tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81374521716050180152024-03-28T07:50:50.433+00:00The Watch HouseRPGs and related matters, by Craig Oxbrow.Craig Oxbrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16388821789251515974noreply@blogger.comBlogger7306125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137452171605018015.post-65384146304448172732024-03-28T00:02:00.001+00:002024-03-28T03:11:36.959+00:00Spider-Verse: The Spider Within<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FcGPpwFdE1Y">The Spider Within</a>, a Spider-Verse short film about anxiety, raising funds for an education charity. Note to arachnophobes to avoid the end, as it goes past the usual Spider-Man levels of spiders being involved.Craig Oxbrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16388821789251515974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137452171605018015.post-915014807058210512024-03-27T20:24:00.002+00:002024-03-28T00:02:46.765+00:00Immaculate<b>Immaculate</b> (2024) (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewxS9Z-XXYo">trailer</a>) does its job well, with some good surprises and twists on a solid formula as well as one puzzling choice.<div><br /></div><div>I do think it would be interesting to see a version where something like this goes well.</div><div><br /></div><div>It’s also at times a rare-these-days Paperback Gothic Cover movie with a lot of creeping around a big dark house in a nightdress carrying a candle.</div><div><div><br /></div><div>Also the second film I’ve seen this year starring Sydney Sweeney and both have birds hitting windows at one point, though it’s only important in the other one, here it’s a jumpscare that kind of deflates the atmosphere for a moment.</div><div><div><br /></div><div>Trailers include <b>The First Omen</b>, great trailer for a film that has some distinct overlap here and the problem of being a prequel so will lose a lot of the uncertainty in comparison. And <b>Abigail</b>, yay! And <b>Tarot</b>, boo.</div></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Spoilery bit</div><span><a name='more'></a></span><div>Speaking as an agnostic, since religious horror so often involves religious people being horrible, I liked that Cecilia kept her faith and denied them.</div>Craig Oxbrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16388821789251515974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137452171605018015.post-80608710054857256302024-03-27T03:37:00.001+00:002024-03-27T03:37:11.925+00:00Pirates Of The CarebooteanOr, <a href="https://www.avclub.com/jerry-bruckheimer-says-hes-rebooting-pirates-of-the-car-1851367829">recurse of the Black Pearl</a>.<div><br /></div><div>As someone who loves the first and has seen them all in cinemas and went to the ride as a child and still wants an RPG... yeah, could go for more. Maybe reset the level of absurd giant building smashing stunts, as well as the having-that-lead issue.</div><div><br /></div><div>And maybe Disney+ up a spinoff show, live or more practically animated? A proper comic series maybe... And an RPG...</div>Craig Oxbrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16388821789251515974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137452171605018015.post-768669558225364802024-03-26T20:20:00.001+00:002024-03-26T23:41:29.511+00:00Four years since lockdown became legally enforced here.Craig Oxbrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16388821789251515974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137452171605018015.post-61269642178738153292024-03-25T00:00:00.007+00:002024-03-26T01:33:54.191+00:00March 25thHappy Tolkien Reading Day. commemmorating the day the Ring was cast into the fires of Mount Doom.Craig Oxbrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16388821789251515974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137452171605018015.post-19082068889554459122024-03-24T20:14:00.001+00:002024-03-25T15:59:50.215+00:00Demon: The Descent at 10<b>Demon: The Descent</b> launched ten years ago today. It’s the only <b>Chronicles of Darkness</b> outside of <b>Vampire: The Requiem</b> and a couple of blue book one-shots that I’ve <a href="https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?threads/demon-the-descent-of-faith-power-and-glory.806774/">actually run</a>.Craig Oxbrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16388821789251515974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137452171605018015.post-52106773893570423502024-03-24T19:15:00.004+00:002024-03-24T22:51:52.870+00:00Conpulsion