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Tactical Tuesday gears you up with strategies and tips for enhancing your TTRPG experience.
Wonderous Wednesday Tips, tools, and news from the Worlds of Pulp™ for most TTRPGs..
Friday Frights and Fables Wretched realms and crooked paths in the woeful worlds of horror. featuring ideas and resources for Worlds of Pulp™ and beyond.
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Tactical Tuesday: The Cosmic Foam
Reality is a fragile thing, dear reader. It’s not the unyielding constant we like to believe it is. Imagine, if you will, that our universe is but one bubble in a vast cosmic foam, each bubble a separate reality, brushing, colliding, and sometimes merging with others. This is the essence of Bubble Theory—a concept that can turn your pulp sci-fi TTRPG into a mind-bending journey through overlapping dimensions, surreal events, and the very fabric of existence
Tactical Tuesday: Lock, Load, Lingo!
his ain’t some prim-and-proper linguistics lecture wrapped in tweed and tenure—this is boots-on-the-ground, grease-under-your-fingernails kind of slang construction. If you’re writing for a military-pulp tabletop RPG and your characters are still saying “Let’s go!”—then brother, you’re in for a rude awakening. Real warriors spit language that’s half-code, half-comedy, and all grit.
Stories and Blogs
31 Days of Halloween: Enter the Haunted Asylum
Gonjiam: Haunted Asylum (2018)******* (7 out of 10 stars)Starring: Wi Ha-joon, Park Ji-hyun, Oh Ah-yeon, Moon Ye-won, Park Sung-hoon, Yoo Je-yoon, and Lee Seung-wook. Embarking on this film journey without any preconceptions, I dove in blind—no previews, no spoilers. My initial reaction was a raised eyebrow as it quickly began echoing the vibes of “The…
31 Days ofHalloween: Eastwick’s Bewitching Tale
Witches of Eastwick (1987)****** (6 out of 10 stars)Starring: Jack Nicholson, Cher, Susan Sarandon, and Michelle Pfeiffer. Having watched this film last night, I find myself reflecting on it today. It’s a step away from my usual horror favorites, as the 1980s were rife with films serving primarily as celebrity showcases. This film falls into…
31 Days of Halloween: Vault of Chilling Tales
Tales from the Crypt (1972)******* (7 out of 10 stars)Starring: Joan Collins, Peter Cushing, Roy Dotrice, Richard Greene, Ian Hendry, and Patrick Magee. The film opens with an ominous manor, standing alone with a heavy, menacing air against a lush countryside. Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D minor plays with a sinister grin over this…
31 Days of Halloween: Lure of the Black Lagoon
Creature From the Black Lagoon (1954)******** (8 out of 10 stars)Starring: Richard Carlson, Julie Adams, Richard Denning. As a lifelong aficionado of monster movies, my fascination with the genre is deeply intertwined with a love for isolated, exotic locales that serve as their haunting backdrops. “Creature From the Black Lagoon” offers both in spades, and…