Centaur For a Friend

A good buddy, regular guy, not a gamer, asked if I can get him a centaur figure. Oh yeah.  I can do that....

Modern Warfare: Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Guys

Welcome to plus-ultra mega-elite modern day wargaming where we feature stories ripped from the headlines.  Which naturally means stories that are as fake as the Piltdown Man. To do that we’ll need some modern terrain (working on it), some rules (Osprey’s Black Ops), and a matched pair of forces....

Lost Cities of Pulp

P. Alexander, the man behind Cirsova Magazine, one of the best of the new breed of independent short fiction magazine and now one of the longest running, is something of an explorer of lost realms.  Through his friendship with Michael Tierney, author of the Wild Stars Collection, he has...

Nightwatch – Spawn Matrix

 Nightwatch: Terror and Treasure in the Dark Corners of the World has proven to be a delightful little solo wargame that has kept your host occupied for hours.  Almost four of them so far, and I’m finally starting to get the hang of all the basic rules.  One thing that...

Nightwatch – Revised Character Sheet

 After playing through four games of “Nightwatch: Terror and Treasure in the Dark Corners of the World“, I’ve found the character sheets needed a little tweaking. This should be enough to carry your Guildsmen through the full Long Hunt.  It has more room for the notes that you most...

True Detective Season Three: One Final Thought

Most of Hollywood’s offerings are dismissive affairs, driven in part by a desire to hack away at the roots of Western Civilization. And then you have True Detective. The third season features one of the most profoundly pro-Christian messages ever shown on TV. One of the threads that runs through...

Wargame Theory

 Not judging.  Just observing. Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the average consumer....

True Detective: Season Three

True Detective is an anthology series – a rarity in American television – and each of the three seasons produced…to date.  Everyone loves the first season, a gripping delve into weird sex cults and powerful pedophile rings down in the bayou.  Most people hate the second season, a look...

Nightwatch: The Solo Wargame

  This is a game about killing monsters. All kinds, anywhere, any time. So speaketh Patrick Todoroff, the scribe behind Nightwatch.   This little gem of a wargame is a solo wargame that features a fairly simple core mechanic upon which you can bolt all kinds of weird and wonderful special...