April
…is about a third over, and I haven’t posted anything. Bugger. I didn’t realize how long it had been since my last post until I logged in to do some other things. I blame part of it on a new … Continue reading →
Category Archives: Rants
Faith In A Fantasy World
So there’s a thread over on RPG.net about religious subcultures in a fantasy world, and if you could get real schisms and religious wars if the gods themselves show up to declare their power, and if you could doubt a … Continue reading →
No, Hell No, And Never Darken My Door Again
I just wanted to add a quick link to/support of this article over on Gnome Stew, where the virtues of, and reasons for, saying no are nicely spelled out. Damn skippy! For too long, the Viking Hat has lingered in … Continue reading →
Random WIP: Hyperspace
Honestly, this is sort of being posted because I don’t like long stretches of “No posting”, not because I genuinely think it’s likely to be of interest to anyone. (Oh, BTW, the next stage of the Battlelords walkthrough is almost … Continue reading →
How Do You Handle A Problem Like A Death Star?
So I’ve started very casually puttering on “Stellar Battles”, enough to already know that if I finish it, it will be a bit different than “OSRIC in Spaaaaace”, thought it’s still going to draw from a lot of older design … Continue reading →
The Saga Of Heinrich
I’m working on a much longer article, one of my walkthrough-review thingies, though not my long-promised Alma Mater one (coming soon!), but I wanted to share this little tidbit. In Friday’s 4e game, the Big Fight consisted of the usual … Continue reading →
Blog Carnival — Worldbuilding
Oh, boy… Asking me to write about worldbuilding is like asking Al Gore to write about global warming: It’s an open invitation to endless rants on a topic which is extremely important to me, and boring to everyone else. A … Continue reading →
Marvel Boy Vs. Mohammed!
It’s amazing what you can find while trolling about the intert00bz. For example, I found a copy of “Astonishing”, issue 3, published by Marvel (during their “Atlas” years) in 1951, in which Marvel Boy, a fourth-tier hero, battled the scourges … Continue reading →
The Good Old Days
Since we’d been talking about Everquest, I just had to share this when I stumbled upon it, though I didn’t use StumbleUpon, as it turns out. I remember when this was bleeding-edge graphics. 🙂 And I remember people complaining this … Continue reading →
Well, This Bodeth Ill
Wizards Of The Coast announced that: “The Heroes of Shadow product, originally scheduled for March and presented in digest-sized, paperback format, is moving to April to accommodate a change to hardcover format. Additionally, three D&D RPG products have been removed … Continue reading →