Two great t-shirt designs that I dig:


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This is somewhere between an Underkoffler's Overview and an Actual Play report.

Let me start by copying and pasting three tweets from Twitter [1]:

cadorette: Last night was awesome, playing #GammaWorld w/ @fredhicks (our GM) @rdonoghue @LodestoneDavid @DaveTheGame @GeeksDreamGirl & @CUnderkoffler.

. . .and:

fredhicks: Any player from last ( Read more... )

Still reading through Samuel R. Delany's About Writing at work ( Read more... )

So, tonight, taschoene and I saw The Screwtape Letters.

It was kinda supa-awesome, yo.

Let's back up and contextualize.

#1. I am a huge fan of The Screwtape Letters,, and CS Lewis in general.

#2. I have recently read The Magician's Book: A Skeptic's Adventures in Narnia, by Laura Miller. (A good book I've wanted to post about here, but waited until ( Read more... )

Nota bene: I hate the Cthulhu Mythos. With the burning intensity of a bajillion burning things.

I have, however, started reading Cthulhu 101, by the inestimable Kenneth Hite (princeofcairo), and I am. . .

. . .

. . .enjoying it.

Indeed, I find it quite charming.

So, take that "mini-overview" how you will.

When I come across a book that I think would appeal to four of my friends, all of whom have different interests and insights, I think it's worth posting about.

(cjpetherick, ericrowe, princeofcairo, and whswhs, I'm looking at you.)

The book I'm talking about is Caveman Chemistry: 28 Projects, from the Creation of Fire to the Production of Plastics, by Kevin M. Dunn ( Read more... )

Paul Tevis -- that is, ptevis -- is a magnificent bastard. A glorious magnificent bastard.

You see, I just received my hardcopy of A Penny for My Thoughts.

And I read it. All of it.

You're not getting an Underkoffler's Overview on this puppy until I play it.

WORD.

This Overview is going to be another off-model one (hopefully the last such one, for awhile) for a couple reasons:

1. Talking about the "Community" is fraught.

2. Face-time is key in these situations.

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This Overview is going to be another off-model one for a couple reasons:

1. Xenolithik is my own game-in-design-hell.

2. I'm talking about playtesting and workshopping more than the actual game here.

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I've finally had a chance to read and play this type of game; here are my brief impressions.

This is not a review, per se -- you probably won't get much out of an Underkoffler's Overview if you haven't read or played the game. And this Overview is going to be even more overviewy for a couple reasons ( Read more... )