This is th how Jerek, half-elf Ranger, was blessed with not one, but four beautiful wives.
Nerd Rage
posted by Caitlin
Ben Affleck is going to be the next Batman. DC’s Lobo is getting a new look. Robocop is being rebooted. What do these three things have in common? Geeks are losing their goddamn minds over them. It’s a little something we call NERD RAGE, and it...
Video Game Review: NI NO KUNI
posted by Caitlin
When I was too little to realize that anime was actually animation from a different country, not just a different American style, I saw a movie about a couple of girls, a few dust bunnies, and a large, gray, furry creature. Oh, and a bus that looked...
Character Vs. Story
posted by Caitlin
Waaaay back in my introduction, I mentioned that I came to Roleplaying by way of Jeff Hannes’s Dramatic Roleplaying Tournament. Every year since then, I’ve gone to Jeff’s own little “JeffCon,” a weekend get-together with about 30 gamers...
Meanwhile, Not At GenCon. . . .
posted by Caitlin
My fellow Princesses were whooping it up at GenCon this past weekend, but, (alas!) I was unable to make it there this year. Which was disappointing, because it was also my birthday this past weekend, and there is nothing that I enjoy more than a...
Geek Social Fallacies: GSF1 – Caitlin’s Take
posted by Caitlin
This is the third in our series discussing the five geek social fallacies as initially written about by Michael Suileabhain-Wilson on his blog ten years ago. Each day this week, we’re going to hear a different princess’s (author’s) thoughts...
Adventurer Misadventures: “Haints!” or “Why I Never Volunteer to Be Team Leader”
posted by Caitlin
*Originally this story appeared on my previous blog, Adventurer Misadventures. I tend to wind up being “Team Leader” in RPGs. I don’t know quite how it happens. Aenaiyah, my Acanthus Mage, doesn’t care for any sort of responsibility but...
XBetrayal One
posted by Caitlin
Unless you: Know no video gamers. Do not use any social media. Have never used the internet, ever. You’ve probably heard a little something about the Xbox One, its original announced features, and the retraction of most of those features when...
Adventurer Misadventures: The Doctor of the Opera
posted by Caitlin
*Originally this story appeared on my previous blog, Adventurer Misadventures. Because I am a strange creature of many odd whims, one day I decided “You know what would be hilarious? A mash-up of Doctor Who and The Phantom of the...
Let Bad Guys be Bad Guys!
posted by Caitlin
Recently I’ve been inundating myself with a lot of comic book heroics . . . sans the comic books. What that actually means is I’ve been watching old comic book based cartoons. Staples of my childhood—I am going to pretend my childhood is not...
The Salvation of Ravenblood Games
posted by Caitlin
Behold, the Gods of Gaming: they giveth, and they taketh away. And sometimes, they do it in the opposite order. Remember a while back, when I was lamenting the soon-to-be-closing of my FLGS, Ravenblood Games? Well, those Gods of Gaming decided to...
Adventurer Misadventures: Flash Frozen–The Death of Valeria de Valfierno
posted by Caitlin
*Originally this story appeared on my previous blog, Adventurer Misadventures. Every roleplayer has had one of those moments where a sensible little voice inside their brain goes “That’s the stupidest thing you could possibly do!” The most...
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