Like many with colonial ancestry I have to work to understand the generational trauma of Residential Schools and the systemic mistreatment of Indigenous people. It’s still new to consider such things in public. The last residential school only closed in 1996, and I...
I am writing this blog post from the unceded lands of the Hul’qumi’num (Halkomelem) speaking peoples. This acknowledgment is essential to my own process of decolonizing. It reminds me of the ongoing realities of colonialism that persist in the spaces I (we) inhabit,...
Let’s dive into the first book of the season: The Unbroken by CL Clark. I chose this novel initially because it had great reviews and the premise intrigued me—a guard from a conquered nation going back to her native country and being confronted by the rebel cause. It...
What is a Session Zero? A Session Zero is hands down the best way to kick off a long campaign. This pre-game session lets you, as the GM (or DM if you're playing D&D), set boundaries, establish expectations, gather story ideas, and work with your players to create...
There are few things more satisfying to me as a GM than having a group that meshes well, providing you and the other players with content and fun. These are small things that bind the group together: shared histories, in-character comments said in jest, in-character...
It was a move that didn't pay off. Was it a bad movie? No. It wasn’t two hours of slogging through nonsense, despite scenes that went on too long or felt pointless. The ones that were meant to make you feel things, did a good job. The movie deals with “do you really...
There is so much I want to say about Star Trek. I love Trek. Heck, I love it so much, I created my own series (new season and cast annouced sooooon)! I sit at my keyboard, and my brain just starts gushing. It's wild—WILD—that a show from 1966 spawned what it did. The...
Where It All Began I met Elisa in 2018 at the first D&D in a Castle in France, and my life has been better for it. You know those friends whose face lights up when they see you, or make your world seem just right? That's Elisa to me. Every time I see something she...
With the updated 5th edition of Dungeons and Dragons, what I’ve started called 5.24, I thought it might not be a bad idea to toss out a basic How-To guide. This isn’t going to be a review of the new book or revised rules—I might do that later. This is just an overview...