Real Life got in the way, as it always seems to do, of our playing through  Game of Thrones Sons of Winter. But, I have to tell ya, the absence made this heart grow fonder. Well, it may have more to do with the fact that Sons of Winter is the best installment from TellTale’s Game of …

Immersion, the willing suspension of disbelief, and player buy-in are some of the most important aspects in tabletop rpgs, and sometimes the small things can made a world of difference in-game. Syrinscape aids GMs in setting the conditions for immersion that will allow for greater player buy-in by creating fantastic soundscapes and soundtracks for use …

How can one person know the heart of another? How can we look into the still waters of a calm lake and know for certain the the image looking back is blameless? We cannot. Regardless of what a “monster manual” or “D&D Wiki” says we all know that within each soul is the seed of …

Not all episodes are paved with gold, but this one is! Which is unfortunate because really that process doesn’t improve the sound quality in the slightest and it doesn’t make it the least bit funnier, and these really are the types of things we should be focused on instead of the exceptionally costly procedure of …

More Samurai madness in Way of the Samurai 4! In this episode I help out some homeless people, use a telegraph with a British child and kill like 10 dudes with baskets on their heads in a spooky forest with my main man Jet!  

Way of the Samurai was an important game during my youth. I would play it and its sequel over and over again trying to unlock every ending and cosmetic item. It was the first game that I ever encountered that changed so much based on the players decisions. I am not sure why it connected …

Perhaps no other book has influenced my thinking about freedom of expression and the power of art as much as The Merro Tree. Yet when I tell people that, I get blank stares.  It’s positively criminal that this book isn’t up there with Fahrenheit 451.  Then again, Fahrenheit 451 is the kind of book that you …

The off season is here listeners, and we have many goodies to keep your thoughts dreadful all year round.  We played a fantastic game of Bully Pulpit’s “Fiasco” with a Penny Dreadful theme, and this is the first part!  Creatures are raised, accents are attempted, and loins are stirred! Your hosts are: Ashleigh Shadowbrook (@ShadowbrookAsh), …

People complain that they’re sick of vampires, that they’re overdone or just done, and I can understand that. There have been a lot of (ahem) pale imitations of Stoker and Rice, far more than good and original vampire fiction. But I’ll never really get tired of vampires, the same way I’ll never get tired of dragons …

Full disclosure: I am a librarian. (Among other things.) Librarian stereotypes are largely mild, often going so far as a severe, buttoned-up woman who shushes people and no further. But of course, then we have the Sexy Librarian, most notable for nearly breaking up Troy and Abed that one time… …and the eager naïf, perhaps …