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By Geekcentricity on August 31st, 2010
Archive for August, 2010
By Geekcentricity on August 31st, 2010
I want some Magic in my D&D, please
I remember very distinctly when Wizards of the Coast announced the purchase of TSR on April 10, 1997. A whole lot of people went into a panic about what was going to happen. Magic: The Gathering players were worried that somehow their game would be put on a back burner in favor of D&D. D&D [...]
By Geekcentricity on August 29th, 2010
Comics shipping September 1st
MARVEL Amazing Spider-Man Presents Black Cat #3 Astonishing X-Men Xenogenesis Directors Cut #1 Avengers Childrens Crusade #2 Avengers Childrens Crusade #2 travis charest variant Avengers Thor Captain America Official Index #5 Captain America Forever Allies #2 Deadpool Pulp #1 Deadpool Wade Wilsons War #4 Franken-castle #20 Gorilla Man #3 Hawkeye & Mockingbird #4 Hercules Twilight [...]
By George on August 28th, 2010
Tigers Can’t Fly: Even When They’re Drugged
It’s tough to fly nowadays. So many rules. Prohibitions. No gels, no liquids. No food, no drinks. No drugged baby tigers stored in your luggage. I mean SERIOUSLY, what’s a guy gotta do to board a plane anymore? This week’s latest piece of strange news comes straight out of Bangkok dangerous, where authorities at Bangkok [...]
By Geekcentricity on August 26th, 2010
Demeno: Our Pathfinder campaign world
Click to embiggen My group is not currently involved in adventuring on Pathfinder’s world of Golarion, and are instead on Demeno (a world the group was transported to unexpectedly). Demeno Demeno contains three continents amid its immense seas. The largest of these is Dymax, which is also the most heavily populated. On its western edge, [...]
By Geekcentricity on August 24th, 2010
Playing tabletop RPGs on Twitter doesn’t work
Let me start off by saying that there are lots of things that I love about Twitter. I love the instant connectivity, how it brings news to me immediately, as the news happens. I love how I can find out about and read a lot of different articles that I would probably have missed had [...]
By Darren on August 23rd, 2010
The Inquisition of Johannes Cabal
And now, for something completely different, I present to you a partial transcript of an event which will henceforth be known as the Inquisition of Johannes Cabal. What’s that? You weren’t expecting an inquisition? NOBODY expects an inquisition! Except, I’m beginning to think that Mr. Cabal did expect his inquisition. He seemed to anticipate each [...]
By Geekcentricity on August 22nd, 2010
Comics shipping August 25th
MARVEL Amazing Spider-Man Presents American Son #4 Astonishing X-Men #35 Avengers #4 Avengers #4 john romita jr variant Avengers #4 women of marvel frame variant Black Widow #5 Captain America #609 Captain America 1940s Newspaper Strip #3 Dark Wolverine #90 Deadpool Team-Up #890 Dream Logic #2 Fantastic Four #582 Heroic Age Prince of Power #4 [...]
By Jonathan on August 22nd, 2010
Geekgasm: Gamesday 2010
Gamesworkshop (GW), the parent company of Forgeworld, the Black Library, and producers of the tabletop strategy game I play called Warhammer 40K hosted Gamesday in Baltimore and it was amazing…grown men, a few kids, and lots of plastic crack. But instead of words I’ll let pictures do the work…enjoy. There were speed painting competitions, build [...]
By George on August 21st, 2010
My Dad the Pimp
An Idiot’s Guide To Punishment Admittedly, I am not a parent. Never have been. So maybe I’m not the most qualified person to judge parenting skills and choices. But then again, I used to be a kid. And I’ve seen a lot of movies. So… sure… I’d say I’m a reliable source. There’s a story [...]
