I'm reading The Hobbit again, as I live-action roleplay as a Tolkien scholar in an attempt to understand Middle Earth, its lore, and its effect on modern gaming. I'm reviewing each chapter of the book as I read, and this is my review of Chapter 12: Inside Information.
This review contains sp...
Setting up a Gopher site isn't terribly difficult, but I wanted a setup that allowed my to manage my posts using Git and to essentially mirror what I have on the web. I'm documenting my solution here mostly for my own future reference.
Here's the workflow.
- On the Gopher server, add a bare Gi...
When I first saw Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, I didn't see actually see Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. I read a picture book in school, a sort of summary of the movie intended, I think, for kids too young to actually see the movie. When I saw the photos of Han Solo in India and t...
I recently read the Warhammer 40,000 novel Priests of Mars by Graham McNeill, and this is my review of it. There are spoilers in this review, so do not read on if you're getting ready to read the book yourself. The short spoiler-free review is that the book is good, although maybe atypical of wh...
In an effort to keep better track of what I watch, I'm writing a post about each movie I watch. This isn't a review so much as it a note, but this post does contain minor spoilers. Stop reading if you haven't seen The Mummy (1999), and go watch it, because it's a classic.
The Mummy is a remake...
I listened to the Warhammer 40,000 audio drama Our Matyred Lady by Gav Thorpe while painting miniatures recently. It stars Catherine Tate, who Dr. Who fans will recognise as Donna, as Inquisitor Greyfax. This is my review of the show, with a bunch of spoilers so don't read it if you intend to li...
In wargaming, there's an interesting struggle of wanting to play with your toy soldiers while also wanting to see your toy soldiers die in a blaze of glory. The problem is, obviously, that once a toy soldier is dead and removed from the game, you don't get to play with it for the rest of that game s...
I'm playing through all the Mansions of Madness scenarios I own, and reviewing each one as I go. Gates of Silverwood Manor is a 4-star difficulty scenario from the expansion set Beyond the Threshold.
In the scenario, police officer Tetsuo Mori asks for your help with some missing persons cas...
In August 2024, a rulebook called Boarding Actions was released for Warhammer 40,000. Having played a previous iteration of Boarding Actions, I pre-ordered the book the moment it was revealed, and I received it in the mail a month later. For the past 6 months, most of the games of 40k I've pla...
I recently saw the movie Late night with the devil (2023), and these are my notes about it. This isn't a review, it's really just so I remember what the movie was about 3 months from now. This post does contain spoilers. Cutting to the chase: Late night with the devil has some good ideas and som...
While I couldn't manage to find it in a theatre near me, I finally got to see The Lord of the Rings: War of the Rohirrim and I loved it. This article contains minor spoilers about the lore of Middle Earth, which includes some well-known events that the movie also covers. If you want to see the mov...
Despite using miniatures in roleplaying games for years, it wasn't until I started playing wargames that I learned about miniature bases. And boy was I not prepared. A miniature base is the little plastic disc (or square or hexagon) that wargamers glue to the bottom of their models. To my great surp...
Since I was a child, I've been a fan of old cinema. Movies made before synchronised sound fascinate me both artistically and historically. I love that we can literally see, with our own eyes, what the world was like (or what filmmakers thought the world was like, in the case of fiction) 100 years ag...
I'm playing through all the Mansions of Madness scenarios I own, and reviewing each one as I go. Escape from Innsmouth is the second adventure listed in the app, and it's rated four-stars for difficulty. If you've ever read Lovecraft's Shadow over Innsmouth and thought "that sounds terrifying,...
I'm reading The Hobbit again, as I live-action roleplay as a Tolkien scholar in an attempt to understand Middle Earth, its lore, and its effect on modern gaming. I'm reviewing each chapter of the book as I read, and this is my review of Chapter 10: A warm welcome.
This review contains spoile...
I'm reading The Hobbit again, as I live-action roleplay as a Tolkien scholar in an attempt to understand Middle Earth, its lore, and its effect on modern gaming. I'm reviewing each chapter of the book as I read, and this is my review of Chapter 11: On the doorstep.
This review contains spoil...