• Watching – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

    Watching – Black Panther: Wakanda Forever

    Considering the plot spoilers in the ads, this could have very well been titled ‘Atlantis Attacks‘ (a Marvel event back in 1989, revisited in 2020, and Wakanda found itself fighting Namor during the Avengers vs. X-Men / Phoenix Force Returns in 2012) though to be fair, Atlantis isn’t mentioned. Instead it’s Wakanda thrown against Talokan Read more

  • Game Theory – Disasters as Encounters

    Game Theory – Disasters as Encounters

    As a DM, the scene is set with the Disaster as something to be overcome and it is up to the Party to come up with ideas on using their proficiencies, spells, and other resources to overcome the resistance. Approach #1 – Skill Challenges There have been plenty of articles and podcasts about using Skill Read more

  • Game Theory – Using Disasters as Settings

    Game Theory – Using Disasters as Settings

    Disasters are the stuff of adventure. They can be the ticking clock of doom that the PCs race against, they can be the jumpstart to an adventure, or even set the scene of an ancient city now in ruins. Setting Aspect For our Princes of the Apocalypse game, the growing threat of the Elemental Cults Read more

  • Playing – Castle Panic, Dixit, Hanabi, Dungeon Mayhem

    Playing – Castle Panic, Dixit, Hanabi, Dungeon Mayhem

    My Saturday Night Game Table held a late Thanksgiving dinner / Guy Fawkes celebration (November 5th). ALong the way we played a few games and I got to add another game to the Gamer Goals – New Games list. Castle Panic / Wizard Tower expansion Castle Panic is a tower defense board game. Players work Read more

  • Reading – We Spoke Out: Comic Books and the Holocaust

    Reading – We Spoke Out: Comic Books and the Holocaust

    Comics have long been more than just ‘funny pages’. Wil Eisner essentially created the medium of graphic novels with his semi-autobiographical work, “A Contract with God”. Art Spiegleman used mice and cats to share the biography of his father with seminal “Maus” in addressing the Holocaust. Comic legend Neal Adams (best known for his work Read more

  • Holiday Specials – Elements of my Halloween Game

    Holiday Specials – Elements of my Halloween Game

    Skeletons, ghosts, werewolves, witches, vampires, and zombies are common fodder for the movies and can be found in just about every Fantasy RPG out there. The occasional devil or construct (scarecrows and flesh golems primarily) aren’t out of place either. The famed Ravenloft adventure started as an annual game run by the Hickmans and leaned Read more

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