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The Ex-Heroes by Peter Clines Review

You can imagine how excited I was when our fans started telling us about a book series that shares a similar setting with Rotted Capes. This series takes a bunch of superheroes, throws them into a zombie apocalypse, and explores just how human even our best heroes can be. This is the premise of the Ex-Heroes series by Peter Clines. I read all five books within a three week period, and loved every minute. So, much like a hero trying to distract a horde from a group of survivors, let’s dive right in.

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You Must Listen to This – Hollywood History as Inspiration

T.S. Eliot once wrote “Good writers borrow, great writers steal.” While it is true that many great ideas are reinterpreted and reimagined in ways that can make them fresh and new, the temptation to lift already-established fiction and place it piecemeal (or entirely) into your own for the purposes of gaming can be a problem….

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Like – Love – Hate: Why Bubblegumshoe Creates the Best NPCs

I picked up Bubblegumshoe on a whim earlier this summer. I’d played only a scant handful of Gumshoe games, and while I have a well documented love for coming of age YA fiction, the “teen detective” genre hadn’t left a strong impression on me. But I love Evil Hat’s work in general, and I was intrigued by a game that very explicitly discourages violence as a problem solving method, so into my DriveThruRPG cart it went.

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3 More Perfect Summer RPGs

It’s been two years since I first published the list of the 5 Best Summer Role Playing Games, and A LOT of new games have come out since then! So as New York waits out another interminable heat wave (hello heat dome – now does that sound like a wizard’s spell or what?), here are…

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Bros Before Boos

In this weeks Fandiblog Post, David writes about the masterpiece that is Ghost Adventures!

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Why Nerds Should Watch Crazy Ex-Girlfriend

The CW’s offbeat surprise musical comedy hit is now on Netflix, meaning anyone who prioritized watching Supergirl on Monday nights this year can now catch up on one of the best shows on television. For a network that most nerds know about because of its superior superhero programming, dramatically killing off lesbian characters, and of…

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The 5 Types of Powergamers

You, as a gaming aficionado, have probably heard of the term Powergamer: the stereotypical roleplayer who min-maxes their character to become the most effective violence machine. But, dear reader, there is another type of powergamer. The in-character powergamer. These are the people who roleplay a specific type of character in every game. Whether satisfying a inner need or simply for a challenge, they derive some satisfaction from occupying these specific roles. Here I have identified 5 types of Powergamers.

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If Disney Princesses played D&D…

Everyone loves a good re-imagining of the Disney Princesses. From Star Wars to Game of Thrones to My Little Pony, there’s something for everyone (just keep Safe Search on when Googling, because when I say everyone, I mean everyone. Hello, Rule 34). So now it’s time to meld these archetypes of animated femininity with the archetypes…

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