Since its so-called "new world order" initiative, Magic the Gathering puts reminder text after important mechanics. However, there are some core keywords (called "evergreen" by Magic R&D). These keywords are explained in section 702 of the [official rules document](https://magic.wizards.com/en/...
I picked up the Anniversary Edition of Rise of the Runelords, the very first Pathfinder adventure path. This is my review of the fourth module, Fortress of the Stone Giants.
This module, in a way, is the turning point of the Runelords adventure path. It's in this module that the players lea...
I picked up the Anniversary Edition of Rise of the Runelords, the very first Pathfinder adventure path. This is my review of the third module, Hook Mountain Massacre.
Mountain raid
In the third module of the Runelords adventure path (chapter 3 in the Anniversary Edition), the players go u...
I picked up the Anniversary Edition of Rise of the Runelords, the very first Pathfinder adventure path. This is my review of the second module, The Skinsaw Murders.
Serial killer on the loose
I'm a great fan of slasher flicks like Friday the 13th. Strangely, though, I have no interest i...
Stop me if you've heard this one before, but Fallout New Vegas is a great game. I've logged hundreds of hours in New Vegas, and that's just since Steam came to Linux. It's widely praised, and lots of people have lots of great reasons for loving the game. I recently played through it again, and I th...
I'm a big fan of the alignment system in D&D, and have been since I learned about it in the original DragonLance Adventures book. I used to think that there could be nothing to lure me away from it, especially not in the context of D&D. I'll admit that recently there's been a system that has appe...
I'm rewatching every episode of the Man from UNCLE series from start to finish. This review may contain spoilers.
I like it when UNCLE and Thrush go up against each other over a third party, and that's what happens in this episode. A ring of diamond thieves engages in a plot to devalue the d...
I'm rewatching every episode of the Man from UNCLE series from start to finish. This review may contain spoilers.
In a change of pace, this one's almost a procedural investigative episode. While lounging around at his social club, which I guess must be a subsidiary of Thrush, Mr. Waverly is...
I'm rewatching every episode of the Man from UNCLE series from start to finish. This review may contain spoilers.
"Operator, get me Plaza 36098 in New York City."
For the record, that's how you get UNCLE Headquarters on the phone, should Channel D turn out to be inoperable for any reason...
I'm rewatching every episode of the Man from UNCLE series from start to finish. This review may contain spoilers.
This is the first Ilya Kuryakin episode, and a few other things are turned on their ear as well. For whatever reason, Solo has a sprained ankle or something and isn't able to be...
As a DM, one of my self-appointed tasks during the initial reading of an adventure is to identify the major plot points. These are vital because they're the "map" for what I can emphasize to make the adventure feel coherent. It's also the map for how the characters make progress.
If I forget t...
I'm rewatching every episode of the Man from UNCLE series from start to finish. This review may contain spoilers.
Something just isn't right. That's what you'll think very early on in this episode, and for once the whole truth isn't revealed until the end of the episode.
In this episode,...
I played Fallout 3 on the Playstation 3 originally, shortly after playing Dragon Age Origins. I remember immediately loving the setting, being a fan of post-apocalyptic science fiction, and being amazed at the wealth of small stories being told in the game. Sure there was a main quest, but there we...
I'm rewatching every episode of the Man from UNCLE series from start to finish. This review may contain spoilers.
UNCLE is under attack!
(Again!)
I don't mean to bring this every time somebody takes a jab at UNCLE headquarters, but we our introduction to UNCLE in episode 1x1 was a Th...
The world of Golarion is the default setting for Pathfinder, the famous fork of D&D 3.5 edition. While former Dragon Magazine publisher, Paizo, was able to inherit all D&D rules, the OGL didn't enable them to inherit all the lore, as laid out in decades of novels, magazine articles, video games...
I picked up the Anniversary Edition of Rise of the Runelords, the very first Pathfinder adventure path. This is my review of the first module, Burnt Offerings.
Swallowtail festival
If you've played enough starter Paizo adventure paths, you may recognise the opening formula. The players fi...