Listening to Funnybooks with Aron and Paulie, there is one thing, out of many, that makes are regular appearance. This is a discussion of digital comics. It is always is an interesting discussion because it does a fine job of pushing the red button of rage on Tim. His anger is always entertaining but the reason this […]
Squee! Sorry, that had to be said. You are most probably wondering why I would start a post out with such a joyful noise? Those three simple words at the top of the post is why. Evil Hat Productions has unleashed upon the internet the Kickstarter for the Fate Core System. This is the system that is […]
A few weeks ago I headed out to my local comic shop for a little retail therapy. While I picked my few comics I spied an interesting book on the shelf. It was entitled Night’s Black Agents by Kenneth Hite. I knew that having Mr. Hite as the author meant that this was going to […]
It’s all too easy to write off the Dark Ages as a time of superstition and ignorance. It is much harder to try to get into the mindset of the people of that time and try to understand why they believed what they believed. While things like bleeding people to rebalance their humors seem the […]
It can be very hard for a GM to surprise the players in a Call of Cthulu game. After all paranoia is the name of the game. (Actually, Paranoia is the name of a different game, but you know what I mean.) The whole point of most Call of Cthulu games is that there are […]
I’ve been spending an inordinate amount of time on Kickstarter as of late. It has become an incubator for new games and allows creators and fans another avenue for connecting. It has become the first place I check when I am looking for a new game to buy or for something unique to support. It […]
I introduced you to Jerry D Grayson, creator of HELLAS, yesterday. Today I will tell you about the game itself. HELLAS is an epic space opera whose setting is based on Hellenic Greece. The players take on the roles of heroes striving to fulfill their destinies while avoiding falling into hubris. The juxtaposition of Greek mythology and space opera […]
I am a big fan of HELLAS. Hellas is a table top role playing game inspired by the myths and histories of Greece and set in a vast and epic space opera. I knew I wanted to do a review here of this new addition but thought that there had to be a better way […]
My first post here on Ideology of Madness was a review of Margaret Weis Productions new game Marvel Heroic Roleplaying. I fell in love with the game as it hit all the marks that I was looking for in a supers game. It allowed me to play a super hero game while utilizing the mechanics […]
The new Judge Dredd movie will be hitting theaters this Friday. I am rather excited to see the movie as I am a fan of Judge Dredd. There has been much debate among my circle of friends as to whether this will be a good movie. I, despite my friends misgivings, will be seeing the movie as I know […]