I mentioned this group off-handedly before, but the short of it is: We have three people, who decided to choose assassins as their group. On Wednesday, for practical reasons, we decided to end the first series (or season in Amercanese) of the lives of this crew. This is about how I ran the first season as the GM.
Author Archives: Aki Vainio
The Positive Side of Stale Superhero Movies
I am going to start this by basically proving myself wrong, but I think you still might want to hear me out.
My favorite superhero movie is Batman Returns. Yes, still. After over 30 years, huge leaps in CGI, and billions of dollars being spent into making those movies with a lot of talent behind them, and yet, the movie I like the most is still a weird little personal piece, which was only a hit, because it was a sequel to an actual popular movie.
My Take on the New B&R System
So, yesterday my YouTube recommendations were inundated by various content creators, who wanted to have their say on the “leaked” B&R announcement for next Monday. Yes, it turned out to be a fake, but at the same time, the creators acknowledged that this was possible or even probable, but they still decided to talk about it? Why?
Exploring Sight & Sound Poll of 2022
I have bad news for you… Just sit down and take a deep breath. Ready? Okay.
I found a way in which Tilda Swinton is kind of boring.
My Take on the New Three-Year Standard Rotation
This might be a good idea, but Wizards kind of messed it up already.
Ten Movies From My Collection I Like to Show to People
Is this topic really of any interest? It is to me. Or at least it’s just funny to me. This is more about the weirdness behind being a movie fan, when you find you have dug yourself deep enough.
Building the Nemesis in RPGs (My Way)
I’ve been playing the old Arkham PC games recently. I like those games, but they have made Batman less interesting as a character to me. He is just too morose. Playing with Catwoman in Arkham City is much more fun. But this is about the bad guys.
Failure of March of the Machines Double Legendaries
I don’t know what to call them or if there is already a commonly used name for them, so I’m calling them that, double legendaries. I have a lot to say about them. Not much of that is positive. Note that I’m not criticizing their playability. I’m here to talk about them from flavor point of view.
Dungeons & Dragons – Honor Among Thieves Review
TL;DR: A fine movie. If you are into action and don’t mind the extreme fantasy setting, you’ll like it.
The Weird Assumption that Players Can’t Distinguish Between Reality and Fantasy of RPGs
So, let’s start with the RPG witchhunt of mid-1990s in Finland…