• I was very excited as I read the plot description of Play Dirty, realizing that this was going to be a Parker novel adaptation. Parker was created by Richard Stark, the anti hero of several noir heist novels, adapted into movies like Payback, Point Blank, The Outfit, and Parker. The quality has varied and I’d Read more

  • Once again I managed to get folks together for Pirate Borg! Last time we did the semi-sandbox Buried in the Bahamas (recommended as a good starting place, with some combat, exploration, and a dungeon puzzle). We were less dark and gritty, more weird and wacky, but still worked just fine. If there was a lesson Read more

  • A made for streaming murder mystery with a dynamite cast, how could I not watch this? The Pitch Four senior citizens with a ‘hobby’ of solving cold cases finds themselves with a hot case that affects their home. Working on the sly with a recently transferred police officer, they might uncover more than they bargained Read more

  • I had the fortune to have played lots of different RPG systems with various mechanics early on in my gamer origins, including several home brew rule sets and a couple formed from smashing systems together like grafting Runequest combat phases to Chivalry & Sorcery mechanics. Then I was introduced to the Weapons Mastery of the Read more

  • Skipping Day#2 for the moment as it triggered a little longer than planned. Meanwhile, some thoughts on – TAVERN (Where, Adventure, Excited). Those random prompts remind me of Cheers, where everybody knows your name and isn’t that the sort of thing an Adventurer should be excited about? Taverns are a staple of the genre (even Read more

  • Once again I find myself well and behind on the annual #RPGaDay challenge, instead working on building up some locations for my home brew fantasy greatly infused with historical examples. Really, what I need to do is work on a more dilligent output of shorter posts – so here goes! #1 Patron (random roll 4-5-9, Read more