For the Free Change in (virtual) location

I had been running “For the Free” through a personal wiki. However, the guys at Obsidian Portal asked for a “celebrity campaign” to be featured on their site, and apparently my minuscule fame qualifies, so I volunteered to feature our cycle on the site. I played with the site for a while, and found it [...]

For the Free Chapter 1: Call to Adventure

We just completed our first chapter of “For the Free,” our Scion game. You can read what happened on my wiki. This game has been unique in a few ways: 1) This is the most I’ve prepared for a roleplaying game in a long time. Usually I just jot down a handful of notes and [...]

Call for the Dead by John le Carré

First, a bit of background. I have been a fan of Ian Fleming’s novels for many years, and a fan of Dashiell Hammett and Raymond Chandler for even more. Over that time, I have had friends and acquaintances express surprise that I was totally unfamiliar with John le Carré‘s work, particular his George Smiley novels. [...]