Thursday, 12 September 2019
The Watch cast
Sir Terry Pratchett’s The Watch cast announced. Richard Dormer is a reasonably grizzled Vimes.
Tuesday, 10 September 2019
Carnival Row
An official Carnival Row RPG, using the Cypher System, released free. It apparently needs a Cypher rulebook, but could work as a sourcebook.
Monday, 9 September 2019
Hawkeye
Hailee Steinfeld as Kate Bishop? Yes.
Best TV shows of all time
Another year, another Empire TV poll.
Sunday, 8 September 2019
Leverage: The Korean TV spinoff job
A new Korean version of Leverage. As linked by original series EP Chris Downey.
Having seen the opening two-parter (which covers the same basic ground as the original pilot in twice the time) the riffs are pretty varied. It looks to be setting up a super-conspiracy Big Bad. The Thief being a slinky cat burglar and the Hacker being geeky are archetypes and their angry ex partner dynamic is different (although the Thief goes for the taser as well) and the Hitter is more different still, but the Mastermind being an art insurance investigator drawn in to do one job because of an experimental treatment for his son’s terminal disease and the Grifter being a terrible actress he chased before are rather more specific to the source...
Having seen the opening two-parter (which covers the same basic ground as the original pilot in twice the time) the riffs are pretty varied. It looks to be setting up a super-conspiracy Big Bad. The Thief being a slinky cat burglar and the Hacker being geeky are archetypes and their angry ex partner dynamic is different (although the Thief goes for the taser as well) and the Hitter is more different still, but the Mastermind being an art insurance investigator drawn in to do one job because of an experimental treatment for his son’s terminal disease and the Grifter being a terrible actress he chased before are rather more specific to the source...
Star Trek at 53
Happy Star Trek Day!
Today is the anniversary of the U.S. premiere in 1966. It’s been quite a year. Boldly go.
With Discovery continuing, and Picard and Lower Decks on their way and a Georgiou spinoff and a second animated series planned, the setting has an ever more diverse array of series coming, so this would be a great time to look at non-standard Trek setups as well as the classic ship and crew series.
What would my new Star Trek be?
Maybe... a small science ship, mostly civilian, looking at a specific phenomenon? Change the character types in the format, have someone from Starfleet but not many, and include room for some one-offs in with the arc.
Today is the anniversary of the U.S. premiere in 1966. It’s been quite a year. Boldly go.
With Discovery continuing, and Picard and Lower Decks on their way and a Georgiou spinoff and a second animated series planned, the setting has an ever more diverse array of series coming, so this would be a great time to look at non-standard Trek setups as well as the classic ship and crew series.
What would my new Star Trek be?
Maybe... a small science ship, mostly civilian, looking at a specific phenomenon? Change the character types in the format, have someone from Starfleet but not many, and include room for some one-offs in with the arc.
Saturday, 7 September 2019
Mad Charitea Party
Josephine McAdam (Eva in L.A. By Night) is hosting a Twitch event today/tonight (noon to midnight Pacific time) for a Multiple Myeloma charity, including... Fresno By Night. Jason Carl promises “Vampire: The Masquerade may never be the same.”
Friday, 6 September 2019
Storytellers Vault: Year Of The Road
The first World Of Darkness group prompt at the Vault is Year Of The Road. I have no strong ideas off hand, but if a fiction anthology happens...
Thursday, 5 September 2019
V5 Sabbat suggestions
Ideas for Sabbat games in Vampire: The Masquerade fifth edition from, among others, Jason Carl.
Ad Astra
Ad Astra looks stranger (and more Aeon-ish in the early moon base setting) than I had thought based on the first trailer. It mentioned a mission a generation ago and established a space elevator. Now I see... pirates on the Moon.
Wednesday, 4 September 2019
Tomb Raider 2 again
Ben Wheatley is signed up to direct a second Tomb Raider film with Alicia Vikander. Which is a pleasant surprise, as the first was pretty fun.
Tuesday, 3 September 2019
Trinity covers
A look at the Trinity Continuum cover design scheme at Onyx Path.
Raiders Of The Lost Past
Tomorrow, Dr. Janina Ramirez with a series about the shaky history of archaeology.
Monday, 2 September 2019
Avengers: Endgame
Yes I went and bought discs. (HMV had balloons!)
Buffy rewatch partners
Back to my annual Buffy rewatch, this time accompanying Alyx Dellamonica at Tor, the biggest fan of Ted I’ve ever seen.
Sunday, 1 September 2019
From The Dust finale
Saturday, 31 August 2019
RPGaDAY 2019 roundup
RPGaDAY 2019
As well as the Autocratik posts and the Runeslinger videos, RPGaDAY 2019 has also seen posts, videos and signal boosts from G*M*S, Bat Brewster, and in an idea I was tempted to follow, every post from Geek-Life Balance is about planning a specific game, as well as Twitter responses from Simon Burley, S. John Ross, Tanith, Shawn...
And on we go! Thanks to all for reading and participating.
As well as the Autocratik posts and the Runeslinger videos, RPGaDAY 2019 has also seen posts, videos and signal boosts from G*M*S, Bat Brewster, and in an idea I was tempted to follow, every post from Geek-Life Balance is about planning a specific game, as well as Twitter responses from Simon Burley, S. John Ross, Tanith, Shawn...
And on we go! Thanks to all for reading and participating.
RPGaDAY 2019 31: LAST
RPGaDAY 2019
31: LAST
The last game ideas I had.
Currently juggling three main options as we go into the new term - and no, I’m not planning on running a game at all three GEAS sessions. No I’m not!
ICONS, playing as the Big Team of a setting, the Avengers / Justice League kind of thing, where the PCs also bring their own nemeses and the like. So a tech hero means there will be tech villains, a spy means there will be spies, a refugee Atlantean princess means an invasion from Lemuria and so on.
Vampire: The Masquerade Fifth Edition, as From The Dust has been a success and I can do more but probably with a new city and with lessons learned from the last year.
Buffy, because I am me. And it’s a mix of superheroics and monsters so it would push me to make both of the above different.
31: LAST
The last game ideas I had.
Currently juggling three main options as we go into the new term - and no, I’m not planning on running a game at all three GEAS sessions. No I’m not!
ICONS, playing as the Big Team of a setting, the Avengers / Justice League kind of thing, where the PCs also bring their own nemeses and the like. So a tech hero means there will be tech villains, a spy means there will be spies, a refugee Atlantean princess means an invasion from Lemuria and so on.
Vampire: The Masquerade Fifth Edition, as From The Dust has been a success and I can do more but probably with a new city and with lessons learned from the last year.
Buffy, because I am me. And it’s a mix of superheroics and monsters so it would push me to make both of the above different.
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