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sDungeons & Dragons is easily the most interesting thing on the internet. But in spite of the unparalleled amount of resources available today for people that want to delve into the topic, people still managed to get it wrong. In fact… so few people get anything about it even remotely right, it’s positively baffling. Cecilia […]
James Desborough returns to his vision of pulp fiction with Stain – Dead and Gone, the story of a hard boiled detective called up from “administrative duty” to work a murder case that nobody wants solved. Stane, the drunk with a disturbing tendency to wind up as the partner of a dead cop, is your […]
A reader writes in to comment on the latest discussion in the fantasy and science fiction scene: “If you want people to employ traditional virtues in service of civilization, they first have to be able to imagine them. Heroism and romance were suppressed specifically to make it easier to destroy a people. The poindexters hold […]
You won’t want to miss this one, and not just for the shout-out to the sort of bloggers that have almost singlehandedly disconverged fantasy and science fiction criticism. Other authors stumble around attempting to articulate just what it is that makes Star Wars work. But Brian Neimeier nails it. Oh, and stay tuned. “On the […]
A kidnapped girl. A desperate father. A murderous slaver bound for old Mexico. And a certain untouchable gunslinger. Things are going to get a lot worse before they get better. Infamous gunslinger, Porter Rockwell made a blood oath with the Ute War Chief, Redbone, to help him no matter what. Now that the Chief’s daughter […]
What would you do if you had a space game that could play out small engagements in an hour and larger fleet battles in two…? Why, you’d play bigger, more monsterific scenarios that you’d never dreamed you would actually try, of course. And this is the big one. Fortunately, every scenario leading up to this […]
I just finished listening to Robert Heinlein’s Starman Jones, published in 1951. It’s a fun little novel and the narration by Paul Michael Garcia is good, he does a variety of voices well. I remember the title from my high school days when I read absolutely everything I could get my hands on by […]
Rey Sue, THE COOLEST, MOST AWESOMEST, MOST SPECIALIST PERSON EVER!
Monday , 8, May 2017 Movies, Pulp Revolution 79 CommentsIt is time, oh my friends, for another one of those mild-mannered and completely restrained opinion pieces for which I am justifiably and widely renowned. But unlike my earlier, more low key efforts, today’s subject may provoke me to forgo my easy-going manner and get a little exercised, or perhaps even emphatic. Let us begin: […]
SIXTEEN SCIENCE FICTION SETTINGS FOR YOUR CAMPAIGN! GOLDEN AGE ADVENTURES is an anthology of 16 roleplaying adventures based on “Golden Age” stories by famous science fiction writers of the 1930s-50s. Each adventure comes with three scenarios, allowing them to be easily dropped in to any science fiction roleplaying campaign. As with all DayTrippers products, conversion […]
SENSOR SWEEP: Indefatigable Passion, Infinite Wells, Consensual Storytelling, and Literary Respectability
Monday , 8, May 2017 Sensor Sweep 2 CommentsRoleplaying Games (SuperversiveSF) The Superversive in Tabletop RPGs: King Arthur’s Pendragon — “The reason I mark this out as Superversive is that everything about the game emphasizes the fundamental elements upon which Western Civilization rest, especially if you choose to do the default and play a Christian Knight. The game, as a primary mark of distinction, […]
JUST RELEASED: No Gods, Only Daimons by Kai Wai Cheah
Sunday , 7, May 2017 Just Released Leave a commentThe post-World War III world is a radically different place where magic and technology have become one in the violent struggle for global influence between nations. The rising powers of Persia and Musafiria are challenging the longtime dominance of the weakened Western powers, as the increasing use of magic provides them with a more level […]
Two hours. TWO HOURS. This one’s a giant fleet battle. Okay, not a monster fleet battle. But bigger than what I would tend to spontaneously set up for Star Fleet Battles or even Federation Commander. The Terrans have four ships and the Talon have five. Nobody is running anything smaller than a light cruiser. No […]