Akratic Wizardry

AKRATIC WIZARDRY: A blog wherein I scribble about role-playing games. I also sometimes write about fantasy and science-fiction films, novels, art, TV shows, and the like.

14 June 2017

Dead Light (Call of Cthulhu adventure summary)

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As I've mentioned before here, I've been running a sporadic Call of Cthulhu 7th edition campaign since Halloween 2014. Most of the a...
07 June 2017

The Growing Cyclopean Pile of Cthulhu Games

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This article at NPR—“ H.P. Lovecraft's Monster Is Wrapping Family GameNight Up In Tentacles ”—discusses the ever-growing number of boar...
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16 May 2017

Hydra versus Kali

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It might not be beloved within the art world -- as this hilarious review at Art News  makes clear -- but this statue by Damien Hirst, ...
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09 May 2017

Maybe Blade Runner 2049 will not be terrible?

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So two years ago (!) I expressed the view that the planned  Blade Runner sequel was a bad idea. The original film is the greatest science-...
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04 May 2017

The True Origin of the Flail Snail?

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Of the many strange and absurd creatures included in the original AD&D  Fiend Folio , perhaps none has been more often mocked and ridi...
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29 March 2017

Mythras Swords and Sorcery Advice

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Thinking of running a ‘swords-and-sorcery’ style Mythras ( RuneQuest 6 ) campaign? This thread at the RPGsite contains some helpful advice...
28 March 2017

Planescape: Torment Enhanced Edition

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So it turns out that the Planescape teaser that I mentioned earlier was for the forthcoming 'Enhanced Edition' of the  Planescape: ...
27 March 2017

Classic Dungeons and Dragons modules to be reprinted

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Well this is interesting: Goodman Games has partnered with Wizards of the Coast to publish some classic D&D modules in hardback for...
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25 March 2017

The Return of Planescape?

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Curious . There is a brief note on this 'countdown' at Enworld .
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20 March 2017

A New Thing for your Crypts

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Crypts & Things remains my favourite old school ‘pseudo-clone’. (The new edition is perhaps somewhat more entrenched in its default s...
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I'm a Canadian political philosopher who lives primarily in Toronto but teaches in Milwaukee (sometimes in person, sometimes online).
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