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Fate RPG Alternate Rules: Health
I’ve been a tabletop RPG gamer for decades. No, I’m not going to toss out how, gosh, I’m so old-school ’cause I know how to calculate THAC0, and that makes me better than you. I mean, I do know how to calculate … Continue reading
Dragon Awards Are Live
Last year, we released footage of the first annual Dragon Awards, the official award of DragonCon, one of the world’s largest SFF conventions. And now, the Dragons are once again upon us. The nominations process has begun. However, I don’t recommend … Continue reading
Posted in Fantasy, Fiction, Gaming, Horror, News, Romance, Science Fiction, Tabletop RPGs, Thriller, Video Games, Writing
Tagged DragonCon, Honor At Stake, live and let bite
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Butcher discusses Peace Talks at DragonCon
Jim Butcher is deeply enamored with DragonCon. After multiple signings where no one showed up, or panels at conventions where he was the only one in the room, DragonCon is where he started to feel like an author. In fact, … Continue reading
Posted in Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, Tabletop RPGs, Uncategorized
Tagged Captain America, DragonCon, Harry Dresden, Jim Butcher, Marvel, Steampunk, The Dresden Files
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Strange Skies: Fortune Favors the Bold (Part 2)
I ran out of time in the last segment (or rather, I decided the wall o’ text was big enough), so I wasn’t able to finish the tale of the first chapter of Strange Skies. If you missed that first installment, … Continue reading
Strange Skies: Fortune Favors the Bold
I promised to share the events of Strange Skies, the campaign I’m running that includes over half of our Catholic Geeks writers. That was a few weeks ago, so it’s high time I fulfill that promise. And, since we just came to … Continue reading
To Sail the 7th Sea
There’s a game I’ve never played and yet I’ve enjoyed anyway. It’s called 7th Sea, and it’s a near-Earth (not an alternate history, but with deliberately obvious parallels) setting that, at its debut, was extremely innovative. Unlike much more ubiquitous roleplaying games, you … Continue reading
Final Fantasy Making a Comeback?
The recent trend here on The Catholic Geeks seems to be video games, and I suppose that means I’ll have to jump on the bandwagon. I know, it’s absurd — how can I be excited to see a remake of … Continue reading
Video Game Review of Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, was an awesome, awesome game. Does Part five, Skyrim, also hold on to the legacy?
Posted in Gaming, Reviews, Tabletop RPGs
Tagged Claudia Christian, Elder Scrolls, Lynda Carter, Max von Sydow, Skyrim
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Overview of OVERWATCH
Blizzard Entertainment is kind of a big deal in gaming right now. If you haven’t heard of them, odds are you’ve heard of one of their major franchises: Warcraft, Starcraft, or Diablo. For most of Blizzard’s career, these were their … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Commentary, Fiction, Gaming, News, Reviews, Science Fiction, Superhero, Tabletop RPGs, Video Games
Tagged Blizzard Entertainment, Call of Duty, Diablo, First Person Shooter, Halo, Hearthstone, Heroes of the Storm, Online Gaming, Overwatch, Player vs Player, PvP, Starcraft, Timesplitters, Tracer, World of Warcraft
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A Tale of Two Awards
A lot of attention has come to the state of awards in the field of science fiction and fantasy in the last few years, thanks to increasing problems with and arguments over the Hugo Awards. If you’re unaware of why, … Continue reading →