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My latest, greatest Kickstarter bundle arrived!
The core rulebook came out last year but it was worth the wait. I thought I chipped in for the Pacific Rim part too yet I don’t care. It’s great to have what I need to run a campaign or whatever. … Continue reading
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Tagged Action, Cinematic, Fantasy, Horror, Modern Life, Science Fiction
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1974: D&D released
Now to cover the last picture in January’s set of anniversaries going down this 2024 since D&D is the biggie at 50 this year. Around this time, the first set of rules were published. TSR printed a thousand copies, full … Continue reading
RIP Jennell Jaquays née Paul Jaquays
Another great first-generation contributor to D&D and other role-playing games passed away yesterday. Jennell Jaquays may not have been around during the days when Gygax, Arneson, Johnson and other early TSR employees were getting the game off the ground. Nor … Continue reading
Check out my latest Final Cut Pro work!
This was originally shot at Dragon’s Lair which I thought was the appropriate venue but there was too much background noise when the Magic or Pokemon tournament got rollin’. Dubbing over wasn’t working out because I had ad libbed the … Continue reading
Relearned some High School Physics I didn’t learn
Maybe I was out that week in Physics class in 1986. I do remember we spent way too many weeks on vectors, fulcrums and the stuff about lenses was boring. We never got nuclear or atomic stuff but near graduation, … Continue reading
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Tagged 2300 AD, Science Fiction, Traveller
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1983: Dungeons & Dragons debuts on CBS Saturday Mornings
What a dumb (and somewhat brave) move by CBS TV and TSR to go forward with this Saturday-Morning cartoon. Brave? Dumb? It was in the middle of the moronic Satanic Panic so anything associated with D&D, especially a show aired … Continue reading
Gary Gygax would’ve been 85 today
I guess his ears were burning from the grave since my sensei and great friend Lester and I had a fantastic conversation last Sunday. Obviously, we revisited the GDW days along with our work on Gygax’s underwhelming comeback. I don’t … Continue reading
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Traveller is 46 years old
Forty years ago, I got acquainted with the famous three little black books. Looking back, Traveller was my second RPG. I could’ve sworn Star Frontiers and Bushido preceded it but as I remembered my time at Strake Jesuit, nope. A classmate and … Continue reading
Check out my hexadecimal dice!
No these aren’t ten-siders, aka d10, they’re 16-siders, aka d16, with A-F representing the numbers 10-15! I couldn’t resist getting them from this online seller in the UK I had gone to previously for d20s which act as d10 as … Continue reading
The overdue explanation for the June ’23 Header: Finale
Today, I conclude with the last book which I think overlapped into the school year. Even then I was a slow reader! I had numerous distractions over the Summer of 1983, namely the arcade and I did have people to … Continue reading
The overdue explanation for the June ’23 Header: Part Two
Today, I will pick up where I left off with novel number two… The Mercenary by Jerry Pournelle was initially deceptive thanks to its Boris Vallejo cover. Yet it became the novel to aid my understanding of Traveller by teaching … Continue reading
The overdue explanation for the June ’23 Header: Part One
Yikes! June is almost over and I need to explain why this month’s header is three random paperback Sci-Fi novels! Forty years ago, a co-worker gave these to my Dad who then gave them to me. I figure the co-worker … Continue reading
The D&D Movie: Actually worth seeing
Twenty-three years later, Hollywood has tried again and this time Paramount and Hasbro succeeded in making a film based upon the D&D property with successful; something the overrated Gary Gygax could never do. Now admittedly, I wasn’t seriously onboard because … Continue reading
In honor of D&D the movie…
…I decided to make my header Krull, the original attempt to make a D&D-based film but fell through and thankfully was recycled into a pretty good B-level Fantasy flick. It even stars the late Robbie Coltrane and big fave Liam Neeson … Continue reading
A little appetizer from the D&D movie next weekend
Twitter isn’t a complete toilet. Some polite pundits, artists and comedians have kept their presence. One named Cory Doctorow posts some great memories or links to retro stuff. I couldn’t resist this Tumblr dedicated to the Olden Days of D&D … Continue reading