Mixed Signals

Straight-forward gaming

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...