in much the same way Dungeon Crawl Classics took on Dungeons & Dragons. Mixing old school Mid-Century, hellzapoppin… Read more “Tabletop RPG Review: Mutant Crawl Classics”
Matthew J. Constantine 