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Questioning Piracy, Part 1 – Cease & Desist
(These series of articles involve quotes from posts on a forum website that distributed copyrighted material. With certain exceptions, names and website addresses have been withheld) Last July of this year, Dias Ex Machina engaged in a dialogue with several individuals the entertainment industry brands as miscreants. You know the type of which I speak, [...]
Wanted: Iphone Carcasonne Opponemts
“Carcasonne” on the iPhone is great fun, but I currently only have a few friends with IPhones to play with and I prefer more players in my games. So I send out this plea (challenge?) to those among my readership that would enjoy crushing me in a game of “Carcasonne. ” Please send game requests [...]
Interview: Sandstorm Productions
Sandstorm Productions is a new player on the game publishing scene and I made time at Gen Con 2010 to sit down with Jessica Blair, the VP of Sales and marketing for Sandstorm and chat for a few minutes. This post is the result and is a summary of our conversation, and not a strict [...]
Eoris is Released
Update: Eoris released at Gen Con 2010! Check out my Eoris Review. Eoris, the long gestating and beautiful RPG book released at Gen Con 2010! I am blogging from my iPhone, so more details later. Trask
The One Ring: Lord of the Rings Role-Playing Game from Cubicle 7 Entertainment and Sophisticated Games
Angus at Cubicle 7 Entertainment dropped me a line about their new RPG license, “The One Ring: Lord of the Rings Role-Playing Game.” I am happy to see someone take a fresh look at this venerable gaming property. As usual, I will stay on top of the development process and give you updates as they [...]
Trask Wrote Some Modules–Please Give Me Feedback!
I wrote a couple modules for the Living Arcanis campaign last year and would like some feedback. I thought they were pretty good, but they released quietly and generally disappeared into the ocean of modules for Living Arcanis and I never received any feedback from the player base if they were any good. Therefore, I [...]
Review: Chinese Walled Cities 221 BC-AD 1644 from Osprey Publishing
Chinese Walled Cities 221 BC-AD 1644 by Stephen Turnbull is a recent release from Osprey Publishing that continues their line of fortress reference books. A clarification is required of the term “review” before I continue with this post. Osprey Publishing publishes many titles every year and has done so for decades. There is a small [...]
Review: Battlestar Galactica "Caprica"
Wandering a bit off topic, I felt the urge to post something after watching the Battlestar Galactica prequel series pilot “Caprica.” I now provide you with the world’s shortest movie review. I would rather watch the entire run of “Star Trek: Enterprise” and “Seaquest,” back to back than have anything to do with “Caprica” ever [...]
Broadside: The Influence of Sea Power on History–A Great Resource for a Naval Campaign!
Broadside: The Influence of Sea Power on History is an upcoming documentary about the Age of Sail, the court of Charles II, a young Dutch republic and various naval conflicts. Broadside is currently under production and does not have a firm release date for the United States, but the website is definitely worth your attention. [...]