System Mastery 201 – Terror Network
I think we bought this one on the cover alone (and especially the back cover, which is bullet points and a photo of the Twin Towers mid-fall). I mean, look […]
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Movie Mastery – Vibes (1988)
The experience of watching this movie is much the same as Goldblum’s character within the movie: mildly amused but mostly just confused about what’s happening and why.
Expounded Universe 173 – Zestfully Sheev
And just like that it ends, not with a bang, but with a lightsaber twirl and a resounding “meh.” Not sure what we expected, everyone killable was dead already! But […]
Expounded Universe 172 – A League of His Eogan
Just one more chunk of book left after this! People are dying at a pace I’d call impressive, but Maul and Eogan are still going strong, now on the lookout […]
System Mastery 200 – Marvel Superheroes Roleplaying Game
Hey, we made it to 200 episodes! I’m sure that’s some sort of milestone! And while the choice of game to cover this time may feel kind of arbitary, I […]
Movie Mastery – The Three Musketeers (2011)
If there’s one element that can turn any concept from drab and boring to thrilling and engaging it’s steampunk. The thing that Alexandre Dumas’ classic tale was missing was scuba […]
Expounded Universe 171 – The Blind Fighting Feat
Great set of chapters if you love pieces being moved around a board, I suppose! We learn a little about the worm, Sadiki is moving to a retreat stratagem, and […]
System Mastery 199 – Stuperpowers
Heck yeah, comedy superhero parody game from 1997 coming in hot. You know it’s gonna make us mad, it’s just got to! Anyway, this game is designed to be LARP-ready, […]
Movie Mastery – Robot Jox (1989)
After World War 3 has devastated the planet and war is outlawed, the remaining civilizations decide that the best use of their limited resources is to have giant fuck-off robots […]
Expounded Universe 170 – Kell Dragons Love Orange Soda
Jabba is making his move! The collapse becomes ever more dramatic as new players enter with the same speed that old ones are dispatched. Maul meanwhile is the man in […]
System Mastery 198 – Hellcats & Hockeysticks
We’ve had a great track record with games set in high schools, right? So obviously one set in a secondary school should be at least as good as Alma Mater […]
Movie Mastery – Kate & Leopold (2001)
The romantic comedy that lets women know that you can finally find love as long as you are willing to leave your job, friends, and family behind in order to […]
Expounded Universe 169 – DiVesto Slipher
The dizzying spiral of decay and chaos that perpetuates the writings of Joe Schreiber continues ever downwards. Characters are now dying left and right. We near the end as Maul […]
Expounded Universe 168 – Kicked in the Kabals
Well, Maul finally finds his way to the “inner circle” but everyone in there is just commanding everyone else in there to kill everyone else in there, so that’s fun […]
System Mastery 197 – Ironclaw
So many people have requested this that we finally thought we’d throw you all a bone. Ironclaw is an anthro medieval RPG, so you’ll be playing a lot of foxes, […]
Movie Mastery – Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008)
Not to be confused with Star Wars: The Cone Wars the TV show. Or Star Wars: Clone Wars the TV show. Or Star Wars: The Clone Wars the video game. […]
Expounded Universe 167 – Iram So Far Away
Is it me or do these fights get less interesting over time instead of more? We started with like a Yuuzhan Vong and a monster Wampa and now we’re fighting […]
Expounded Universe 166 – Smight Walks With Rhythm
Time for a bit of the old “surprisingly goopy for Star Wars” violence as gang leaders start tearing guards to bit. Meanwhile Maul just keeps cleaning up loose ends. Is […]
System Mastery 196 – InSpectres
Wanna hunt ghosts but not necessarily dedicate your whole life to it? Consider just getting a daytime job hunting ghosts, goblins, nilbogs, and Son of Kong with InSpectres, a game […]
Movie Mastery – Spawn (1997)
Back in the 90’s when comics were gritty and the CGI was absolutely terrible, somebody greenlit a movie that’s 85% narration and 15% incredibly poorly done fight scenes.
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