I’m walking in the morning again. After a many-months hiatus brought on by the #BrokenAnkleSaga, I’m once again able to go for walks, albeit modest ones. My morning walks range from .5 to 1.5 miles depending on whether I’m walking[…]
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Author: Ken Newquist
Off the Bookshelf: Artemis, The Wrong Stars, Ready Player One
My Winter Reading List got off to a strong start in December 2017 with Artemis (Andy Weir’s follow-up The Martian) and The Wrong Stars (Tim Pratt’s tale of ancient alien artifacts). My progress was hampered by breaking my ankle, but[…]
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Building Nuketown’s 2018 Summer Reading List
After a winter spent recovering from a broken ankle, and a spring dominated by recovering from said broken ankle, summer is looking very appealing. So is my summer reading list, which I’ve been slowly compiling throughout the long, cold winter (and second[…]
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Game Day: Meet Bryce Brogan
Bryce Brogan. He’s a fast-talking former journalist with impeccable fashion sense and a taste for the better things in life, both fueled by titillating stories of demons corrupting young lovers, intriguing mysteries of ghosts lost in time, and the sordid[…]
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Blogworthy: Mercenaries, Beholders, Cyclopedia, Chronomancy, Easter Eggs
Blogworthy is a regular column dedicated to blog posts that I’ve read and enjoyed. It’s a direct outcome of my RPG Blogs Reading List on Feedly. Improved Initiative – Who are your mercenary companies? A good post on adding mercenary companies to your RPG[…]
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Red Lasers! Blue Lasers! Freedom!
The Kickstarter for Freedom Squadron, a Savage Worlds-powered homage to 1980s cartoon action heroes, is in its final days. Inspired by G.I. Joe, Transformers, and their 80s brethren, Freedom Squadron‘s campaign looks to fund two setting books: the Commando’s Manual,[…]
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Hank’s Back
Hank is back. The second Seeing Eye puppy my family raised went back to the Seeing Eye for his training on January 22, but unfortunately he had a physical issue that prevented him from advancing in the program. And now[…]
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Game Day: Tomb of Horrors
Inspired by the novel Ready Player One, I offered to run my friends through the legendary module Tomb of Horrors. Converted to Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition as part of Tales from the Yawning Portal (Amazon), the module promises a[…]
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Swim Geek, Swim
After more than two restless months without serious exercise thanks to my broken (but now healing) ankle, I’m back at the gym. Or rather, the pool. The doctor and physical therapist cleared me to swim and I wasted no time[…]
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Getting Ready to Walk
You wouldn’t think something so simple would be so hard, but break your ankle and then wrap your foot in a cast/boot for two months and you’ll find walking becomes a difficult, half-remembered skill to be remastered. I’m two weeks[…]
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