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B-movie Inspirations: Nemesis (1992) and its sequels

Posted on March 10, 2015February 17, 2022 by Ron McClung

Back in the early 90s, I got a copy of Nemesis from the local video store and watched it with a group of gamer friends as a movie night kind of thing. We were expecting just another terrible low budget B-movie with very little substance. We were pleasantly surprised by what is now considered a cult classic. It was a great action flick with awesome gun play and a deep story underneath it (although not very original). It turned out to be a very satisfying film. With actors like a very young Thomas Jane, Tim Thomerson, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa and Brion James, and using great sets like the Kaiser Steel Mill in Fontana, CA. and Yuma Territorial Prison State Park, how can you go wrong?

Career Companion, A Clement Sector Sourcebook

Posted on March 10, 2015December 21, 2022 by Ron McClung

Even with the new incarnation of Traveller published by Mongoose in 2008, players of the game never really had options to truly flesh out their characters. There was no real character advancement system in Mongoose Traveller and the careers seemed cookie cutter, in many ways. It gets even more difficult if you design your own setting, like the Clement sector as many of the careers have to be re-tooled to apply.

The Nether Realm, Talisman Expansion

Posted on March 10, 2015December 21, 2022 by Ron McClung

Talisman is one of those games I will always seem to buy for. I enjoy it with my kids and with my friends. In past editions, it did get repetitive but what I like most about the FFG version is the variety they seem to be injecting into the game. Unlike past editions, FFC has put out various sized expansions so as to control the bloat a game like this can develop. I bought two expansions recently – The Firelands and The Nether Realm – that are very small but have significant impact on the game.

The Firelands, Talisman Expansion

Posted on March 10, 2015December 21, 2022 by Ron McClung

The Firelands, Talisman ExpansionFrom: Fantasy Flight GamesReviewed by: Ron McClung The Firelands, Talisman Expansion is a new Board Game Expansion from Fantasy Flight Games. Talisman is one of those games I always seem to buy for. I enjoy it with my kids and with my friends. In past editions, it did get repetitive but what…

Husks (True20)

Posted on March 10, 2015September 12, 2017 by Ron McClung

Level 4 creature (Medium-Sized Undead)

Blackwater Creek

Posted on March 7, 2015September 22, 2021 by Ron McClung

Setting/System: 1920s USA/Call of Cthulhu 7e I ran this at RonCon Spring 2015 in 7th edition CoC. It was a blast. The basic premise deals with a source of illegal whiskey somewhere in the backwoods of Massachusetts. I did not change the adventure all that much but I planned for at least 8 players (although…

MACE 2014 Report

Posted on January 10, 2015March 3, 2025 by Ron McClung

It takes a lot for me to sit down and write about MACE after it is over. I invest so much time, emotion, and work into it that when it is over, I really go through something like postpartum. But writing about it helps with that in some ways, and the sooner I do it the more I can recall. This year was tough – probably one of the hardest years – and my fatigue has lasted longer than ever before. But I am going to make an effort just to get it down before things are less fresh in my mind.

Carolina Panthers Playoffs 2014-2015

Posted on January 3, 2015May 7, 2024 by Ron McClung

This was a great experience. Thanks to Jim St. John, I was able to get play off tickets and see the Panthers win their first Play Off game. They did not make it past the Wildcard round but it was still a great home game experience.

The Dawn Colonies

Posted on October 27, 2014December 21, 2022 by Ron McClung

I asked John Watts once what TV show he would relate his setting to. I predicted correctly that he feels it was most like Firefly. In many ways, it really has that feel – the grittiness, and the feeling of being a western in space. However, at the same time, it addresses a lot of the things that Firefly and the subsequent RPGs ignored – the realism, the vastness of space and the isolation one planet can feel. It keep a lot of the adventure local, instead of planet hopping across the universe. It is that sense that makes it attractive to me.

Rapture – The End of Days RPG

Posted on October 27, 2014December 21, 2022 by Ron McClung

The Rapture has been the subject of various books and movies and all have approached it from a similar fashion – portraying it as something in the near and foreseeable future. No one that I have seen before this game has ventured out and asked the question “What if it happens way far in the future after man has found ways off this world?” Rapture: The End of Days is a game about that very thing.