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With Special Guest David Schirduan – Afterthought 17

October 20, 2015by systemmastery 2 Comments

Another interview?  What’s the deal, it’s like we’re getting respectable over here or something.  Hang on… faaaaaaaart.  Nope, we’re still good.  This time we sit down with game designer David […]

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Afterthought, Podcasts

Horrortoberfest Day 15 – The House at the End of Time (2013)

October 15, 2015by systemmastery Leave a comment

This week we review a Venezuelan horror film from the depths of Netflix. This seems like it is going to be a standard, paint-by-numbers haunted house flick but there is […]

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Holiday Specials, Horrortoberfest, Movie Mastery, Movie Podcasts

Horrortoberfest Day 8 – The Mirror (2014)

October 8, 2015by systemmastery 1 Comment

It’s a movie about an evil mirror but not the ones that might have popped into your head. This movie takes the bold new stance that would should really happen […]

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Holiday Specials, Horrortoberfest, Movie Mastery, Movie Podcasts

The Internet Knows Best – Afterthought 16

October 5, 2015by systemmastery 11 Comments

We reviewed a game that, while ultimately a little disappointing and overcomplicated, was propped up on the internet as a huge otherkin fetish game.  Was it really?  Did the people […]

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Afterthought, Podcasts

Duckman RPG

October 2, 2015by systemmastery 1 Comment

Duckman the Unofficial “Fan” RPG A while back we had a little fun at the expense of our listeners by reviewing a game that sadly failed to exist.  It was […]

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Columns, Games

Horrortoberfest Day 1 – Goth (2009)

October 1, 2015by systemmastery 2 Comments

The first film of Horrortoberfest season is always a special one.  The leaves on the trees are changing and the songs of merriment fill the air as laughing children dash […]

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Columns, Holiday Specials, Horrortoberfest, Movie Podcasts

Movie Mastery – Yor the Hunter from the Future

September 23, 2015by systemmastery 3 Comments

Yes!  A Reb Brown movie!  We were waiting patiently for our chance to sit down with the legendary Roll Fizzlebeef, and here it is!  This week we discuss Yor the […]

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Movie Mastery, Movie Podcasts

Stick the Landing – Afterthought 15

September 22, 2015by systemmastery 7 Comments

Questions answered, poll discussed, and then we try like crazy to wring more to talk about out of the grim experience of reading Fantasy Wargaming: The Highest Level of All.  […]

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Afterthought, Podcasts

Movie Mastery – Big Money Rustlas

September 10, 2015by systemmastery 3 Comments

Twenty years from now college professors will use this episode as a teachable moment.  It’d be nice if it was about how to properly review films, but actually it’ll just […]

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Movie Mastery, Movie Podcasts

With Special Guest James D’Amato – Afterthought 14

September 8, 2015by systemmastery 9 Comments

What the hell, did we conduct an actual interview with an industry person?  Man, I guess so.  We sit down with James D’Amato, host of the One Shot Podcast, who […]

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Afterthought, Podcasts

Movie Mastery – Wing Commander

August 27, 2015by systemmastery 9 Comments

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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Movie Mastery, Movie Podcasts

Verisimilitude – Afterthought 13

August 25, 2015by systemmastery 13 Comments

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 […]

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Afterthought, Podcasts

Movie Mastery – D&D: Wrath of the Dragon God

August 13, 2015by systemmastery 5 Comments

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 […]

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Movie Mastery, Movie Podcasts

Thanks! – Afterthought 12

August 11, 2015by systemmastery 10 Comments

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 […]

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Afterthought, Podcasts

Movie Mastery – The Day After

August 6, 2015by systemmastery 8 Comments

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 […]

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Movie Mastery, Movie Podcasts

Movie Mastery – Wizards

July 29, 2015by systemmastery 9 Comments

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 […]

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Movie Mastery, Movie Podcasts

But What IS Satire? – Afterthought 11

July 27, 2015by systemmastery 4 Comments

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 […]

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Afterthought, Podcasts

Movie Mastery – Zardoz

July 15, 2015by systemmastery 1 Comment

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 […]

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Movie Mastery, Movie Podcasts

Farmers Only Dot Com – Afterthought 10

July 13, 2015by systemmastery 13 Comments

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 […]

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Afterthought, Podcasts

Movie Mastery – Master of Disguise

July 1, 2015by systemmastery 4 Comments

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 […]

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Movie Mastery, Movie Podcasts

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