As I write this, it is half-an hour from World Wing Night, the social event kicking off the Fear the Con 3 activities. Today, my traveling companion James and I ventured ‘cross this great nation of ours from Texas to Saint Louis. We have secured ground transportation, lodging at the con hotel, and even enjoyed […]
There are those who believed it’d be a cold day in Hell before Luke Meyer returned to another Fear the Boot event. You may have noticed, there’s been a lot of snow this winter… Heard on Twitter yesterday, Luke Meyer, formerly of Fear the Boot and currently of The Podge Cast, announced that he would […]
On a business trip last week whiling away time in my hotel room, I was pleased to find that the newest supplement for Ken Hite’s Savage World setting, The Day After Ragnarok, had been released. I’m a big fan of DAR. I’ve written about it a lot. Without hesitation, I eagerly downloaded the PDF, Serpent […]
This is the first installment in a weekly fiction series edited together from my vicarious adventures in play-by-email role-playing games. These stories are NOT CHILD-FRIENDLY. There is violence and adult subject matter and bad language. They’re not for the faint of heart or the easily offended or people who faint at the sight of literary […]
I used to be quite the gaming addict back in the day, and play-by-email role-playing games were my drug of choice. My fellow gamers and I wove many a dark and colorful tapestry of mystery, intrigue and adventure, matching our resourcefulness and creative writing skills against the all diabolical challenges the GM sent our way. […]
Deb’s writing for IoM now. This is good. I’ve known Deb in excess of ten years. She’s played in Star Trek RPGs I’ve run as well as my World of Darkness campaign. Not table tops, mind you. Rather my play-by-e-mail (PBeM) games. She is a gifted player, committing to the role as few do. She […]
Just as excited as I can be about this. I woke this morning to find new artwork in my inbox for my homebrew SciFi setting, This Empire Earth. The latest item features the Ikati, the empires answer to cat-people. Those who have dealt with an Ikat or two will report that you never know when […]
The Empusans are a race of insects resembling large Portuguese Praying Mantis’. Very large. Like ten feet large. The Empusans are an old race, their history ranging back more than a hundred millenia. By contrast, they are incredibly short-lived living for only ten to fifteen years before succumbing to old age. They have no interest […]
The Bigozians were the first sentient alien race to encounter humanity, even though the Martians were literally next door (oh yes, there are Martians… more on them later). And of course, the humans did not realize what they saw – or thought they saw – was from outerspace. Bigozians are giant, burly humanoid creatures who […]
This is the first of a series of articles concerning my homebrew SF setting originally posted at my personal site, EvilBastard.net, which I’m importing over here to IoM. At the dawn of the 28th Century, the powerful hand of Imperial Earth stretches far across the stars touching the lives of countless humans and aliens alike. […]