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For me, what make What If … stories worth following, the question of “Wouldn’t it be cool if …” that we used to play out in our own head cannons and action figures. Marvel wasn’t the only one to play with this idea. DC Comics had a number of stories that started as dream sequences Read more
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Back in the day, I was a fan of the What If comic series. At the time, they would be narrated by the Watcher Uata, providing the way things had gone in timeline and then proposing, “But what if …” (what if someone survived or what if someone died (Gwen Stacey, Uncle Ben, etc.) what Read more
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I’m often hesitant when it comes to boardgames based on movies, some being little more than Candyland with IP slapped on. Based on a single playthrough of The Thing, I’m going to give this one a thumbs up as something that has managed the feel of the tension and paranoia of the source material. You Read more
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*** WARNING – TYRANNY OF DRAGONS SPOILERS AHEAD *** As soon as you have an encounter taking place with flying creatures (including PCs) or terrain that isn’t a flat plain, you get that tension between how simple or abstract you want to get for ease of play pulling against how crunchy and precise you want Read more
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Joshua Williamson’s comic miniseries Frostbite could be described as Mad Max meets Snowpiercer. The world is locked in another ice age, accidentally triggered by a group of scientists seeking an alternative fuel source. Keaton is the tough survivor who takes on jobs to keep her crew and their vehicle in enough artificial heat to survive. Read more
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***WARNING – MINOR SPOILERS FOR THE FINAL CHAPTER OF TYRANNY OF DRAGONS***Okay, now that’s out of the way … Something that I found disappointing as a player going through this adventure was how the factions got used. Initially PC interaction with them felt forced. When you did sign up with them, you had to question Read more
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