Fiction Post - Writer's Block

Elliot put on his writer's mask and glared at the computer monitor. The text cursor blinked in and out of existence, demanding additions to his opus. Squinting, he typed in a small bit “The man reached for the pistol, his hand shaking.” Sighing, Elliot deleted the words. All the text tonight was just coming out crap after all. Leaning back, he pushed the chair back and spun it around. Maybe the nausea would give him some inspiration.

Fiction post! - Fixed point in time

Ricky spun the bottle out of his hands. It spun out and upwards in a lazy spin. It slowed as it rose to the top of its arc and hung there, floating freely like the other five bottles he threw previously. He sighed, tapping them one after the other. Each fell to the floor on contact, though they again slowed down and landed gently on the ground. The sixth bottle had spun higher than the others, and had slowed to a stop at knee height rather than on the floor. Ricky tapped it again, and this time it dropped and broke into three nasty shards. He grinned sadly, "That's a good fightin' bottle now. Maybe someone here will need it."

Review - Cannon Busters!

From Top to bottom: Philly the Kid, Sam, Casey Turnbolt

Cannon Busters just came out on Netflix recently, and by recently I mean August 15th 2019.  Holy Cow! I'm only a week late and a dollar short. You might ask, wouldn't this reach more people as a video review on you tube like all the everyones are doing now? And I might reply; Look, video reviews cost money to make and I have mostly just have time. What was I doing? Oh, Right. Review time.

Forever Late Review! - No Man's Sky

This is a thing you can do.

I've been playing No Man's Sky finally. Does that means its time for another Forever Late Review?
Of course I haven't ever done one of these by name, but since I never seem to get around to buying and playing games when they are new... this sounds like a plan. To be fair, I've only picked it up in the last week and a half. So new to me, right? Okay, Lets go!

Trogdor: The Board Game - Review!

Behold in all its glory.

Okay team, My copy of Trogdor: The Board Game arrived in the mail yesterday. I have gotten a couple games in, so lets dive in and look this thing over.

This game is a Co-op only game that runs for 30 to 45 min for 1 to 6 players. There are two main versions, the regular and the deluxe. The regular has wooden meeples as pictured to the right, and the deluxe also has plastic pre-painted figures in addition to all of those. Both sets are quite nice, though I went with the deluxe version. Seriously, I'm not sure I'll ever not use the minis.

Board Game Review - Endogenesis

Okay, so I recently got my Kickstarter copy of Endogenesis in the mail. In Endogenesis each player plays as a formless Spirit in a new universe. You are competing with the other players to become the king/queen of the pantheon of the gods when the universe kicks off. It runs from 1 to 5 players, with 1-2 players having a different game mode. The run time is anywhere from 30 to 120 minutes. As a personal aside, the Kickstarter went off about as perfectly as a Kickstarter can. The designer David Goh has earned a look from me on all of his future projects.

So, if the above description doesn't perk your interest...

Fiction Day! - Session #1 of Android RPG pt.1

Sci-fi Noir Fun times!

Ding! Icarus pulled out his pad from a pocket. The message notification light shown a dull red. "Seraphina has a job for me, Nice." She wanted him to come down from level 55 where he roomed in an apartment with no questions asked to the park down on level 5 where she built up her market. It comprised a collection of stalls and merchants who sold legally questionable merchandise and information. Icarus bought and sold there frequently, they didn't mind his clone heritage. There were 2 other names on the message Icarus didn't know. "This must be important. She knows I work alone." One check on his watch confirmed it, there wasn't time to kill.

Legend of Signum Review Pt 2!

So, If you haven't read review part one, you can do so Here. Its been a bit since the previous review, but I have had a chance to play a few games with the system and it seems to be fairly solid. Lets start with a run down of the regular turn / some basic rules. Each turn you get a money, draw a card, and then get the option of adding to your city. The city is your source of Mana (to borrow from Magic: the Gathering), and each card needs up to three buildings either specific, or generic. I would even hazard that the build order for your city is the primary learning curve of the game.

Legends of Signum Review! Part 1!

Okay Team! So, my kickstarter for this game has come in the mail. Lets break this thing down.

Legend of Signum: Battle for Vallor is a 2 player game that is approximately 50% Collectible card game, 50% miniatures war game. The decks range from 20 to 40 cards and must comprise at least 50% creatures. These are summoned to the battle field where they move and attack in a miniature format. Most of the cards needed to play are purchased in a CCG format, with 7 cards per pack with a normal scale of rarity. Common, Rare, Legendary, and Mythic. there are 6 commons and one Rare, and then there roughly 1 legendary in every 8 packs. Mythics are not in normal packs, but are going to be like promo cards, and prizes. Also, some packs will have a building/terrain card in addition to the above. The characters are purchased in blister packs, and come with all the cards needed to play with.

Fiction Day! - Android: Net runner fun times, character study.

Icarus watched the guard and waited. The Guard’s lazy patrol meandered from the front entrance to the alley on the right side of the building. To an unassuming observer, he looked alert and ready for anything. However, on closer inspection one could tell the earbuds the guard used spouted some atrocious audio book, and he kept checking his Pad for his step count. Icarus checked his watch too, out of habit. It took the man 145 seconds to make the lap. “Time to go.” Snatching the curriers hat off the trashcan, Icarus started on a brisk jog #3 towards the doors. The guard still needed to travel half way back to the doors. Icarus stood, waiting at the door and fidgeting. The performance would be noticeable to any other Hermes, but the guard surely would just see another messenger clone waiting to move.

