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STRANGE RAT OF SONGLING
To celebrate Halloween, I am doing some monster and adventure entries for Strange Tales of Songling. This one is inspired by the Pu Songling Story The Rat. In that tale the rat is a little less...
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SNAKE WOMAN OF SONGLING
To celebrate Halloween, I am doing some monster and adventure entries for Strange Tales of Songling. This one is inspired by another short account in the Library of Chinese Classics edition of Strange...
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COUNT ORLOK FOR STRANGE TALES
Today on the podcast we talk about Mario Bava's Black Sabbath. But next time we plan to discuss the classic F.W. Murnau film Nosferatu. Rewatching the silent take on Dracula inspired me to make an...
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THE DOVER DEMON FOR STRANGE TALES
The Dover Demon is a local legend in Massachusetts, a creature sighted in Dover during the 1970s. There were multiple sightings, by several different people in a short span of time. It was described as...
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HORROR EXPRESS THANKSGIVING
Hope everyone is having a great Thanksgiving and able to spend time with their families and loved ones. Today I want to celebrate with some special Horror Express Podcasts. For those who don't know,...
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NEW GAME AND ALIEN NATION
I am working on a new game, which I will discuss more in the near future. I have been play testing it on my Friday night sessions and will have some additional playtests with different groups of...
View ArticlePROFOUND MASTERS OF OGRE GATE OPENING
I am going to post material from the Profound Masters of Ogre Gate document here. These are not complete. Some sections are missing content, have gaps, have stats but no text, etc. However I want to...
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PROFOUND MASTERS OF OGRE GATE: CELESTIAL WEAPONS AND NEW OBJECTS OF POWER
I am posting all that I have written for Profound Masters of Ogre Gate on the blog. You can see the first entry HERE. This chapter contained the new celestial weapons and objects of power. A few of...
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PROFOUND MASTERS OF OGRE GATE: NEW SUB-SKILLS, IMMORTAL POWERS, AND QI RITUALS
This is an ongoing effort to post the Profound Master Material I have on the blog (you can see the first entry HERE). I will be posting the new profound techniques in a separate entry (as there are...
View ArticlePROFOUND MASTERS OF OGRE GATE: NEW TECHNIQUES BOTH EVIL AND PROFOUND
This is part of an ongoing blog series where I post material from the Profound Masters of Ogre Gate document. Here I will be posting a new ritual, new profound techniques and new Evil Kung Fu. Some...
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HAIL TO THE KING
When I first got into heavy metal, it was roughly 1989-90, which means I was coming in at the tail end of 80s metal and about to see a massive shift in the musical culture within the next couple of...
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LADY 87 CAMPAIGN BOOK
Folks may have noticed I have been on something of a break here. I should be back with the remainder of the Profound Masters posts followed by news of a new game I am working on. But in the mean time...
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DIRTY HARRY CONVERSATIONS
I hope to have more updates on Sons of Lady 87 and to start posting the remaining chapters of Profound Masters of Ogre Gate soon (and post some thoughts in general in the near future). Right now I am...
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STRANGE NEW ENGLAND RPG
For the past several months I have been working on a variation of Strange Tales of Songling set in New England. It will use the same basic system (and there should be cross-compatibility between the...
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THE MANY SAINTS OF NEWARK: FIRST IMPRESSION
I finally had a chance to watch The Many Saints of Newark. Based on what I heard, my expectations were low, but it was a pleasant surprise. I am sure I will need to watch it many more times to really...
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TOTAL PARTY KILL THE RPG
This summer Bedrock Games releases its most daring and ambitious roleplaying game yet: Total Party Kill. No Time for Stories When you're Dead!In Total Party Kill the GM gains experience and levels up,...
View ArticleTHE WITCH
The Witch is a movie I have avoided watching, for reasons I get into in the podcast below. Last night I decided to see it for the first time and I enjoyed it a lot. I am often very late coming to more...
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TOP THREE MICHELLE YEOH FILMS
With the release of Everything Everywhere All at Once, which I haven't yet seen, I thought I would put together my own top 3 list of Michelle Yeoh movies. I saw other blogs and websites making these...
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DOGTOWN
I visited Dogtown with some friends the other day. It is an interesting site in Massachusetts, a ghost town known for its strange boulders and witches. Now it is basically a nature trail. Dogtown was...
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STRANGE NEW ENGLAND: BENDING REALITIES AND THE UNRELIABLE GM
Here is a glimpse of one of the sections of Strange Tales New England, to give an idea of where the game is heading. This is just a rough section of GM advice. We started a regular campaign in the fall...
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