I wanted to like this book. When I saw the plot, I thought of Tamora Pierce and her magical, powerful girl characters. The Girl King could be a classic but with Asian identity and modern themes, something both nostalgic and fresh. What it is instead is a diversion. It’s a fun Mission: Impossible or James …

Jennifer Cheek returns to the show for the second half of our discussion of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Battle Tendency. This time around JoJo must face his strongest opponents yet in the form of Esidisi, who is obsessed with battle and honor, and Kars, who, it turns out, has no honor to speak of. Can the combined …

When a plan just makes sense, you can’t think about it too hard. You just have to go for it. Making a crime boss eat his own poisoned pin in a bowl of beans is both poetic and a richly deserved fate. In this episode we watch this beautifully concocted plan play out. Nothing goes …

The Brute Force are attacked by Bestus Wrathtaint, the new paragon of Denderast, and are forced to make drastic choices to save one of their own from a sandy grave. If you wish to support the show and get some goodies in the process, please check out the Patreon at Patreon.com/bruteforce. Brute Force features Adam …

  An unfortunate, but heartwarming reunion of friends. This week the crew discovers sometimes charging in isn’t the best answer. Will they find Darius?  Want to peek behind the curtain? Check us out on YouTube where we record every other Friday. Click here to see past eps and to subscribe. This episode stars Staci, Fred, …

Welcome! Tim and Jennifer go over all that sweet, sweet loot from PAX Unplugged.   Here is a list of the things that we hauled! The Deck of Many NPCs from – https://thedeckofmany.com/ Illimat – https://www.illimat.com/ Total Party Kill Handbook and Trap Compendium – https://www.2cgaming.com/store/c1/Featured_Products.html Pins from…we forget and https://thedeckofmany.com/ I am so sorry!  NPC Portraits Deck: Fantasy from …

Winter of the Witch proves, as few trilogies do, that the hat trick is possible. Three books without any deviation from the stellar quality of the first, each with a unique story and meaningful resolution, but also character and plot development across three books and a satisfying grand finale. Put it like that and it’s …

Pirate Murder Fest!  This is a 5e Dungeons & Dragons adventure set in Northwestern Drunkeros and DMed by Tim Lanning. This is all possible due to the wonderful folks who support our Patreon. Thank you! This week we are joined by  Matthew Morris (@matthewmmorris),, and Matt Spurlin (@punk1290), Josh Scalf (@jwscalf), Howard Tarpley (@TheSubParHojo) and Nika Howard …

This week, Micheal discusses Firenze’s first class with Harry and Co. and who the Sneak is, the cast discusses chocolates – ha, just kiddin’ – it’s all about the theme of suffering, and the Quizzich Cup escalates! Find us on Twitter at @potterpod or shoot us an email at potterpod@geeklyinc.com. http://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/https://geeklyinc.com/potterpod/hp-b5-ch27.mp3Podcast: Play in new window …

If your favorite band created a board game, what would that game look like? Would it be a deck builder or competitive resource style game or maybe something totally new? Well if your favorite band is The Decemberists, then I can tell you exactly how that game would look. Illimat, created by Keith Baker with illustrations …