Fiction Day - These story chunks are becoming increasingly out of order

The stars outside sparkled and streaked, flying past the view port. Gaile watched the passing glinting lines contemplatively. She fought the urge to yawn, brushing her red hair away from her eyes. Soon, the ship would land in Buenos Sochi. Gaile flicked her eyes to the camera screens. The boxes of goods in storage sat unmoving. The last few hours of a transport job always bored her out of her mind. "Ugh, When do we arrive again? This is such a pain." She tapped the navigation screen on the control panel. "I don't know how you can read this thing."

Time Breaker - Review!

Okay, So got a copy of this game yesterday. Its a game where you are a time cop trying to catch someone screwing up time, before the other agents do. Lets go over the basics:

• 2 to 5 players
• 10 to 40 min play time
• Card game with Tile board
• high quality Meeples

Played a few games and 

Fiction Day

( Note This happens duringa  break between sections of the last entry.)

The streets seemed to be uneven as Gaile walked back in the direction of the docks. She took an uncertain step grabbing Wesks arm for support. Wesk slowed down a little, giving her a chance to get her balance. "Gaile, why do you do this?" Wesk sighed, "Obviously, the asshat deserved it. Just one of these days... I worry about you, yeh know."

Fiction Day! - Trigger warning!

Wesk sat in his cabin, tinkering with his pistol. It looked like the springs needed to get replaced soon. The sound of the Ship at dock, quiet and morose tempered his good mood from the delivery. The ship was almost quiet like a tomb when it was powered down. Destro was off doing some maintenance and Gaile should be back soon. You could always hear the past too well in the quiet. The screams and gun-fire snuck in slowly, almost unnoticed until it was pounding in his ears.

Fiction Day!

Lacona's screen was taunting her. The thrice damned blinking cursor just sitting there not giving her any ideas on what to do next. "Maybe coffee will help." She brushed the hair out of her eyes and looked over to the station coffee station. The pot was full, and it didn't look more than 3 or four hours old. "That will do." Standing, she stretched her lower back. Yep, still not very helpful. The walk to the pot needed to be quick and purposeful. Otherwise, someone was going to try to interrupt her thought proce...

Fiction Day!

"This is literally the worst." Gaile looked at the pile of scrap formally making up the engine to the ship. "All I have to do is just repair the whole thing and we will be good. It's only the main component to get us airborne again so we can start making more money."

Wesk looked the scrap over, and tapped the side. A broken bolt shifted, then fell off with a loud clank. "I dunno, this looks like we need to go find a new one. The holes we got during the last dust up look like they went in some pretty important places." He picked up a catalytic converter and peered through the misshapen bullet hole on the side. "This seems kinda dead."

Aphantasia - its a thing you didn't know you and others can/cannot do.

Maybe we should talk about brain stuff. Several days ago, I saw something odd on Youtube. It was this video from this artist talking about a newly named/discovered disorder/ thing called Aphantasia. I'm watching along with the video, and I'm going "Visualization is a metaphor for thinking about something. Wait, that shit isn't metaphorical?" All of a sudden, it feels like this is a thing I likely get to deal with.. Yay. Now, anyone who knows me would agree on my thoughts on self diagnosis. "DON'T" But, what if you are absolutely sure that you have a thing you to need to deal with? "NOPE, Let a doctor do it." That arm looks gangrenous. "Lets go to the hospital, no I have no idea what it is."

Short answer is that WebMD will literally make you a hypochondriac if you're not careful. I don't need that.

Captain Marvel

So I got a chance to see Captain Marvel Last night and for those who are in need of speed, it was really good. The acting was good, the cinematography was good, and the sound was really good. I could have done with more Clark Gregg. The ties into the larger universe were pretty well handled and while it does cause some weird plot wholes from movie to movie, its not a very big deal. Oh, and the Stan Lee bits are going to punch you right in the feels.

I am positive this will be considered the gold standard of female super hero movies going forward. People might argue that Wonder woman already broke that ground, but this movie was more what do you do when you are systematically told what you can and cannot do. Also, its nice to see Marvel break away from a hero's starter villain having the same power set except beefier. The De-aging CG used in this film for everyone was better than been used in previous Marvel movies, but it still felt a little weird to me. It gets better every movie, but I think it could still use more work.

Gonna start a new RPG!

So coming up in the near future is going to be a a new RPG group (to me) and we are going to run a Android Genesys game setting. Session Zero is up coming so were going to start planning what I want to roll with now. For those of you not in the know, Session zero is a preliminary meeting where you all plan characters and get an Idea of what you as a group want to do, and in this case I'll be meeting some of the group here for the first time as well. There is normally zero role playing going on, and more just making sure everyone is on the same page. Not every group needs a really formal session, especially if the full group has played together before. I have done groups where both have and haven't done them and it has been fine for that group. Its more important for game systems that are more open, like Genesys, BESM, or Gurps. You don't want someone bringing a full conversion cyborg to your fantasy punk golem noir game... Which I did, because the rules allowed it. Or the time I brought a very much fantasy Fairy to a pretty hard Sci-fi setting. 

Look, mistakes were made. Even if they were super memorable and super entertaining for the group.