programme<a href="https://conpulsion.org/programme/">Conpulsion programme</a> now with talks and panels and a time for the quiz. This time next week it should be ready to go.Craig Oxbrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16388821789251515974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137452171605018015.post-82226227729991902442024-03-24T00:00:00.000+00:002024-03-24T22:50:29.257+00:00Happy birthday Cat!Craig Oxbrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16388821789251515974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137452171605018015.post-4383423581015797062024-03-23T00:00:00.002+00:002024-03-23T01:01:29.341+00:00The FilmhouseThe Filmhouse has received a grant for restoration and reopening, and could be back by the end of the year.Craig Oxbrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16388821789251515974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137452171605018015.post-88167344064709335752024-03-22T20:19:00.000+00:002024-03-22T23:13:09.886+00:00Bloodlines 2 announced five years ago<a href="https://thewatchhouserpg.blogspot.com/2019/03/vampire-masquerade-bloodlines-2.html">Ouch</a>.Craig Oxbrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16388821789251515974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137452171605018015.post-71999993820708285822024-03-21T21:40:00.001+00:002024-03-21T21:40:15.115+00:00In a land of purest speculationA reminder of the heyday of official moderated <b>World Of Darkness</b> chats just gave me an idea that may or may not work depending on the social structures involved but... <div><b><br /></b></div><div>A <b>Curseborne</b> official chat like New Bremen.</div><div><br /></div><div>Also wondering how LARPable it will be. That seems fairly likely to be a factor.</div>Craig Oxbrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16388821789251515974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137452171605018015.post-42472885785510813862024-03-21T21:27:00.009+00:002024-03-21T21:27:45.146+00:00Beetlejuice BeetlejuiceLast time I saw <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZOK1njPMsQ">the first trailer for a Beetlejuice movie</a> I taped it on VHS. Craig Oxbrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16388821789251515974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137452171605018015.post-7889605228460837632024-03-21T19:47:00.003+00:002024-03-21T19:47:53.020+00:00What would you put in the Superpal Museum?<a href="https://forum.rpg.net/index.php?threads/101-items-in-the-superpals-trophy-hall.918280/">A request from committed hero at RPGnet for trophies for the Big Team in a four-colour superhero world</a>.Craig Oxbrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16388821789251515974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137452171605018015.post-3626326227596048082024-03-20T23:43:00.006+00:002024-03-20T23:43:46.511+00:00Alien: Romulus teaser<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTNMt84KT0k">Alien: Romulus teaser</a> is very much selling a back to basics <b>ALIEN/S</b> movie, which forty-five years in is entirely fair.Craig Oxbrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16388821789251515974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137452171605018015.post-18745564876073286642024-03-20T20:24:00.009+00:002024-03-21T00:06:03.066+00:00X-Men '97Having had a quarter of a century to pick a codename for Jean Grey so she doesn’t look out of place in the intro, I guess <b>X-Men ’97</b> didn’t do that on purpose.Craig Oxbrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16388821789251515974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137452171605018015.post-78733205370224306742024-03-19T19:29:00.001+00:002024-03-19T19:29:24.548+00:00Interview With The Vampire season two trailer“<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1DNtxOO0DI">We can’t be the only good ones out there...</a>”Craig Oxbrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16388821789251515974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137452171605018015.post-26247142689641582452024-03-19T19:19:00.001+00:002024-03-19T19:31:03.196+00:00Star Wars: The Acolyte trailer“<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BtytYWhg2mc">Your eyes can deceive you...</a>” June the Fourth be with you!<div><br /></div><div><a href="https://www.starwars.com/news/leslye-headland-interview">Star Wars dot com interview with showrunner Leslye Headland</a>.