Defiance of the East, a Fan-Made Expansion for Lord of the Rings LCG
The Red Book of Westmarch speaks little of the Easterlings, and describes them only as enemies of the West. Indeed many among them were of wicked disposition, their hearts clouded by the evil of...
View ArticleSong of the Month: Chvrches, Violent Delights
My initial impression of Chvrches’ fourth album was a little lukewarm, but overtime it has grown on me. I still wouldn’t rank it in the same category as Love Is Dead or The Bones of What You Believe...
View ArticleWarrior Nun’s Ava Is a Hero for the Disabled
After a painfully long wait thanks to the pandemic, the second season of Warrior Nun is finally almost here, and I’m hyped. I’ve been rewatching season one to prepare, and I’m finding it at least as...
View ArticleWyrd Street Is Live
The Divine Legion marches to war. The gangs plot and scheme. The cultists begin their rituals. The day is finally here! Wyrd’s Street’s Core Rulebook and Game Master’s Guide PDFs are now live on Drive...
View ArticleWyrd Street: Campaign and Bundle Now Available
As a quick addendum to yesterday’s post, The Quicksilver War campaign for Wyrd Street is now available. This is the main story of the game, and the seed from which the entire idea blossomed. There is...
View ArticleSong of the Month: Efflo, Move Fast
I’ve frequently featured Winnipeg’s Efflo on this blog in the past. I had vague hopes that one day they would get big and I could be that obnoxious git who brags about liking them before they were...
View ArticleWarrior Nun Deserves Another Season
Thanks to the long gap between seasons and a total lack of promotion from Netflix, there’s been a bit of a pall hanging over the second season of Warrior Nun. There’s this perception that it’s a dead...
View ArticleWyrd Street Odd Jobs: A Solstice Gift
Welcome to the first installment of Odd Jobs, a series of short adventures prompts for my indie RPG Wyrd Street. You can incorporate these prompts into your Wyrd Street campaign or potentially adapt...
View ArticleSong of the Month: Chvrches, Gun
I was once again having trouble picking a song this month, so I did “eenie meenie miny moe” on my computer’s music file (once to pick a band, and again to pick a song). Perhaps unsurprisingly, it...
View ArticleWyrd Street Odd Jobs: The Crumbling Tenement
Odd Jobs is a series of short adventures prompts for my indie RPG Wyrd Street. You can incorporate these prompts into your Wyrd Street campaign or potentially adapt them to other RPG settings. If you...
View ArticleSong of the Month: Monowhales, The Hand That Feeds
I’ve always had a pretty strong dislike of the music of Nine Inch Nails, but lately I’m starting to wonder if it’s just Trent Treznor’s singing I don’t like, as I seem to enjoy covers of their stuff by...
View ArticleWyrd Street Odd Jobs: Dread Hunger
Odd Jobs is a series of short adventures prompts for my indie RPG Wyrd Street. You can incorporate these prompts into your Wyrd Street campaign or potentially adapt them to other RPG settings. If you...
View ArticleSong of the Month: Jon Charles Dwyer, Panthers on the Mountainside
A few weeks back I finally got all the way caught up on the horror podcast Old Gods of Appalachia. While the show can be a little hit and miss at times, I found the recently concluded third season to...
View ArticleWyrd Street Physical Books Now Available
As of today, the physical versions of Wyrd Street’s three rulebooks are now available. Those who backed at the appropriate level on Indie Go Go should be receiving codes to order copies at-cost, and...
View ArticleSong of the Month: The Balconies, Street Fighter
It never rains, but it pours, eh? The last few months I’ve struggled to think of what song to pick for this segment. Now we’ve got new songs from Chvrches and Meg Myers I could feature… but lately I’ve...
View ArticleWyrd Street Odd Jobs: The Tarnished Ring
Odd Jobs is a series of short adventures prompts for my indie RPG Wyrd Street. You can incorporate these prompts into your Wyrd Street campaign or potentially adapt them to other RPG settings. If you...
View ArticleThere Is No Valid Argument Why Games Shouldn’t Have Difficulty Settings
Now that Wyrd Street is out the door, I hope to find the time to return to some more traditional blogging, though my work with Massively will remain my focus. I know I’m very behind the times on this,...
View ArticleSong of the Month: Chvrches, Forever
As happens every few months, I’ve gone another kick of listening to Chvrches’ Love Is Dead album a great deal. Not that I ever really stop listening to the songs from that album, but sometimes I do it...
View ArticleGaming’s Culture of Outrage has Rendered Word of Mouth Worthless
I’ve been keeping one eye on the vampire-hunting shooter Redfall for a while. The colourful art style and vague whiff of The Secret World-style surrealism are intriguing. Of course, if you’ve been...
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