Sometime around December of 2009, I jotted down some notes for a roleplaying game about heists and con games. It was called Heist!, and I sat on it, waiting for some time to flesh it out. Recently I picked up the Leverage role-playing game, and it was… very familiar. I certainly can’t say that I [...]
Want to read this along with me? This essay is part of The Return of Sherlock Holmes, published in 1905. I used the epub version found on Feedbooks.com. This is the 50th essay I’ve written in the Tour de Holmes, and I’m celebrating by using an iPad (original model) to read this story on. This [...]
I’ve been meaning to write up my experiences as a guest of honor at I-Con 30 for the past week or so, but getting caught up has made that hard. It was a great convention, and I had a lot of fun doing it (especially because Michelle and I actually got to hang out at [...]
Want to read this along with me? This essay is part of The Return of Sherlock Holmes, published in 1905. I used the epub version found on Feedbooks.com. Before I dive into this, I just noticed that the last post marked six months of me doing these essays, and that the post after this will [...]
Want to read this along with me? This essay is part of The Return of Sherlock Holmes, published in 1905. I used the epub version found on Feedbooks.com. A golden what now? This case has a few bits of interesting Victorian lore, starting with the title itself. A pince-nez is a style of eyeglasses popular [...]
I’ve been working on Vampire or things involving Vampire for over three years now. Every time it comes up (especially recently with the discussion around Vampire: The Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition), there’s been a lot of fond remembrances and half-serious jokes made about goths and goth culture. Black eyeliner, clove cigarettes, and The Cure inevitably [...]
Want to read this along with me? This essay is part of The Return of Sherlock Holmes, published in 1905. I used the epub version found on Feedbooks.com. I’ll be honest here: “The Three Students” is a lackluster story. In fact, the events were so implausible that it actually inspired one of the very first [...]