• Reading – Plunge

    Reading – Plunge

    Joe Hill came to my attention with the award winning Locke & Key some years ago. Eldritch horror bubbles and foams at the edges of a family trying to put itself together until the entire thing is a frothy waking nightmare. Worth a read, great art, and available at most public libraries these days. I… Read more

  • Playing – Blades in the Dark (Co-operative World Building)

    Playing – Blades in the Dark (Co-operative World Building)

    Recently at my ongoing Blades in the Dark game (titled as Streets of Shadows), the players decided to take on a job in the Deathlands. As described in the background section of the core rulebook – The Deathlands: Beyond the lightning barriers, the world is a wasteland of petrified trees, ash, and choking clouds of… Read more

  • Watching – The Prisoner (1967 – 68)

    Watching – The Prisoner (1967 – 68)

    It was surreal, subversive, and followed the struggles of a secret agent against an unsettling setting. There was little overt action, more mind games and uncertain alliances where the agent dared not make assumptions about the shifting loyalties and hidden agendas of those surrounding them. In each episodes themes of identity and control played out,… Read more

  • S&V Xenos: Wrinlian – Multiarmed Mechanical Savants

    S&V Xenos: Wrinlian – Multiarmed Mechanical Savants

    Small and furtive, the Wrinlians are often overlooked by larger races. Yet through technological prowess and inquisitive minds, they’ve successfully spread through the Hegemony. Despite their size, Wrinlians seem possessed of manic amounts of energy. Few shipyards will not have a pack of Wrinlian mechanics hard at work. Wrinlians have a number of distinct physical… Read more

  • S&V Xenos: Vespen – Dark Dwelling Survivors

    S&V Xenos: Vespen – Dark Dwelling Survivors

    Vespen are short humanoids with wide ears, narrow nostril slits, and a wide toothy mouth, their skin tone and hair range from white to dark brown. The planet Vesper is shrouded in clouds and eternal dusk, thus did the Vespen develop with keen senses to compensate and an instinct for survival that is practically unrivaled.… Read more

  • S&V Xenos: Usik – Gregarious Walrus Folk

    S&V Xenos: Usik – Gregarious Walrus Folk

    Trankvila, the Usik homeworld, is a heavy gravity world that experiences long periods akin to ice ages. Since it joined the Hegemony, the Usik have become part of many a new colony. Heavyset and short compared to the average human, Usik skin color range from deep browns to light tans though as juveniles they are covered… Read more

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