We continue our low-budget campaign, this time borrowing pieces from a board game, Descent 2nd Edition. I also continue to tweak my home-brewed solo rules. The session from Jan 2019: Back to the frozen city! There were some further updates from last game. I decided to give the magic weapon I found to my wizardContinue reading “Frostgrave Sessions pt 2”
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Frostgrave Sessions pt 1
It’s winter (for some of us), and though it’s not snowing, I thought I’d share some Frostgrave session reports. Frostgrave is a skirmish tabletop miniatures game, or specifically, the rules for one, and the second edition came out this year. You can play with any miniatures you own and even your own terrain. Though overContinue reading “Frostgrave Sessions pt 1”
RPG First Impressions: Symbaroum and Mörk Borg
These are two RPGs I’ve tried out in play-by-forum (PBF) and thought to share my first impressions. For the record, I GMed an adventure for Symbaroum and was a player in a premade adventure of Mörk Borg. What is Symbaroum? Symbaroum is set in a dark, gritty fantasy world. It’s by a Swedish company, andContinue reading “RPG First Impressions: Symbaroum and Mörk Borg”
Updates: 12-10-2020
It’s the busy season, despite the pandemic. I have a few things to give updates on, the first being the review schedule this month. Reviews for December I normally post reviews on Friday, usually alternating between books and games. It does take a couple days to write and revise the review, but with a lotContinue reading “Updates: 12-10-2020”
Beta Reading: “Black Bones”
While waiting for my current submission to get accepted somewhere, I’ve been at work on the next story. It’s a 3900 word horror story. Black Bones Pradip has become focused on all the things he wants, but a neighbor seems to appreciate everything Pradip has. So much so, he’s willing to come back from theContinue reading “Beta Reading: “Black Bones””
Far Away Thanksgiving
No reviews or articles this Friday. It’s Thanksgiving in the US. I hope you all have a nice, safe, very distant Thanksgiving. Get away from me.
Book Review: “The Queen of the Swords” by Michael Moorcock
7/10 Fun new characters and adventures but a little rushed The Queen of the Swords is the second book in the Corum series, continuing Corum’s adventures as he battles the gods of chaos. After defeating Lord Arioch and restoring a fragment of order to the world, Corum is faced with growing dangers as the remaining SwordContinue reading “Book Review: “The Queen of the Swords” by Michael Moorcock”
Book Review: “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?” by Philip K. Dick
10/10 Perhaps not perfect but a personal favorite In a war-torn world, Rick Deckard is a bounty hunter; his target: androids that have illegally arrived on Earth. These androids, a new advanced variety, are so difficult to tell from humans that some question who are the “andys” and who the humans? Story Philip K. DickContinue reading “Book Review: “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?” by Philip K. Dick”
Update: Projects and Reviews
Posts have been light lately; I’ve been very focused on work. And yesterday, I had a bit of website work to do because I upgraded my account and I now have a real domain! There are a few other things I get with the upgrade, but the domain is the biggest. The Dawnless Valley PlaytestContinue reading “Update: Projects and Reviews”
“The Dawnless Valley” Playtests!
I’ve been very busy this past week finishing the current round of edits on my dark fantasy gamebook*, The Dawnless Valley. Hence the lack of reviews and articles. *A gamebook is like a choose-your-own-adventure book but with RPG-like rules and mechanics. Typically, you create and customize your own character, acquire items, and there’s usually someContinue reading ““The Dawnless Valley” Playtests!”
Thomas P. King, author and game designer 