Transition

I'm firing this back up, but with a slightly different purpose -- it will now act as a repository for clues and other gaming penumbra related to my soon-to-begin Call of Cthulhu campaign.

Officially on hiatus

Of course most of you have figured this out, but I figured I'd talk about it.  When I started this blog, I was had been unemployed for about six months and was looking for something to do that took my mind off the doldrums of aimless joblessness.  It did the trick.  I'd also moved to a new town and didn't have any real gaming to satisfy my fix, so it actually scratched that itch too.

Now I have a job and am starting to make contacts in the local gaming community, so both of the main reasons for starting this are now gone.  Mainly, the job takes up a huge amount of time -- it's rewarding, and challenging, and a heck of a lot better than unemployment, but when I get home I'm in unwind-mode, not try-to-speak-intelligently-about-gaming mode.

So thanks for reading my (short-lived) project.  I have a few things floating around out, so I'll pop in occasionally -- maybe with some capsule reviews or whatever.  We'll see.  RSS feed is your friend.

I recommend rpg.net and especially rpg.geekdo.com for all your storytelling games fix.  See you in the funny papers.

Notate bene.

1.  All of reviews will contain appalling and unapologetic amounts of spoilers.  This is a Keeper-only blog and if you are currently, or ever intend to be, a player in a Call of Cthulhu game, stop reading!

2.  I will review RPG books that I have not played.  I am comfortable doing this for a few reasons:  #1, I have a lot of experience in the hobby and am rarely surprised by what a game brings to the table.  #2, it can be really difficult to get every aspect of a game, supplement, or scenario to a table.  A single book can comprise dozens or even hundreds of hours of play time.  #3, even if I were to exhaustively play out a book, due to the unique vagaries of individual groups and play sessions, it still wouldn't be a perfectly accurate assessment of how it would work for you and your group.

3.  I don't use a 5- or 10-star scale for rating things, I use a Fudge scale.  From best to worst, this is:

• Superb
• Great
• Good
• Fair
• Mediocre
• Poor
• Terrible

I find this easier and more aesthetically-pleasing.

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