After a year's break, I'm continuing to rewatch every episode of the Man from UNCLE series from start to finish. This review contains spoilers.
You hear a lot about how The Man from UNCLE became popular among the youth of the 1960s. I hadn't been born yet, so I have no idea, but I assume it'...
In my experience with wargames so far, there seems to be a predominant assumption that any given type of soldier inherits a specific set of attributes. The attributes are usually numbers, such as a target number to hit an enemy when attacking, or how many wounds a squad can endure, how far a squad c...
When I've earned enough XP in Pathfinder or Tales of the Valiant, or Requisition Points in a Warhammer 40,000 Crusade, or victories in Mansions of Madness, I convert those game points into real-world currency. The only bank that takes game points in exchange for cash is me, but exchanging ga...
In 2023, the Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader video game, by Owlcat Games, was released. I'd previously backed Owlcat's Pathfinder: Kingmaker RPG and enjoyed the result, so I didn't hesitate to buy Rogue Trader. This is a mostly spoiler-free review, but if you want absolutely no spoilers for a g...
I'm reading The Hobbit again, as I 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 the final 2, Chapter 18: The journey home and Chapter 19: "The last s...
Coming as I do from the world of RPG, I'm used to a long-lasting core game release, with several playable modules published each year. After I started playing Warhammer 40,000, I was pleased to learn that Games Workshop provides a similar structure. Over the lifecycle of each edition (which is arg...
I'm reading The Hobbit again, as I 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 17: The clouds burst.
This review contains spoilers.
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I was in a used book store recently and happened upon a copy of the Codex Imperialis source book for Warhammer 40,000 3rd edition. It was only $11 so I bought it, once again curious about the evolution of the Warhammer setting. This is my review of the book.
Codex Imperialis was released in 1...
Cannon Fodder 2: Females is a 28mm model kit by Wargames Atlantic that provides 24 female sci fi soldiers. I bought it because I needed a bunch of sci fi soldier miniatures, and I wanted some of them to be women. This is my review of the kit.
First of all, the models look great. Sculpt quality of...
I'm watching the Kill Lupercal animated series on Warhammer+, and this is my review of its final episode.
This review contains major spoilers.
The third and final episode resolves the series and answers all the questions it raised. More importantly, it accurately depicts every player of ever...
I'm watching the Kill Lupercal animated series on Warhammer+, and this is my review of it.
This review contains major spoilers.
Given that we all know that Horus is definitely not killed before reaching the Emperor, much less by a bunch of wandering titans, the title of the series is as enti...
Planning ahead for future adventures, I found myself in need of some dwarf miniatures. Citadel miniatures may well have top tier models, but they're very specific to Games Workshop games (I do wonder sometimes why they don't expand their line to include common mythical creatures). For that reason, m...
In 2023, Games Workshop re-released the first edition (titled Rogue Trader) of Warhammer 40,000 to celebrate the game's 30-ish year anniversary. I bought a copy and I've read it all the way through, and I've been reviewing it chapter by chapter. This post covers the final "chapter" called Summa...
Buried within the mostly forgotten Magnamund Companion gaming supplement, there's a quirky little roleplaying game called Ragadorn Ale-House Brawl. Since acquiring a copy of the Magnamund Companion, I've been crafting a tavern-in-a-box and painting miniatures so I could play the game both solo...
Like many geeks, I'm a fan of a well-designed system. When I look at something and see harmony and cohesion and logical dependencies, I consider it a thing of beauty. I also enjoy a system that's robust, and built to last. It's why "my" edition of D&D will likely always be 3rd edition (in the form o...
I helped fund a Kickstarter for dice with unusual number ranges. I ended up with several sets that include a d22, d19, d18, d17, d15, d13, d11, and d9, plus a hexadecimal dice (1 to F), a d3 in Roman numerals, and a d26 alphabet dice. My intent was to spring them on my players when their character h...