Movie Mastery – Wing Commander
Wing Commander is a film we watched. It was filmed in Luxembourg. Luxembourg is the last remaining Grand Duchy in the world, and is the country where popular internet communication […]
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Verisimilitude – Afterthought 13
A seemingly neverending theme in what we do is books that evaluate Gary Gygax’s grand vision of a game that is meant to be played as a big game in […]
Movie Mastery – D&D: Wrath of the Dragon God
It’s our second anniversary and we’re making it D&D Sequel Week, so here’s a horrible D&D sequel, Wrath of the Dragon God. Have you ever wondered what would happen if […]
Thanks! – Afterthought 12
This week we’re in a bit too goofy of a mood to even really dig useful information out of ACE Agents. So this episode is basically a party. We answer […]
Movie Mastery – The Day After
Are you sufficiently frightened of nuclear attack? This TV movie dares ask the question “How will global thermonuclear war affect a young Steve Guttenberg?” Now fill your family condom with […]
Movie Mastery – Wizards
Is this really a movie about a fat little wizard and his nearly-nude fairy companion trying to defeat a Nazi wizard leading an army of mutants against an army of […]
But What IS Satire? – Afterthought 11
There is a slight chance we reviewed a game that is essentially a prank on reviewers. We’re willing to own up to that and deal with it like the kind […]
Movie Mastery – Zardoz
While our initial plan for Mommie Dearest fell through this week, we press on undaunted, reroll the Movie Mastery Dice (currently a D17) and land on Zardoz, the movie where […]
Farmers Only Dot Com – Afterthought 10
If a game has a random chance for your character to professionally farm dirt, isn’t it fair to expect that game to have comprehensive rules for dirt-farming? Wouldn’t you want […]
Movie Mastery – Master of Disguise
It’s that Dana Carvey vehicle! Here, I’ll sum up exactly how you remember it: “Turtle, turtle.” Boy, don’t you want to know exactly what sort of package that famous catchphrase […]
Tolerance and So On – Afterthought 9
With the forward march of civil rights on our minds, it was definitely time to bring the discussion of LGBT values into the arena of old games, new games, and […]
Movie Mastery 2 – Dead Heat
Treat Williams. Joe Piscopo. Vincent Price briefly. The dad from A Christmas Story. Some 80s ladies. All that and more crowd the screen searching for glory in the 1988 …hit? […]
The DM Section – Afterthought 8
What do you think should be in the DM section? That’s totally one of the questions we should have asked in the official Afterthought Poll, as mentioned on the show. […]
Movie Mastery – Left Behind (2014)
What, it was a lazy Thursday afternoon! System Mastery has already reviewed a few other movies. Dungeons and Dragons, a weird Carrie sequel, whatever the heck Frankenqueen was, and so […]
Supplement Supplementary – Afterthought 7
We have a little bit more to say about RPG supplements, and then significantly more to say about Beagle Boy costumes and decaying basking sharks. Then we propose Harry: The […]
Rose Colored Glasses – Afterthought 6
Rose Colored Glasses – Afterthought 6 We’re working hard on setting the record for the least amount of time spent on-topic. This week we briefly discuss how memory affects our […]
Rock, Punk – Afterthought 5
Rock, Punk – Afterthought 5 The chaos continues as we barrel through conversation, untethered by adherence to any particular RPG. Are we talking about Cheese Dudes? The Flintstones? Don’t look […]
Religion and Injokes – Afterthought 4
Religion and Injokes – Afterthought 4 Something’s gonna have to break. Just exactly how far off topic can we stray? For now the answer has progressed from somewhat to very. […]
Duckman and Such – Afterthought 3
Duckman and Such – Afterthought 3 The “Official” Duckman RPG This is a very free form week for us. We discuss humor in games, discuss the authenticity of The Official […]
Listener Mail – Afterthought 2
Listener Mail – Afterthought 2 In this no-doubt infuriating installment, we answer a ton of listener questions, but also discuss James (the band), our secret alter egos, and give tantalizing […]
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