It is a very cold, very rainy day here in the Ottawa valley today, the skies cloudy and the temperature going up to around 12oC. Glad I'm indoors today, as the foot with the diabetic ulcer is hurting quite a lot and my right shoulder is giving me grief as well ( Read more... )

As noted in yesterday's blog entry, the Sunday players have agreed to play in a (possible campaign) game of the DC Heroes RPG, set against the Legion of Super-Heroes background and history about a year-and-a-half before the Crisis on Infinite Earths. I know that Tammy agreed to play this game as she’s quite looking forward to playing in the Rivers ( Read more... )

It has been a somewhat more typical April day here in Ottawa today, the temperature expected to hit the 14oC mark. As I type this, the sun is out, it's a bit breezy outside, but things seem mostly peaceful on the weather front. I'm content to be indoors once more today, as my foot with the diabetic ulcer is hurting quite a bit and my right ( Read more... )

As noted in the previous blog entry of the Friday night group's gaming exploits, the players created characters for the DC Heroes RPG set against the modern day to get into practice with the game system and its mechanics and rules. However, the plan all along has been for the players to take on the role of Legion Academy students in a Legion of ( Read more... )

It's been another relatively decent early spring day in April here in the Ottawa valley today. The sun was out on and off most of the day, the temperature hit around 9oC, and the day was just lovely. The diabetic ulcer continues to plague me, as it is healing slowly, and my bowels have been bothering me because of a new medication I'm taking, but ( Read more... )

Today is the birthday of my favourite member of the Legion of Super-Heroes.


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For those who are interested, the early(bird) version of the gaming schedule for this year's CanGames, to be held May 19th - 21st at the Rideau Curling Club here in Ottawa, has been posted up to the website. (It's actually up on the website itself, as they're not using Sched again for whatever reasons.) Note that Registration for CanGames 2023 ( Read more... )

Today is the birthday of Paul Levitz.

To those who follow my Legion of Super-Heroes blog entries, Paul Levitz is an American comic book writer, editor, and executive. His oeuvres in the comics industry are quite massive, as he's been around for a long time (check out this list of his works, but he is best known and will always be treasured by me ( Read more... )

Continuing on with the re-reads of the classic Legion of Super-Heroes stories. This time out: The final part of the Superboy/Ultra Boy/Reflecto storyline, and a sort of one-sided battle with one of the Legion's greatest foes. Enjoy! :)


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