I am currently obsessed with Mongoose Traveller 2E. I’d say this is odd, because I’ve run the system at this point one time, but I think that nails it, I’m hungering to play it more. The system which was created in the late 70’s as a science fiction response to D&D by legendary game designer…
Ben Reads the Horror Classics: Goodbye, Goosebumps… Hello, Ghost Book…
This entry marks a momentous occasion. I have officially finished going through all of the original 62 Goosebumps books! (And NO, I am not reading the spin-off series). Oh, I read some other stuff too like a collection of feminist sci-fi, an influential crime novel from the 18th century, a quirky modern day ghost story…
Ben Reads the Horror Classics: Of Totems and Hexes
It’s 2023, and I’m still reading books, folks! I feel like I made some really good progress on this big ol’ horror list project I’ve been truckin’ away at, and it’s been truly great to catch up on some missed classics and new favorites I may never have come across otherwise. Yes, there have been…
Ben Reads the Horror Classics: The Wine-Dark Damned Baby
I’m back again after a break for Thanksgiving and to give our annual gift guide some time to breathe! In this group of macabre offerings, I tackle a couple of great collections from a master of the horror short story, a pile of Goosebumps sequels, one of the all-time classic horror novels, a gothic novel…
Ben Reads the Horror Classics: Bring Forth the Carrion Harvest
Since it’s creepy season in October, I thought I’d slide one more of these in before the end of the month. This time I’ve got a classic of the folk horror genre, yet even more doofy Goosebumps, a collection of Weird Tales, a collection of REALLY weird friggin’ tales and an epic of ’80s action…
Ben Reads the Horror Classics: Voyages and Folklore
Been a long time, folks! It’s Boo month, so I thought I’d get one of these horror write-ups out into the wild for people to chew on a little. In this batch we have an incredibly bizarre sci-fi cult classic, a collection of Appalachian cryptid horror tales, a long-dark neo-noir into film nightmares, another seminal…
Ben Reads the Horror Classics: CipherGhasts and Goodnights
Welcome, dear friends. Tonight we shall dine on a savory selection of lovely literature sure to whet your appetite and leave you feeling full and empty at the same time. We have an influential and highly well-regarded gothic fantasy cycle, a bizarre, misanthropic narrative about a hole, a famous stage play of a notorious murderer,…
Ben Reads the Horror Classics: Out of Whispers and Snowmen
I’m not one to cotton to self-help gurus and feel-good platitudes. My day job (what? you think I get paid for blogging? LOL) is in a corporate environment where I’ve been exposed to lots of this nonsense, usually marketed as “LIFE-CHANGING! YOU GOTTA READ IT/WATCH IT”. They inevitably wind up being basic common sense stuff…
Ben Reads the Horror Classics: Murgunstrumm Enters the House of Flesh
After a cavalcade of summer travel, I’m back in the saddle, reelin’ in the years like Steely Dan’s mighty steel sex toy. This time we have another fractured tale of death and weirdness from Caitlin R. Kiernan, a fat load of pulpy goodness from Mr. Hugh B. Cave, a delightful children’s classic with some groovy…
Tabletop Review – WFRP (4E) – Enemy Within (Enemy In Shadows, Death on the Reik, Horned Rat, + Companions)
When list of greatest RPG campaigns are made (and playing them long enough you see these lists OFTEN) a certain few will almost always make the list. Year in, year out, Call of Cthulhu’s Masks of Nyarlathotep and Horror on the Orient Express always seem to garner placement on these list as does Pendragon’s The…