Category Archives: Entertainment

Old School Dungeons & Dragons: Part 31

Posted on June 5, 2023 by skullsinthestars

This is the 31st installment of old school Dungeons & Dragons! There’s nothing special about that milestone, other than me realizing that it’s a lot of posts. Anyway, let’s jump right to it… X6: Quagmire! (1984), by Merle M. Rasmussen. … Continue reading →

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A short musical interlude…

Posted on May 30, 2023 by skullsinthestars

I’m still working on posting something to the blog every day for a certain number of days! Tonight, I’m a little exhausted and don’t have a lot of time to finish a new optics post, so I thought I’d share … Continue reading →

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Old School Dungeons & Dragons: Part 30

Posted on April 27, 2023 by skullsinthestars

It’s been a while since I compiled any old school Dungeons & Dragons threads from Twitter, but that’s because I hadn’t posted any for quite a while! I finally have another four threads to post, with some truly classic products. … Continue reading →

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My favorite unusual games of 2022!

Posted on December 30, 2022 by skullsinthestars

I’ve been rather quiet the past week as I’ve been enjoying — and enduring — the holidays with my family. But the end of the year is approaching, and I thought I should do some sort of year-end wrap up. … Continue reading →

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Old School Dungeons & Dragons: Part 29

Posted on December 17, 2022 by skullsinthestars

Let’s recap four more old school Dungeons & Dragons threads that I’ve been posting to Twitter and Mastodon! No time to waste: Death’s Ride (1984), by Garry Spiegle. This is one of those books that I have owned since I … Continue reading →

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An Ode to “The Temple of Elemental Evil”

Posted on December 12, 2022 by skullsinthestars

As readers of this blog know, I’ve been doing #OldSchoolDungeonsAndDragons Twitter threads for several years now, but every once in a while I talk about an old product that is too significant to cover in a short tweet thread! Back … Continue reading →

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Old School Dungeons & Dragons: Part 28

Posted on November 26, 2022 by skullsinthestars

It’s been a while since I did some Old School Dungeons & Dragons on Twitter, but I’ve finally gotten myself back into the rhythm! (I am now also posting the threads on Mastodon, given the instability of Twitter.) Hopefully I’ll … Continue reading →

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An intro to Mastodon from a relative newcomer!

Posted on November 7, 2022 by skullsinthestars

“So your favorite social media site has been taken over by a bumbling fascist-friendly narcissist.” Mine, too. With Twitter under new management that leaves me very pessimistic about its future as a viable communications site, I’ve been taking a look … Continue reading →

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Bite-size horror video games!

Posted on October 25, 2022 by skullsinthestars

The existence of game distributors like Steam and the Epic Store have led to a bit of a Renaissance in short form horror video games. Small teams of developers, even single people, have crafted a variety of games that make … Continue reading →

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Old School Dungeons & Dragons: Part 27

Posted on September 13, 2022 by skullsinthestars

Keeping up my epic long-running series looking at classic Dungeons and Dragons of the TSR era! The Complete Book of Necromancers (1995), by Steve Kurtz. This one is a rarity, and relatively pricey! I finally sucked it up and ordered … Continue reading →

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