Doctor Who is the longest running science fiction series of all time. Some people qualify that by adding “television” to that statement but it doesn’t need to be there. No other science fiction has been active longer than Doctor Who (active throughout its entire existence). Star Trek is 3 years younger. Twilight Zone had a […]
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Proof of Concept: Chess as Entertainment Spectacle
Chess is a game that has existed for somewhere around 500 years. In all that time, the players who play the game have gone from really good to inhumanly great. Unlike other things that have existed that long, chess seems to be the one thing no one seems can turn into a spectacle. Though I’ve […]
Drafting the 10 Best Heroes and Villains to Start a Comic Book Universe Part 2
Welcome back! If you haven’t read part 1, go there and start there because the rules and what is happening is all there. This time I draft the supervillains to populate this new universe! Since I’ve already used my team choice, it’s all individuals, too! Let’s get to it. SELECTION #1: Ursa of Krypton Not […]
Drafting the 10 Best Heroes and Villains to Start a Comic Book Universe Part 1
Have you ever sat back and looked at the Marvel, DC, Image, Valiant, or other universe and thought “that hero or villain belongs in this other universe?” I’ve said that about a number of heroes and villains from a number of different universes and have even gone as far as creating my own universe with […]
Tron and How Disney Screwed Up the Easiest Franchise Ever
In 1982, Disney released a science fiction movie not about aliens invading Earth or about humans going into space but about humans going into a computer world and seeing what that experience would be like. When Tron came to theaters, it was considered a financial failure by Disney and part of the budget was written […]
All In On Pathfinder
In 1994, I was introduced to Vampire the Masquerade (2nd Edition) and loved the game. The group that I played with played weekly, then multiple times per week, then almost nightly for 3 solid years before slowly that pace down until I left the Navy. After leaving the Navy, I ran only Vampire games from […]
We Have An RPG Discord Server
Were you aware that we have an RPG Discord Server? If you’re interested in playing role playing games, running them, just click that link and you’ll be joining a group of folks who are also interested in the same things! We’ve got at least a couple of games running every week but we could have […]
You Can’t Protest Against D&D And Continue To Play It
If you are reading this, then you are probably aware of the mismanagement of the Dungeons and Dragons brand by Wizards of the Coast (and by extension, Hasbro). There isn’t going to be a lot of going over what happened but I do need to set the stage for this article by stating that everything […]
Specter Chronicle 7: Roleplaying Games On Emerald Specter.com
If you’re reading this article and you don’t know what a roleplaying game is, you should go ahead and Google that. I should also mention that you should filter out the results that include video games, although, those “kinda” fit the genre, though I am going to be talking specifically about the “table top roleplaying […]
CURSE Update
An update on tonight’s action: Dane Hawke suffered a severe knee injury while competing against Rex Walker this evening. Doctors in the back say he’s going to be out of action until October, so we hope Dane Hawke recovers quickly. Thank you.
CURSE Update
Due to a scheduling error, the Gothica Rec Center was previously booked for April 15. The CURSE of the Gold World Championship tournament will begin on April 29 instead. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Big CURSE Announcements
EN Press – A packed room of journalists were gathered in the Emerald Specter Media Center in Emerald City, Emerald Nation. Everyone was only told that there were big announcements for the CURSE Wrestling company and so we gathered to hear what those could possibly be, considering that the company was still “finding it’s legs” […]
