Unexpected DnD movie
I’ve said before that AD&D is perfectly adapted for wuwei adventures (without really needing OA at all): the whole levels/magic items/powers mix is much more appropriate to Hong Kong cinema than it...
View ArticleGenki Sudo of Mars
I have only three things to say about the John Carter trailer.* 1. When I first heard the director of Finding Nemo was making a Barsoom movie, I thought it was possible that something new could come...
View ArticleNot D&D, but definitely provocative
This is and will remain a gaming blog. Still, I figured at least some of you would want to see this. Teahupoo, Tahiti is widely known throughout the world of surfing as having the most powerful break...
View ArticleWhat G+ game should I run (apart from Monkey Magic)?
So this is currently the idlest of idle questions. I won’t be running a game at least until I’ve got back into playing more regularly, and given my schedule I shouldn’t be running a game at all, and...
View ArticleCowboys and Aliens shows the evolution of DnD
Did you all write about Cowboys and Aliens and I just missed it? I may have, I was awfully busy last August, but the only trace I can find in the archives is a casual mention on Roll for Initiative –...
View ArticleI’m going to say some unpopular things about Barsoom
This is not a well thought out post. I’m trying to think through some stuff here and would appreciate your help. I’m trying to figure out why I think John Carter isn’t gameable – and I concede that I...
View ArticleThe only trainspotting post I will ever write. Probably.
Looking at the trailer for the latest film in which Johnny Depp’s makeup upstages the titular character, I realise that what I really want to watch is a movie all about disruptive technologies. Or even...
View ArticleThe “golden age of piracy”
I guess most people watching Black Sails probably follow it for the boobs, blood and scowling. There’s plenty of each – Rackham’s charmingly incompetent, Silver’s charmingly hapless, Flint manages to...
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