Book Review: Midnight Front
The Allies are fighting World War 2 on three fronts. They have the Western Front with England battling the Germans. Russia and Germany wage war on the Eastern Front and across Europe, hidden from public…
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Book Review: Wayne of Gotham by Tracy Hickman
I happened upon Wayne of Gotham online. I was looking for something new to read and figured I’d see if there were any good superhero novels to be had. The synopsis of Wayne of Gotham…
Book Review: Timothy Zahn’s Scoundrels
”It’s Ocean’s Eleven meets Star Wars.” That was how Timothy Zahn described his book Scoundrels to me at the 2016 Count-I-Con. In recognition of May the 4th I felt it fitting to review this book….
Starfinder Game Review and First Thoughts
After picking up a copy of Paizo’s much anticipated game Starfinder at Gen Con 50 last year I finally had the opportunity to run it. There are a lot of reviews published and videos available…
Book Review of The Moment: Blood Bowl
One of my favorite things to do at Gen Con is to visit “Authors Avenue.” Last year at GenCon 50 I met Daniel R. Stevenson, the author of The Moment: Blood Bowl. After chatting with…
Book Review: Empire of Imagination
The Drider made short work of the adventuring party…The noble half-elf Paladin, Aelar, bravely faced the cursed drow but fell. Moving quickly the half Drow half spider targeted the Dragonborn fighter, Jesliann. Fight as hard…
Behind the Screen: A Review of the D&D 5e DM Screens
I’m currently running Curse of Strahd on Roll20 with some friends. Recently the heroes had to venture out into the land, leaving behind the relative shelter of the local village. Great! Bring on the random…
Dungeons & Dragons Stumbles With Its Revision Of The Game’s Major Black Culture
For nearly a decade, there hasn’t been more than a vestige of a black society in the official world of Dungeons & Dragons. There have been black people, but no black civilizations except for a…
Mice and Mystics – On the Top of the Table Review
Mice and Mystics is a wonderful cooperative board game designed by Jerry Hawthorne for 1-4 players. He designed this game so his family could have a fantastic adventure on game night. Players assume the roles…
Starfinder is here, and it’s fantastic
Paizo Publishing, the creators of the popular Pathfinder universe, were on hand at this year’s Gen Con to celebrate the release of Starfinder, a spacefaring role-playing game and only its second major tabletop RPG. The…