Yesterday we chatted about the film scores for Star Trek: The Motion Picture and Wrath of Khan. Today? Everything else. Without a doubt, the weakest of the Trek scores has got to be the music for what is the most popular films of the franchise – Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home. You know? The […]
Like a rutting Vulcan deep in the throws of Pon Farr, I have a burning passion for the music of the Star Trek films. From the ethereal movements of Star Trek: The Motion Picture to the explosive tracks of The Wrath of Khan, from First Contact to, yes, even Nemesis, I love the music of […]
As a fan of the Star Trek franchise – and in keeping with Star Trek Week here at IoM – I thought it might be prudent to do a few entries on Star Trek. Since I am just as much a whore as any other geek, I’ll use this opportunity to talk about some of […]
Good news, folks! WOTC made a surprise move by offering the Keep on the Shadowfell and the quick-start rules that came with it for free. That’s right, free! Our group just played through the module and we had a grand ole’ time. That’s not to say the adventure is something spectacular, but it certainly isn’t […]
One of the hardest things about playing rpgs is breaking into the hobby. Without a knowledgeable hand to guide you, deciphering the myriad of terminology, niches, and reviewer biases can be absolutely mind-boggling. And don’t discount this problem to apply to just gaming newbies. Even the experienced gamer may have to do a whole lot […]
Last week, I wrote about the upcoming intervention the hosts of Fear the Boot have planned for Dan Repperger. Dan, you see, just can’t wrap his head around any number of character concepts or campaign settings. His fellow hosts are planning on helping him out of his funk by getting him excited about a genre […]
And then it happened; the whole world heard the howl of Garm, and the moon was eclipsed in blood. The head of Jörmungandr, the Midgard Serpent, 350 miles across, breached the surface of the Arabian Sea and rose up into the troposphere… Life is good for the Savage Worlds gamer. There’s some truly amazing support […]
Of late, I have listened to Fear the Boot with an awfully critical ear – despite my abiding affection for the hosts. I’ve settled into a habit of enumerating all the many ways Chad and Dan are wrong, suffering from narrow perspectives and absence of vision as they are. In fact, I wrote about some […]
As a gamemaster, you must never discount that player motivation will often trump character motivation. Sure, everyone likes to brag about games with “deep roleplaying” and “staying in-character” and most of the time experienced roleplayers have little trouble separating their desires from the character’s. However, sometimes there’s a carrot dangling that no player can resist […]
After listening to Fear the Boot’s recent episode on playing animal characters, I wrote yesterday about playing something approaching a true animal (i.e. no thumbs, no pants). Today, I want to pick up on the other part of FtB’s episode. Role playing more human-like animal characters. Y’know, furries. Anthropomorphs The hosts of Fear the Boot […]