This guide is your starting point for exploring the universe of Santa Claus Conquers the Martians.
Free quickstart rules as Mythic Bastionland TTRPG “Before Into the Odd” surges on Kickstarter
There are now well over 3,000 backers and £180,000 pledged to Chris McDowall’s Mythic Bastionland RPG. The game is an imagined past of two other RPGs: Into the Odd and Electric Bastionland.
D&D Decanter set: 750ml of dwarven courage
Merchoid has an official D&D Decanter Set. Actually, the merch site has a generous Dungeons & Dragons section, and I note with mixed interest and alarm that many of the ranges are selling out.
That escalated badly! A review of Phoenix: Reminiscence of Flower
The Studio 4°C anime is directed by Shoujirou Nishimi and suits fans of surreal and/or bleak fantasy. The flying evil goose spaceship is just one example.
Men are idiots: A review of Macross Plus (Movie Edition)
I was calling Macross Plus the movie edition “Top Gun in space” in my head long before I heard pretty much everyone else on the Sunday night of Scotland Loves Anime call it the same thing. Ergo, it makes it into the review. However, the male idiots in Top Gun were at least a bit […]
Robot bodies: A Review of Galaxy Express 999
Galaxy Express 999 feels more like a road movie than a grand adventure. It’s not Lord of the Rings in space despite the half-pint hero setting out on a long journey to do right and meeting mysterious warriors on the way.
TrashSexy – The actual name for a coop raccoon TTRPG
Fox and Boar Games are on Kickstarter with a tabletop RPG called TrashSexy, and they’ve nearly three dozen backers.
Warm and a bit spicy: A review of Komada – A Whisky Family
I buy my whisky from Masters of Malt (which has an excellent whisky Santa, btw) and they’re an English company. I’m Scottish. And yet, I’m not sure I recall Scotland getting mentioned once in Komada – A Whisky Family. Despite several characters being, you know, whisky fans. It looks like I can forgive Masayuki Yoshihara […]
Sentimental sap in the best possible way: A review of The Concierge
You might want to know that Japanese celebs do many animal voices. I also got to see the feature-length show on the big screen here in Europe, and I see press coverage that says Crunchyroll will/did so a cinema release in the States.
Anti-Scooby-Doo: A review of Lonely Castle in the Mirror
If you like good stories and not too much mystery (I think the twist in the tale is easy to spot), then I’d recommend taking a trip to the Castle.
