Month: April 2018
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A Review of the Role Playing Game Supplement Bayhaven: Port on the Bay
Bayhaven: Port on the Bay by Brian Benoit is a role playing game supplement published by Roving Band of Misfits Press for use with the Hero Kids system. This supplement covers the town of Bayhaven, the setting for the publisher’s Hero Kids adventures. The supplement is available from RPGNow at the regular price of $5.99…
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Movie Review: Avengers: Infinity War
Certificate 12A, 159 minutes Directors: Anthony Russo, Joe Russo Stars: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Mark Ruffalo Avengers: Infinity War begins with a ship stating that they are an Asgardian refugee ship with few soldiers on board. They are under attack by a much larger craft. Inside the refugee ship, most of the people are…
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Movie Review: Peter Rabbit
Certificate PG, 95 minutes Director: Will Gluck Stars: James Corden, Rose Byrne, Domhnall Gleeson Peter Rabbit is based (perhaps somewhat loosely) on the Peter Rabbit stories by Beatrix Potter. It beings in Windermere in the Lake District with a quartet of singing birds who land on the ground where they are knocked over by a…
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Free Role Playing Game Supplement Review: Weekly Wonders – The Colonel
Weekly Wonders – The Colonel by Alex Riggs and Joshua Zaback is a free role playing game supplement published by Necromancers of the Northwest for use with the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game. As such, it is covered by the Open Game License and some parts are considered to be Open Game Content as a result. This…
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Movie Review: A Quiet Place
Certificate 15, 90 minutes Director: John Krasinski Stars: Emily Blunt, John Krasinski, Millicent Simmonds A Quiet Place opens on Day 89 in an abandoned-looking town. There are no people on the streets and the shops are empty. A board has posters of a number of missing people on it. Gathering Supplies Inside one shop there…
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Free Role Playing Game Supplement Review: Mini Quest: The Talisman of Moloch
Mini Quest: The Talisman of Moloch by David Dudka is a free role playing game supplement published by Survive RPG. This is a short adventure, part of the Mini Quest series, that is intended for use with Dungeons & Dragons based systems, although no individual system is specified. This is a five page PDF that…
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Movie Review: Rampage
Certificate 12A, 107 minutes Director: Brad Peyton Stars: Dwayne Johnson, Naomie Harris, Malin Akerman Rampage is, very loosely, based on the video game series of the same name. It begins with a statement that, in 1993, a gene editing method called CRISPR was discovered and that, in 2016, the method was classed as a weapon…
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Movie Review: Pacific Rim Uprising
Certificate 12A, 111 minutes Director: Steven S. DeKnight Stars: John Boyega, Scott Eastwood, Cailee Spaeny Pacific Rim Uprising is the sequel to Pacific Rim and it begins with a man narrating, giving a summary of the previous events. Giant monster called Kaiju were sent from an alternate dimension by beings called Precursors through something called…
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A Review of the Role Playing Game Supplement Mini Quest: Madness of the Mouther
Mini Quest: Madness of the Mouther by David Dudka is a role playing game supplement published by Survive RPG. This is a mini adventure, part of the Mini Quest series, designed for use with variants of the Dungeons & Dragons game, although no particular system is specified. This is a three page Pay What You…
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Movie Review: Ready Player One
Certificate PG, 140 minutes Director: Steven Spielberg Stars: Tye Sheridan, Olivia Cooke, Ben Mendelsohn Ready Player One is based on the best-selling debut novel of the same name by Ernest Cline. It starts in Columbus, Ohio, in 2045. The future is rather dystopian in nature, and Wade Watts (Tye Sheridan) lives in the Stacks outside…