This will probably not be a long essay. I am hard pressed to think of a Marvel movie I liked more than Infinity Wars. Doctor Strange, Spiderman 2, Black Panther, Civil War, Avengers 1, Winter Soldier, these were all movies that, when I compare them, yeah I liked Infinity Wars more. Yet, I found myself…
Captain America 3: The Winter Soldier
Still working on getting an archive together for older posts so I thought I’d throw a few on here for posterity. At last we have Marvel’s latest opus, the third Captain America movie, Civil War. Before I thought maybe this movie could be called an Iron Man movie or an Avengers movie because it has…
Superman – The Late Mr. Kent
The last few weeks the twitterverse have bubbled with people arguing about The Snyder Cut of Justice League. This tends to be a proxy war for discussion of what people want to see out of DC Superhero movies. And with the Covid pandemic shutting down productions worldwide we have a chance to dwell. This brings…
Descent into Avernus – Revelations
I started writing recaps of my Avernus sessions with the goal of eventually putting them here. After 10 sessions things started blurring together a bit. With the dawn of the COVID-19 Pandemic there’s also way less free time to spend at the keyboard musing about movies and table top RPGs. Now, about 12-14 sessions in…
Session Zero – Baldur’s Gate & Elturel: Descent into Avernus
I am hungry to do another in person 5E Game and our group decided to do Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus with me behind the screen. Those of you with time on your hands may have already read my long-ass review of this adventure. Very long story short, this one will be tough to run.…
Genesys Character Creation: C0-LE
I recently signed up for a Play-By-Post game online using Genesys by Fantasy Flight Games. We are going to be playing in the Android campaign setting. FFG and WotC put out several games over the years (boardgames or card games) called either Android or Netrunner for this IP. It is meant to be a Cyberpunk…
Baldur’s Gate – Descent into Avernus
I want to preface this review by saying that of all the 5E releases to date, this is the one I was anticipating the most. I have been pumped for Baldur’s Gate: Descent Into Avernus, from DAY ONE! DAY ONE SON! Yet my expectations for Descent changed multiple times from announcement to release. When the…
Baldur’s Gate, Part 2 – Heroes of Baldur’s Gate
Heroes of Baldur’s Gate was a huge surprise to me when it came out. Maybe I was just out of the loop. This adventure came out in 2019 from one of the writers of Dragon Age: Origins. It draws heavily from the Baldur’s Gate video games. Heroes takes place at the same time roughly a…
Baldur’s Gate, Part 1 – Murder in Baldur’s Gate
Those of you who follow my Twitter account may have noticed I am very eager to get my paws on the upcoming D&D 5E hardcover adventure, Baldur’s Gate: Descent into Avernus. I was sold on the concept of a Mad Max inspired sandbox in Hell. I’m getting some Dark Sun vibes from the shattered wasteland,…
The D&D Version of The Iron Bull
I’m dipping my toes here into Character Creation Speculation. Every week the Total Party Thrill Podcast creates a new character trying to hit a new archetype. Sometimes they make character from fiction like Spiderman, sometimes they make a character who fights different, an archer who fights in Melee, or exploit a specific rule like how…