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This is a battle report for the fourth and final scenario in my Vile Secrets of Vulcoth campaign for Warhammer 40,000. Inquisitors Greyfax and Ostromandeus of Ordo Hereticus have killed Chief Ellisar and the Chaos Lord with whom he was conspiring. Satisfied that they have cleansed the Imperium o...

This is the third scenario in the Vile Secrets of Vulcoth campaign for Warhammer 40,000. Inquisitors Greyfax and Ostromandeus of Ordo Hereticus have questioned the staff at Vulcoth's central production facility, and they've determined that Chief Ellisar is a person of interest. As the Imperial r...

This is the second scenario in the Vile Secrets of Vulcoth campaign for Warhammer 40,000.

Inquisitors Greyfax and Ostromandeus of Ordo Hereticus have reached Vulcoth's central production facitily. Its output has fallen noticeably in recent years, and the Inquisitors suspect heresy is the cause...

I started reading Isaac Asimov's Foundation as a kid, and couldn't get through it. I think I probably wanted more laser swords and blasters. I've heard that it's being adapted, somehow, into a TV series now, and that motivated me to try reading it again. This is my review of the first book, Found...

I backed a recent Kickstarter by Loke Battle Mats for the Dungeon Reignited map books. I'm genuinely not sure what makes the dungeons reignited, nor why they needed reigniting. All I knew was that I'd purchased a Loke Battle Mat book in my local game store and have been so happy with it that I wan...

If you're a player in a roleplaying game, you're pretty happy when you get to add a number to your character's attribute or skill. Your character becomes [potentially] more powerful, which is nice because the fantasy of being infallibly good at something is one of the fun things about most roleplayi...

I watched Fear Street Part One: 1994, Fear Street Part Two: 1978, and Fear Street Part Three: 1666, and this is my review of all 3 movies. I write movie reviews mostly as reminders to myself that I've seen a movie, so there's no serious critique happening here. This post does contain spoilers....

I backed the Labyrinth setting for Tales of the Valiant from Kobold Press on Kickstarter. Several months ago, my gaming group started playing through the Labyrinth Adventures campaign, starting with the first module The Lost Book of Mektar. I'd be lying if I said it wasn't a rough start, but...

I'm running the Vile Secrets of Vulcoth campaign for Warhammer 40,000, and this is the battle report of the first scenario. The story of this campaign branches in two directions, so the choices of the Hero Army influences not only which scenario gets played, but also the enemies faced in the fin...

Little Wars is a book about wargaming, written in 1913 by HG Wells. This is my review of it, and it does contain spoilers (for a 100+ year old non-fiction rulebook for wargames.)

Many tabletop gamers get into a habit of defending their hobby because it's not uncommon for an onlooker to demand an...