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Last fall I started up a new game session with my group. Historically, we’ve done tabletop games with D&D and Pathfinder, classic fantasy types, and we dabbled in other systems, other themes. Monster of the Week (MotW) by Evil Hat games always felt fun to me: modern settings, the homage to Supernatural, Buffy, and all […]

Insert Coin

So, it has come to this. “New Management”. Is that the right way to put it? Still me, but a different me than the last time I gave this place a good look and cleaned off the dust. I wanted a change of scenery to say the least. Not to dismiss the decor that was […]

Asura’s Wrath

It is the beginning of the sixth week since my departure at my last company. Among all my applications in search for work, I have had one company call me back for interviews, and they have since cut me from consideration. This isn’t a post to plea for understanding as much as it is a […]

House on Fire

[From the cutting room floor of my content edits. It’s great at waxing poetic, but did nothing to move the story along. So it goes.] Some time had passed, more than desired and less than expected. Jason had wandered to a bar he used to frequent, a familiar stomping ground to provide him with some […]

Hide

The rain stopped about an hour ago, but the smell of it lingered in the air. Sean had convinced his friends to go urban spelunking at the abandoned meat packing plant just outside of town, but they nearly backed out on count of the weather alone. Not so much for cowardice as much as safety; […]

Demon in a Bottle

Aidan woke up with a shake. His body twitched as he found himself restrained to a chair, tied at every extremity. In particular his hands and fingers were bound and covered, secured to the edge of the wooden armrests. The light of the candles in the room was dim, and there were no windows that […]

Character concept snapshot: Grendel

D&D 5e // Changeling // lvl 4 Barbarian, Path of the Beast // lvl 2 Druid, Circle of the Moon +++++ The group huddled close to the fire, not for the cold, but for fear of the dark. The woods were thick on this part of the road, and stories always milled about the beasts […]

Ashes and Smoke: Black Days

The shock was immediate, but it did not impede Claudia’s approach. Her resolve hardened, just like every other time her back was against the wall in life. She discarded her cloak other other things weighing her down, as it was apparent by the otherworldly nature of the moment that they would do her no good. […]

Ashes and Smoke: The Descent

Wake up. Claudia came to slowly, face down on the ground, the wooden boards beneath her cold and stiff. Her head was throbbing, a tension pressing desperately to escape the confines of her skull. When she moved her hand to clutch her temple, she hit something–a chair leg–and winced more at the surprise than the […]

Ashes and Smoke: Reunion

The air was still and the light dim on the inside of the tavern. Pouring rain continued outside, and both parties had convened to a warmer setting to continue their discussion. However, since coming inside, getting a couple of tankards to drink, and a few pleasantries to the surrounding people, there remained a tense silence […]