Over the past few months the_stalwart has been working toward the release of his newest RPG, Serial Homicide Unit. A story game in which the players follow the lives of the police chasing down a serial killer, and the final days of the soon-to-be-victims ( Read more... )

This one too, is one we tried out in high school but I didn't actually get to sing in concert until Westminster. Only years later have I noticed that my high school choir director put some pretty challenging stuff in front of us; lots of polyphonic works and old Renaissance stuff. I think it's because he was largely left to his own devices.

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Fallout 3 rocks. I feel like I could spend a long time playing this game ( Read more... )

Dexcon was great. Which it has to be when we have such imaginative and friendly people in abundance. Though I was only able to play in one game of Carry (blackwell has some cool things to say) I ran four playtest sessions of Contract Work.


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You didn't need to hear how great it is from me, but for those of you keeping score . . .

As of last night, I've seen The Dark Knight 3 times.

Also, as a sort of apology to everyone, I got caught up in some great end-convention conversations and forum threads but then I found out how hard it is to steal wi-fi on the shore. I'll catch up soon.

Yes, I'm running 4 sessions of Contract Work this weekend at DexCon. I've trimmed down some of the dead branches that resulted from the last big rules changes and I'm happy with what I have. If you decide to play it you will find that the game is better streamlined and more intuitive, with a GM who remembers when to add color and when to crunch ( Read more... )

Piece of very short fiction that has been pestering me to be written. The narrator and his opinions about religions and states is not me. But I like the idea of someone who thinks this way ( Read more... )

Brett needs to live closer so we can game. Conventions are all well and good, but it's not the same. We meant to test Contract Work but I found another broken rule while reviewing my notes ( Read more... )

Nothing else quite like the job search roller coaster. I spent the whole day in gleeful anticipation of an HR call that turned out to be a polite explanation of why I'm not suited for the position, or any position, at their company ( Read more... )

For those of you who aren't already a part of the indie crowd/mob/gang/consortium/coven ( Read more... )