</div>Craig Oxbrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16388821789251515974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137452171605018015.post-72346926950426078792024-03-19T18:16:00.003+00:002024-03-19T18:16:32.260+00:00Furiosa trailer 2<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FVswuip0-co">There will always be war, but to get home Furiosa fought the world</a>.Craig Oxbrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16388821789251515974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137452171605018015.post-16826170560280883002024-03-19T12:00:00.001+00:002024-03-19T18:15:21.941+00:00SpringCoulda fooled me.Craig Oxbrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16388821789251515974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137452171605018015.post-22477172967411438612024-03-19T00:00:00.009+00:002024-03-19T03:58:59.988+00:00Jim WardJim Ward, one of the early <b>D&D</b> team, creator of <b>Metamorphosis Alpha</b> and <b>Gamma World</b> among other effects on the gaming world.Craig Oxbrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16388821789251515974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137452171605018015.post-60946640977288262862024-03-18T17:01:00.009+00:002024-03-18T22:21:06.015+00:00Primeval repeating on free TV<b>Primeval</b> is on Sky Mix Mondays at 6.Craig Oxbrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16388821789251515974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137452171605018015.post-34586355459381264152024-03-17T00:00:00.013+00:002024-03-17T01:35:19.452+00:00St. Patrick's DayHappy St. Patrick’s Day to all who celebrate. <a href="https://pelgranepress.com/2020/03/17/st-patrick-the-pelgrane/">Ideas by Gar for Pelgrane games from 2020</a>.Craig Oxbrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16388821789251515974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137452171605018015.post-87970741152375010642024-03-16T23:37:00.005+00:002024-03-16T23:37:57.130+00:00AlertThis year Easter Monday is April Fools’ Day, so be sure to check your miracles carefully!Craig Oxbrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16388821789251515974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137452171605018015.post-33643234479607182742024-03-16T21:24:00.005+00:002024-03-22T23:14:02.197+00:00Nationals update: inspiration attemptsNow have at least some of a plot, and seven of the eight requested characters are probably fairly interesting.<div><br /></div><div>Have attempted to jumpstart my brain for a <b>Vampire: The Masquerade</b> one-shot since getting the category allocated by rewatching:</div><div><br /></div><div><b>World Of Darkness</b>: the documentary</div><div><b>Near Dark</b></div><div><b>Dracula</b> (1931)</div><div><b>Nosferatu</b> (1922)</div><div><b>Dracula</b> (1958)</div><div><b>Dracula</b> (1992)</div><div><b>Cat People</b> (1942)</div><div><b>End Of Days</b> at New Year</div><div><b>Heartless</b></div><div><b>L.A. Confidential</b></div><div><b>Se7en</b></div><div><b>8mm</b></div><div><b>The Game</b></div><div><b>The Crow</b></div><div><b>The Crow: City Of Angels</b></div><div><b>Black Swan</b></div><div><b>The Batman</b> (2022)</div><div><b>Daredevil</b> season 1</div><div><b>Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One</b></div><div><b>John Wick</b></div><div><b>Constantine</b></div><div><b>Blade</b></div><div><b>Blade II</b></div><div><b>X-Men</b></div><div><b>Atomic Blonde</b></div><div><b>Dracula’s Daughter</b> (for the 1930s Hollywood idea)</div><div><b>Strange Days</b></div><div><b>21 Bridges</b></div><div><br /></div><div>... and watching for the first time:</div><div><br /></div><div><b>What We Do In The Shadows</b> season 4 (which I was going to watch anyway)</div><div><b>Morbius</b></div><div><br /></div><div>In the latter case... the things I do for gaming.</div>Craig Oxbrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16388821789251515974noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137452171605018015.post-35383157005874166132024-03-16T20:24:00.001+00:002024-03-16T22:17:53.417+00:00Conpulsion Quiz updateConpulsion quiz now submitted for approval, apart from the almost empty Books And Comics round and a vague idea for the write-in round.<div><br /></div><div>The Books And Comics round was inherited and kept so I could do the Film And TV round without it being the only media round. And with the Hugos this year, not really wanting the traditional Hugo winning novel question...</div>Craig Oxbrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16388821789251515974noreply@blogger.com0