Our RuneQuest campaign of 5+ years has recently ended with one Yelmalion PC killed by a Cacodemon priest and then avenged by the Trickster via Group Laughter & Strike. The Queen of the Bachad, revealed Chaotic, is dead. The city of Alone is in flames. Good times!
It seems that maybe Lou Zocchi has passed away, and while I’m sad I never got to buy dice from him, I fondly remember learning about the guy from this crazy rant about dice manufacturing!
Video game companies going “extraction shooters are hot right now, let’s release our own!” is the business equivalent of buying a new dishwasher and then Amazon recommending you more dishwashers.
I recently started a Pendragon #TTRPG campaign (yay!) and I’m looking for a good reference book for weird and cool monsters and fae I could pick and drop into the game. Any recommendations? Thanks!
In Canada, “The Expanse” has been bouncing around platforms like crazy in the last few years. Now, you can only stream it on Prime Video, or buy ONLY seasons 2, 3, and 5 on Apple TV. No renting available. This is madness. Piracy is still the best user experience.
Favourite video-game end music? Sure, Portal’s “Still Alive” is in everybody’s Top 3 (and mine too) but years before that, the amazing Homeworld ended with 9 minutes of brilliant epic prog-rock, courtesy of YES… my introduction to this legendary band’s discography. Love it.
The last of the Harn kingdom books is out on Kickstarter! This is Evael, home to the Sindarin, aka the elves of Harn who (plot twist) used to be great allies of the dwarves, and that gives a funny in-world reason for having fairytale-looking castles there!
Since I received various messages about it, when I said the other day that RuneQuest is the “worst system to play in Glorantha”, I meant “worst design among the officially published Gloranthan games”. You can surely have very fun RQ games (I did). Do I need to write a “system matters” post?
My thoughts go to that house in my neighbourhood that, every morning for the past week, when I walk past it with the dog around 8AM, has a woodpecker perched on it, pecking happily and LOUDLY at the side wall.
“Conclave” would have benefited from more clever, intricate, and less predictable plot and dialogue, but what it lacks there it makes up in interesting points about religious faith, great acting, and gorgeous set design.
