• Watching – Thursday Murder Club

    Watching – Thursday Murder Club

    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

  • From My Table – Magic Mastery for D&D 5.24

    From My Table – Magic Mastery for D&D 5.24

    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

  • #RPGaDay2025 – Tavern

    #RPGaDay2025 – Tavern

    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

  • #RPGaDay2025 – Patron

    #RPGaDay2025 – Patron

    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

  • Playing – Cthulhu: Death May Die

    Playing – Cthulhu: Death May Die

    I’ve been following the Mythos since I was a teenager. I read the short stories, played the TTRPG, and even picked up the original Arkham Horror (basically Candyland with eldritch horrors roaming the neighbourhood). Over the years I’ve seen the proliferation across movies, books, and games (including the Smash Up: Obligatory Cthulhu Set), more than… Read more

  • Playing – Pirate Borg

    Playing – Pirate Borg

    “A scurvy-ridden, rules light, art heavy tabletop RPG … This game is about being a greedy, filthy, scoundrel.” So reads the text at Pirate Borg‘s homepage, barely scratching the grimdark surface of the Mork Borg aesthetic of an 80’s metal band album ala Corrosion of Conformity or Iron Maiden splattered across a handbook akin to… Read more

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