The Outpost – A Review of the CW Series

I just finished binge-watching this show on the recommendation of a friend. I thought I'd write this review while it's still fresh in my mind. I became a voracious reader very early in life. I read The Hobbit while I was still in grade school. I played Dungeons and Dragons back in the 1970s. In …

Filmstruck is Getting Shut Down

Apparently it's not a large enough source of revenue for the new AT&T conglomerate that owns them now. Don't know what I'm talking about? Filmstruck. The online service that hosts films that are landmarks in the history of cinema. Opening the vaults of TCM, Warner Bros and the Criterion Collection, Filmstruck was one of a …

Classic Traveller Space Combat QRS

In writing up a new adventure and preparing to run CT again for the first time in a while, I've had to brush up on space combat rules and make some choices. Even the last time I ran a CT campaign, it all took place on one planet (Regina), so I didn't need space combat …

References for Classic Traveller

I'm writing a Classic Traveller adventure, and since it's been quite a while since I ran the game myself I'm preparing Quick Reference Guides. I also made up a page of pregenerated character cards. I thought I'd share in case anyone else would benefit, or if there are any comments. Things may be a bit …

Social Networking

The Google Plus social network will be shutting down in ten months. My experience there is that it was less busy than Facebook, but there was still quite a bit of discussion about fannish things. And after all, that's why I'm here online, “socially networking.” So, having deleted my Facebook account a few months ago …