After a short zombie obsession, I started thinking about how best to run an RPG for zombie survival. I don't have the All Flesh Must Be Eaten book, and while it is a fairly accurate portrayal of how things would go down, it's a bit depressing (since it's pretty much designed to kill you if you get into combat with a zombie). So I started looking ( Read more... )

Last night I watched Romero's "Dawn of the Dead". It's pretty far removed from the first one, apart from the plot elements of "zombie attack" and "black guy who gets things done". In all, the first movie was more effective. While both strive to say something about humanity and society, Dawn is a bit more heavy-handed. The survivors set up a ( Read more... )

Is Hulu down for anybody else? The past two days, the site has been nothing but text for me (which makes it kind of a lousy video site). A few minutes ago, it actually managed to load the flash portion of the sit (i.e. most of it), but it still fails to load videos. I'm not there for the ambiance, Hulu. I don't like you for your personality. I ( Read more... )

I've been shockingly inactive here as of late. I'd say it's because not much has been going on, but that's not really true. It's more that I've fallen out of the habit of posting, which seems to happen every once in a while. Let's see if I can fill all you hypothetical readers in on what you've been missing ( Read more... )

I've got a new article up on Associated Content called "Running Exciting Skill Challenges: A Guide for 4th Edition Dungeons & Dragons". Well, that's what I wanted to call it, anyway. The AC editors decided to "optimize it for discoverability via a search query" by switching the title and subtitle. So people will actually see it as just "A Guide ( Read more... )

Aaand back to Warhammer. Since I've been inundated with literally two requests to see the Nob bikers I put together, I went ahead and put 'em up on Picasa. There's only three of them thus far, but perhaps later on I'll make more. I'm leaning away from Nob bikers for the time being, though, because they can be pretty damn abusive. Anyway, here's ( Read more... )

Okay, it's been about two months since I posted something that didn't mention Warhammer 40k in some way (damn, did it again!), so today I'm going to focus on my other great obsession: D&D ( Read more... )

(Note: This is a doozy, and Warhammer 40k related. Enjoy, or flee in terror ( Read more... )

The past few days have been a frenzy of painting and gluing for me, as I prepare for another session of Warhammer 40k on Friday. From some angles, my progress is pretty weak: the trukk remains in its previous state of non-completion, the Assault on Black Reach models remain un-primed (despite two days with above-50 temperatures), and the Ork Boyz ( Read more... )

A plan to reschedule the traditional Saturday game (which has been oddly absent for many weeks) failed, such that only three people would be present. Undaunted, the three of us decided to use our time constructively (in a quite literal sense). An a reasonably short time, all the models in my Assault on Black Reach set were pieced together and ( Read more... )