A worthwhile read for any fan of Mass Effect.
Shortly after Mass Effect 3 went public, and devoted fans far and wide ground through the story like some manic drill to soft dirt, outrage soon swept the field. Never in the history of digital...
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Oubliette Magazine
For those of you that haven't heard, it's a mag that focuses mainly around the Labyrinth Lord game system, but any of its articles would be a fine fit for other systems and editions of maze...
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Mine Enemy.
Perhaps for most the flick, 'Enemy Mine' has passed on into obscurity as just another sci-fi thing.Based on the book written by Barry B. Longyear of the same name, 'Enemy Mine' focuses on the story of...
View ArticleYester-year/Super-seer.
Continuing my long chain of posts not pertaining to miniatures in any scale, (I know a number of you're here for that solely; we'll return to it once I get a new camera), here's a concentrated shot of...
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A to Zed - A is for Asimov, Isaac
Well, after finally caving in after seeing how much fun everyone else is doing, I figured, heck, why not? After all, it's all in good sport and an excellent way of sharing one's interests with others,...
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A to Zed - Broadmore, Greg
Greg Broadmore is an illustrator, designer, writer, and concept artist for Weta Workshop. Whether its science fiction, zeerust, Victorian punk, robots or dinosaurs, the man's on top. Some of his most...
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A to Zed - C is for Church, Doug
'C' is for Church, or Doug Church, a game designer currently enlisted within the ranks of game company, Valve. After leaving post-secondary, Church went on to begin his career working for Looking Glass...
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A to Zed - D is for Dirtside
Seems I've been off the ball for keeping these posts consistent. At the very least, I have an excuse for yesterday. My friend Evan got beat up pretty bad and we had a hospital day through till this...
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A to Zed - E is for Elder Scrolls, the
And we resume this lovely list with the letter 'E' for our look at The Elder Scrolls series of action role-playing video games.To date, there are five main titles, along with several expansion packs...
View ArticleKickstarter: Champions of Zed
Hello to you lot.Just stopping by to say that the Champions of Zed is up on Kickstarter, and could use your help, if you've not already. It's all well set out and nicely explained on there what CoZ is...
View ArticleA to Zed - the rest of 'em
For those keeping track, I ended off with the Elder Scrolls in this challenge. I've been absent for quite some time. Between just not being around and a curiously dodgy internet connection, there's...
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Thoughts on More-Lethal Combat.
Today we see me actually adding something to the blog, fancy that! In other news, I would like to return to my thoughts on hit points, the abstractions of combat, and how much fun it is to see...
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Returning from the hills...
... I came baring a trite little beast known as Pathfinder. Yeah, that game.Been preparing to move off and away, but in the meantime my little group introduced me to Paizo's game by way of a burlap...
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Curiosities From Times Gone: The Ultimist
Whether a method of satire, or merely innocent of intentions, The Ultimist character class Gygax put up for Polyhedron Magazine is something else. By design it is absurd, and below I shall leave it for...
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A Little Something For The Eyes
I don't believe I've much referenced any such capacity in myself here, but occasionally as fancy strikes me, I draw. This is both in traditional and digital mediums. My plan has been for a while now to...
View ArticleA Shout-Out: Hulks & Horrors
As misfortune would have me, I've not even a modest sum to donate toward Hulks & Horrors, but all the same, here's a call out to my humble audience that they might support Hulks & Horrors, if...
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The Place of Shields
Traditionally, the lowly shield garners a basic bonus to Armour Class, as needn't be explained here. The problem many outcry is simply how little an impact one of the most useful tools of war has, in...
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From Barbarian Prince and Other
While formally considered moreso a boardgame than an role-playing game, and solitaire at that, both the setting and game play of Barbarian Prince follows through with fodder for fantasy RPG goers.After...
View ArticleMY APPENDIX N
If such a thing were to exist for me, I'd believe those stated items below would consist of it. On the topic of the original, despite an interest in multiple authors, I have seen just about none of...
View ArticleVeil of Shadows
Seems I'm returning to the seat of Referee shortly, and this time it is with a copy of Star Wars D20 system (not the one using 4th Ed's system). It plays a lot like 3rd / 3.5 Ed. with Force...
View ArticleHitting Dirtside, prairie style.
Just finished moving to Calgary, Alberta and it's an exciting place. Still lots to do, like find new employment.I spent most of the day walking around and beyond Panamount Heights to peruse the several...
View ArticleThe Place of Giant Animals in Fantasy
While originally a strong trope of the fantasy genre, (and often science fiction too), the giant animal seems to have been misplaced by the modern fantasy community. So why is this; are they boring,...
View ArticleA Fundimental Future Feature is in a Threatened Space.
The author of an ebook, titled "Spots the Space Marine", has recently come under flak from big-box-business Games Workshop, and I'm sure all but two of you know who they are. Ah, but the problem here...
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Thought Experiment: Kinetic Barriers
Hello Blogosphere, t'is proof I'm among the living yet.Anyhoo, for a while now, I've been pondering the several approaches one could take to mechanically representing force fields, personal shields,...
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Battlestar Galactica: the boardgame
Just today I had the chance to play the Battlestar Galactica board game, and to be quite frank, I was impressed. It full-heartedly embraces the paranoia and uncertainty that runs rampant across the...
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