Welcome back to the Forgotten Realm and our torturous heroes’ quest for fame and riches! If you’ve forgotten where we’ve been, catch yourself up with Part I. For those who…
Wait! Read the intro to the Playing Detective series first! Sherlock Holmes, Consulting Detective by Raymond Edwards, Suzanne Goldberg and Gary Grady Sleuth Publications, 1981 / Ystari Games, 2012 Ystari…
Ever since I first watched Jeremy Brett and Edward Hardwicke tromp about Victorian England on public television as a nine-year-old kid, I have wanted to be a detective. As I…
Hadean Lands by Andrew Plotkin Zarfhome Software Consulting, 2014 Zarfhome Software / iOS App Store It’s a marriage made in the realm of ideal forms. To most of its potential…
Welcome once more to the land of Dungeons & Dragons! I am, of course, your humble, omniscient, omnipresent Dungeon Master. I’ve introduced you all to the would-be heroes, to these…
In his 1939 adaptation of The Wizard of Oz, Victor Flemming portrays “The Great and Powerful Wizard” as a mystical and towering nonhuman life form, a giant green head…
Finger : Knuckle : Palm by Ariana Den Bleyker LuicidPlay Publishing, May 15, 2014 76 pages | Amazon Kindle ebook | LucidPlay Publishing It’s a thrill and a treat to read…
I first encountered Spell Saga while I was trying to drum up interest for Entropy among fellow board gamers. One particular gamer was less than enthused about the concept of…
I often feel that I have to defend Twitter to those around me, and I’m sick of it. In these conversations, people usually talk about ‘real writing,’ ‘real music,’ etc.…