I just finished reading my original review of Tyrants of the Underdark. I don’t normally go back and read my old work as sometimes it can be difficult. But this time it was a necessity In order to re-examine my feelings on this game and how they’ve changed over the past five years. It’s been…
Author: Charlie Theel
(PG-7) Space Marine Adventures: Doomsday Countdown
Welcome to something new. This is a series I’m going to continue, for real this time, where I discuss and contemplate games as I play them with my seven year old daughter, Lila. It’s a fresh perspective and will hopefully present new ideas and philosophies I can formally share with you. So, Space Marine Adventures.…
The Oath, Journal Entry 17: Thematic Considerations
This book, this book again. I am nervous to report that it’s beginning to make sense! My unease persists as the understanding is thin and wispy, threatening to float away. I’ve begun to revisit earlier passages. These words jitter through my eyes and into my brain like whispers upwind. Crook thy head. “We’ve come to…
Lou…Give Me a Milk, Chocolate – A Destinies Review
The New Nostalgia – A Sword & Sorcery: Ancient Chronicles Review
A couple of years ago I was driving through Memphis and I had the radio cranked to a level of volume best described as distortion. I was listening to a classic rock station; timeless cuts like “Fortunate Son” and “Jessie’s Girl”. The car was bumping. Then something strange happened. “Seven Nation Army” by The White…
The Ephemeral Struggle – A Vampire: The Masquerade – Rivals Review
As a longtime fan of Vampire: The Eternal Struggle, I was hopeful for Rivals. The concept is a 45 minute multiplayer card game of intrigue, politicking, and violence. In addition to the World of Darkness setting, it’s clear that many of the foundational elements also share a link to that famous Richard Garfield CCG. It’s…
Revengeance – A Review of Vengeance: Director’s Cut
Designer Gordon Calleja has stated that the initial idea for the Vengeance Director’s Cut expansion came from my perspective on the game, a perspective I discussed in an earlier episode of my podcast Ding & Dent. My specific comment from that review was: “This game is focused so intensely on the medium of film, it…