The Butcher

The Butcher · Mar 31, 2020

Can we close the whole poster ranking system and just agree that

Séadna is the best poster in this imaginary establishment? Head over to the “Issues with the forum” thread and you’ll see what I mean.

The Butcher · Mar 24, 2020

Never been one for RPG art books but The Art of Mage tempts me because Michael William Kaluta.

The Butcher · Feb 23, 2020

As a kid I had Masters of the Universe, Thundercats and of course Thundarr the Barbarian on the TV growing up. I was primed from an early age to love SF/fantasy cross-genre stuff.

The Butcher · Feb 20, 2020

Jesus Christ, Heroes Unlimited is one seriously crazy game.

The Butcher · Feb 18, 2020

Why does Spotify keep pushing Saxon into my mixes? They’re like the Monkees of the NWOBHM. Fucking Tygers of Pan Tang is a better band.

The Butcher · Feb 3, 2020

Bashing D&D and Gary Gygax is the Oedipal complex of the hobby.

The Butcher · Jan 22, 2020

Playing Borderlands 3, every time I draw up the star map I have the urge to stat up a Traveller sector based on it. And this is why I will never be an “ex-gamer” — no matter how long I’ve been away from the dice... it’s there. Like a gaping wound.

The Butcher · Jan 11, 2020

I love you, Jolly Blackburn. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10213770574053174&set=a.1013867241549&type=3

The Butcher · Jan 1, 2020

Happy New Year, you crazy elf game people you.

The Butcher · Dec 25, 2019

Traveller has to feel pulpy, in the "men's adventure" sense of the word. Star Wars, Firefly, Borderlands and even The Expanse all drink form the same sources; Westerns, Republic serials, early-to-mid C20 SF (which in turn drank from Spengler, Toynbee and other historians who believed in cycles of civilization of barbarism).

The Butcher · Nov 27, 2019

The ceaseless march of uncaring Time drags on as another year nears its end and once more the agonizing question weighs upon my soul:

Will this be the year I break down and order a Palladium Christmas grab bag?

UPDATE: no, it won’t. Already blew too much money on Black Friday stuff. Gaah

The Butcher · Nov 24, 2019

Ten of us will strike at you like thunder
A hundred of us will strike at your hearts
A thousand of us will strike and obliterate you
Ten thousand of us will strike you like the wrath of Heaven!

The Butcher · Oct 25, 2019

The days grow warmer and longer; the sun rises earlier and sets later. The cicadas sing from the tree-tops and the mosquitos attack with renewed vigor. We break out the sunscreen and the repellent. We call it spring, after a colonial affetation, but there can be no mistake -- summer is here.

The Butcher · Oct 17, 2019

I should really run ACKS. I love D&D5 but my DMing heart still belongs to the OSR. (Please do not introduce Mythras or Savage Worlds into this conundrum.)

The Butcher · Oct 10, 2019

TIL the Dragonlance fans in my old gaming group still get mad when I suggest the Dragonlance novels are less than stellar. (To wit: we're all late 30s, early 40s)

The Butcher · Oct 5, 2019

“Summoned by a Wizard” is a damn fine thread.

The Butcher · Sep 8, 2019

London, I am in you.

The Butcher · Aug 11, 2019

The thing about not gaming is that it’s sort of a self-reinforcing state, isn’t it? The longer it’s been the more difficult it becomes to pierce the non-gaming bubble. At least as a GM.

The Butcher · Jul 23, 2019

Savage Rifts still too crunchy. Wish I could like Fate or something similarly abstract because that seems like the best strategy to decrunchify without losing the fun bits.

The Butcher · Jul 2, 2019

Reading The Anubis Gates for the first time (fuck, it's good) and watching Dark (first seasons, also really good, if confusing at times) so yeah, on a sinister time travel mood. How to gamify this?

The Butcher · Jun 12, 2019

Watching Firefly. Fuck, that's aged badly.

The Butcher · May 20, 2019

People complaining about the GoT finale: WTF were you expecting? That a series infamous for narrative turnabouts would deliver a nice and tidy finale that would make everyone happy? It was rushed, indeed (and I still can’t fathom why) but it was an interesting conclusion and true to many of the themes explored throughout the series. Spoilers fair game in comments.

The Butcher · May 14, 2019

A AsenRG is writing a love letter to Traveller. I sat down to write a love letter to Rifts but it really came out more of a Dear John letter.

The Butcher · May 4, 2019

Feeling cute. Might promise my friends a game I cannot possibly run later idk

The Butcher · May 2, 2019

Fans ruin everything.

The Butcher · Apr 29, 2019

First Avengers, now GoT... still excited

The Butcher · Apr 8, 2019

Fucking impossible to order a gin & tonic in town these days. They come in huge goblets with a bunch of nonsensical garnishes. I hope these people never “discover” the Tom Collins.

The Butcher · Mar 28, 2019

Tiamat’s Wrath... FUUUUUUUUUCK

The Butcher · Mar 17, 2019

Worlds United should be statted up for Savage Worlds. And Totems of the Dead, for Mythras. Change my mind!

The Butcher · Feb 21, 2019

Roast beef: beer (porter) or wine (bold red)?

The Butcher · Feb 18, 2019

Will the end of Google+ spark a resurgence in gaming blogs?

The Butcher · Feb 14, 2019

Feeling in a space opera mood.

Gringnr · Feb 13, 2019

These women deserve our attention, help and respect. It's also important to ensure that it doesn't happen again by limiting the reach of abusers.

The Butcher · Feb 11, 2019

So... are we talking about the Zak thing, or... ?

The Butcher · Jan 29, 2019

The demise of Google+ is making me sadder than I expected.

The Butcher · Jan 16, 2019

When I feel like running nWoD/CoD, my heart says Forsaken or Awakening, but my brain says Requiem or Vigil.

The Butcher · Dec 31, 2018

Happy New Year, Pub.

The Butcher · Dec 29, 2018

I am a space pirate, you know my name
Asteroid mining’s a dangerous game
Imperial Navy can’t keep up my pace
Chasing a rock into Zhodani Space!

The Butcher · Dec 24, 2018

The John Wick movies’ “secret network of elite assassins” with their natty suits and deluxe hotels and blood pacts and shadowy overlords and judgements is a fantastic template for a World of Darkness sandbox (Vampire, Masquerade or Requiem, in particular). And of course, the aesthetics are just right.

The Butcher · Dec 24, 2018

Merry Christmas, you crazy elfgame people.