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Month: February 2010

Edge of the Story

There was a very loose collection of RPG rules I had worked on back in the day as kind of a mental exercise. I introduced it some time ago on the Accidental Survivors forum, and I just ran across it Read more…


Chatty DM’s Gears of Ruin

Do yourself a favour and go read about Chatty DM’s Gears of Ruin setting/concept. The Campaign Genesis article is awesome in how it breaks down the creation structure into What If questions. This had never occurred to me, and it Read more…


Losers Might Win

According to Coming Soon, the Losers are back in April. That makes me happy, because I think we might actually have a volunteer for babysitting in April. Of course, that means it’ll be a toss up between the Losers and Read more…


The Men Who Stare At Musketeers

So it seems the newest incarnation of the Three Musketeers will fuse the producer of Sherlock Holmes with the writer of the Men Who Stare At Goats. At least that’s what Variety is saying. They wouldn’t lie to me, would Read more…


Ignite that Imperative

I’m not collecting a lot of comics these days, but one title I do follow is Guardians of the Galaxy. I’m really enjoying the title in general, though there have been a couple of speedbumps along the way. Now Comic Read more…


Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes!

You may have noticed that things are a little weird around here right now. Well, you might not have noticed it, but the purpose of this particular corner of the IntarTubes has changed. This used to be “an E-Zine of Read more…


Riddick Gets More Chronicles?

I don’t know about the rest of you, but I actually enjoyed the Chronicles of Riddick. Yes, it was worlds away from Pitch Black (pun intended), but I loved the world-building and loved the mix of fantasy and science fiction. A perfect movie? Read more…


Chasing Dune

According to The Hollywood Reporter, a guy named Chase Palmer (seriously, that is totally going to be the name of a character in my Osiris Files campaign) is going to write the planned Dune movie. Now, I have no idea Read more…


The Losers Make A Move

And so my big plans for April have been dashed. The Losers have made the move to the gladiatorial arena of movies, also known as summer. First, I got the news from Andy Diggle (the author of the Losers comic) Read more…


DriveThruRPG’s Customers Donate $178,900.00 to Doctors Without Borders for Haiti Relief

Posting directly from the press release: (Atlanta, GA) – DriveThruRPG, an online marketplace for traditional dice-and-paper roleplaying games, recently conducted a fund-raising program in the wake of the devastating earthquake that affected Haiti. The effort resulted in an amount of Read more…