As the year winds its way down and night encroaches upon our empty lives earlier and earlier, horror encases the soul like a salve to soothe the jagged edges of the frizzled psyche during these dark months. Naturally I have arrived to bring you more write-ups from this big ass horror list project I’ve been…
Tabletop Review – Traveller – Marches Adventures 1-5, Secrets of the Ancients, Central Supply Catalogue 2023
The thing about starting a new game-system is knowing how to flesh it out. There is usually 1-2 established pathways, that longterm players will suggest to familiarize newcomers, but what then? If you’re playing D&D 5E, you’re told to get the starter set and Lost Mines of Phandelver, Call of Cthulhu has a starter set,…
Tabletop Review – Planescape – Adventures in the Multiverse – Wizards of the Coast
Planescape was an important milestone in my progression as a player and DM when I got a copy of the boxed set as a teenager in the 1990’s. When I got into Advanced D&D I was immediately excited for the “Forgotten Realms” which seemed so FANTASTIC and so MASSIVE, and then the Ravenloft – Realms…
Tabletop Review – Pirate Borg (Free League)
Mork Borg is interesting. I found the game through a recommendation from a friend, and being that it’s described as a doom metal (it’s more black in my eyes) fantasy RPG I knew it had to be part of my collection. Early on I played a few games, and found it a pretty awesome way…
Tabletop Review – Cults of Runequest – Prosopaedia/Mythology (Chaosium)
I am not actively running a RuneQuest campaign right now, and yet I’ve probably gotten more out of the Cults of Runequest series than any other RPG book I’ve read this year. The reason being is I’ve ended up treating them, like I treated my well-worn childhood copy of D’Aulaires Book of Greek Myths and…
Ben Reads the Horror Classics: Super-Sized Edition
Greetings, folks! Been quite a while since I’ve posted one of these, although rest assured I have not abandoned the project by any means. I’ve just been super busy with other stuff and haven’t had a chance to post until now. In this Super-Sized Edition, I’ll be delivering up ten write-ups instead of the usual…
Tabletop Review – Old School Essentials (Necrotic Gnome/Exalted Funeral)
I started playing RPG’s due to the influence of the mid 80’s Dungeons and Dragons cartoon. I remember finding out swiftly after watching that it was based on a game, less swiftly was I able to secure a copy of the game itself. I don’t exactly remember the exact time-frame between seeing the cartoon on…
Ben Reads the Horror Classics: Conjuring Blood at the End
Been a hot minute since I’ve posted one of these, so I figured it’s past time to let folks know what I’ve been consuming. This time I’ve got a witchy classic, a literary zombie tale, a pop culture frenzy of craziness, a dark and twisted haunted house story and a Victorian gothic tale of murder….
Ben Reads the Horror Classics: All Heads Look Inward and Weep
It’s May! Spring has sprung and those hits just keep on coming. In this installment, we have a classic paranormal detective, a family dynasty steeped in voodoo, a heavily meta demon-possessed typewriter, a tale of revenge and spelunking and a massive omnibus of weird fiction from a particularly unique writer. We got ourselves a whole…
Ben Reads the Horror Classics: The Nights Are As Cold As Human Nature
It’s March, folks! My allergies suck but at least the weather is getting better. What better time is there for another installment in this on-going horror novel mega-list project of mine? This time we have a controversial French thriller, a slow-burn Victorian throwback, a chilling (both literally and metaphorically) struggle for survival, an outstanding collection…