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Captain America

Scott — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 13:00:12 +0000

I’m still in the middle of moving — new job and new home means very few blog updates, as I’m sure anyone who’s still following me has noticed — but I had a chance yesterday to catch the Captain America movie, and it demanded comment. Captain America is a very interesting sort of superhero. He [...]

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Captain America

“No, Wait…”

Scott — Tue, 21 Jul 2009 13:34:37 +0000

There’s an interesting thread at the Giant in the Playground forums that deals, in part, with retracting an in-character action. (As a side note, if you’re not reading the Order of the Stick comic at GitP, you really should. There’s a lot of terrific gaming humor there.) Among the questions the original post poses is [...]

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“No, Wait…”

I Watch the Watchmen

Scott — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:08:56 +0000

Watched, rather. And it was good. Some spoilers below, though I’m not sure whether spoilers really apply to movies based on comics published more than two decades ago. First things first: The book was better. I don’t imagine that comes as a surprise to anyone. Books are usually better than the movies based upon them, [...]

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Superhero Lessons for Fantasy Games

Scott — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:21:03 +0000

Even if you don’t play a superhero game, this month’s RPG blog carnival on superheroes needn’t be a wasted month for you. There are qualities of a superhero game that can be adapted to enliven your new fantasy campaign — or to revitalize an old one with a change of direction. Consider some of the [...]

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Superhero Lessons for Fantasy Games

Strange Superpowers

Scott — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 21:32:44 +0000

In the spirit of this month’s RPG Blog Carnival on superheroes, I present some of the strangest superpowers ever to grace the pages of a comic book. Perhaps you’ll find them inspirational. In no particular order: Eyes in your Fingertips. This is the rather unique superpower of the Ten-Eyed Man, an old Batman villain. He [...]

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Strange Superpowers