Just started playing Grim Dawn

Just started playing Grim Dawn, an old school-style RPG I kickstarted sometime in the distant past. I've been looking forward to this game for quite a long time, and so far — having played about half an hour of it so far — it's a return to form. My dual-wielding nightblade kicks butt. Nightblades get … Read more

Ingress: Darsana Saturday!

It’s #Darsana today! Ingress players from all over the northeast are gathering today in Hartford for the Darsana anomaly. I don’t know the storyline — I haven’t played much Ingress since work transferred me to a location without many nearby portals — but there was no way I was going to miss this event in … Read more

D&D 5e — Death Without Succor

It was an odd chain of coincidences, we thought — Escobert sends us through a secret tunnel, straight into a kobold and cultist ambush. Then he sends us to a mill — straight into a cultist and mercenary, this time, ambush. ————- The burning mill behind us tossed our shadows at our feet as we … Read more

D&D 5e: Grist for the Mill

Spend enough time in a kobold suit, and you begin to understand them, a little. The sideways sneers from those who don’t understand. All the gnomes in the lab calling you a “scaly”. But you need to really know your enemy in order to truly ridicule them. Honor them, I mean. Really, two sides of … Read more

D&D 5e: When Clerics Attack

I’ve never seen such a tough crowd. I do mean crowd. The humans are stepping on each other’s shadows, and even we more compact sort are having to watch our step. Still, they seem upset, and why? How often do you get to see a DRAGON? I haven’t seen one in a long time. Well, … Read more