The Hellfire Aces Ride Again: Our Battletech campaign is back, this time as a Google Wave-based RPG.

GriffCrier News Feed

The Hellfire Aces Ride Again

July 9th, 2010 by NukeHavoc

Our Battletech campaign is up and running again. After a multi-year hiatus, the Hellfire Aces mercenary band is once again taking jobs, this time as a Google Wave-based role-playing game. Learn more about the campaign.

Holocron Update: 5/2/2010

May 3rd, 2010 by NukeHavoc

We’ve added several new articles to our Holocron of Zend wiki.

The Mandalorian Interlude begins

April 28th, 2010 by NukeHavoc

The latest Shadows of the Force campaign arc has begun. In Episode 9: The Mandalorian Wars, we’re taking a break from our regular characters to play Mandalorians at the start of the Mandalorian Wars, the precursor conflict to the Jedi Civil War featured in Knights of the Old Republic.

Nuketown

Deep Rising: Cyclopean tentacles vs High Tech Cruise Ship July 28, 2010
Deep Rising Starring: Treat Williams, Famke Janssen Director: Stephen Sommers Running time: Release Date: 1998 Rating: R Buy it from Amazon.com Deep Rising is one of my favorite monster movies, and there's one reason why -- it's the perfect RPG adventure. We've got our hardcore mercenaries hired to hit a cruise ship, a ragtag team of freelance […]
The Secret Lair: Monster Week 2010 July 28, 2010
Overlords Miller and Johnson have declared war on the surface world with episode #37 of The Secret Lair, in which they unleash horrors such as cat sharks and chipmunk spiders in support of Nuketown's Monster Week. Get the podcast and tremble before the might of the mutated might overlords. […]
Star Wars: The Storm Dragons of Tarl July 28, 2010
The storm dragons are magnificent creatures hunt the hurricanes of the storm world of Tarl. The Outer Rim planet's binary stars provide a constant source of energy for its moisture rich atmosphere, giving rise to an unending series of cyclones. The dragons constantly ride these storms, hunting the great airbag herbivores that dwell in storms' eyes […]

The Fat Cat Inn

A forgiving RPG March 26, 2010
Last night I fought the Tesla Tortoise while playing Resonance of Fate. (How cool is it that the boss I was fighting was a steampunk robotic turtle with a Tesla generator at it's core?) I was doing really well most of the fight, and then right at the end I wasn't paying attention and the battle turned against me. I lost a character, which in RoF is […]
Cappin's Log - Stardate... 1 March 19, 2010
Infinite Space finally showed up last night. I waisted no time and dug right in. After successfully navigating through the tutorials (again) I was off into space. After about 3 hours I had my own ship, and about 5 named crew members. Off to a great start, though I could really use a second ship. I mean, a fleet of ships is better than a single ship right?But […]
Astro Boy: The Video Game Review March 19, 2010
My review of Astro Boy: The Video Game went live up on Nuketown. The game was a pretty fun kickback to the NES era games. Check out my full review here:http://www.nuketown.com/games/reviews/astro-boy-the-video-game-wii […]

Books LIke Dust

The Old Argument: Or, the Disconnect in Historical Movie Audiences July 25, 2010
I think the argument is as old as the internet, perhaps even older than that. The scenario should be familiar: a new historical movie comes out, which triggers an argument between two sides -- those that are dissappointed by how historically inaccurate the movie is, and those that claim "it's just a movie."While both sides of the argument have […]
Turning the Bat'leth: or how I came to terms with Star Fleet Battles May 27, 2010
Star Trek as a sci-fi property has -- despite numerous ups and downs --endured for decades, and may yet endure. The quality or need for a reboot and re-imagining of the universe aside, the new movie at least keeps the franchise in the public consciousness, and allows elements that I prefer to endure.Like Star Wars, as a tabletop gaming subject Star Trek has […]
SAGA Fantasy: 1st level Arcane Spells May 3, 2010
Conversion Notes: I based this conversion on a hybrid of 1e AD&D and 3e D&D. The purpose of this is to "return" to the classic spell lists, but use much of the effects from 3e as they are a more direct conversion. Some spells have been altered as I see fit as well, for the purpose of integrating Action Points in a logical manner.Burning Han […]

Short, Controlled Bursts

Aliens vs. Predator: the Marine Campaign Review March 2, 2010
A stand-up fight, or just another bug hunt? After finishing Aliens vs. Predator’s Marine story last night, I wanted to post some thoughts. In a nutshell, die-hard fans of the franchise need not despair at the game’s mediocre critical reception – AvP is solid, playable, and fun. Rebellion has done a fantastic job with pacing […]
Aliens vs Predator: Resist the Lure of the Hive Mind! February 23, 2010
I came to an epiphany this morning. (Sure, it was a trivial and geeky epiphany, but don’t be judging on my epiphanies, man!) After reading the mixed critical reviews of Aliens vs Predator last week, I had decided not to purchase the game, or to at least hold off until the price dropped. I realized that […]
Mass Effect 2: Class Consciousness January 26, 2010
So, here I am, hot new copy of Mass Effect 2 in hand, work day complete, free time carved out, and ready to head home for some sweet, sweet sci fi gaming. Everything should be awesomesauce for Lance. Except one little thing – for the life of me, I can’t decide which class I want […]

Navigation

RPG Campaigns

Member Blogs