Ken Newquist 
On this episode of Nuketown Radio Active, the trail to Philmont finally ends, I revisit my summer reading list, catch up on the first season of the Lair of Secrets podcast, reflect on the fact that one of my kids is in college, and talk about how I got into cooking during the pandemic. Getting … Read more
In 2020, I finally exceeded the carrying capacity of the Geek Tree. This has happened before, and will likely happen again (there are no beginnings or endings to the Geek Tree… ) but this time I couldn’t simply upgrade. The Geek Tree is a 9-foot tall narrow artificial tree. We don’t have space for an … Read more
Nuketown’s tweets for the weeks of October 11 through Oct. 25, 2021. SPACE | CNN – NASA discovers first possible planet outside our galaxy. MOVIES | CNN – Warner Bros. sets ‘Dune’ sequel for 2023 after strong box office opening. The spice must flow, again. SPACE | CNN – Crucial test for Boeing’s Starliner, built to carry humans, … Read more
I have to admit, when the various consent and safety tools started coming out for role-playing games, I was a little skeptical. After all, my group’s been together for 25 years; the issues these tools are meant to address rarely if ever, came up in our games. Playing together for 25 years means my group … Read more
Cthulhu called, and I answered. Chaosium’s signature game was one of my first non-Dungeons & Dragons games. My friend Adam introduced it to me in college when he invited me to a one-shot scenario involving a haunted house investigation. ted house. Was there a medium in that adventure? I don’t recall, though we certainly spent a … Read more
Nuketown’s tweets for the week of October 3, 2021. COMIC BOOKS | Screen Rant – “Why Scarlet Witch Isn’t a Mutant Anymore (and Won’t Be Again)” – I had no idea that Scarlet Witch had been retconned into a human with sorcerous powers (something I discovered while reading the current Trial of Magneto storyline). SPACE | CNN – Planet … Read more
RPG | En-World – Enhancing “The Wild Beyond the Witchlight” MOVIES | CNN – Killer design: How the villain lair became part of the James Bond blueprint HEALTH | Ars Technica – Kids 5-11 appear safely protected by small doses of COVID vaccine, Pfizer says RPG | GeekNative – New D&D books confirmed: 50th-anniversary editions in 2024 and Mordenkainen … Read more
ZINES | GEEK NATIVE – As good as the first: Knock! 2 is a gazette of weird OSR insight #zines #osr SPACE | CNN – The battle for the next lunar lander #space #moon SPACE | CNN – The US and Canada have a new dark sky park for stargazers to enjoy #astronomy #space #wilderness RPG | FATE OF CTHULHU – … Read more
Egon: “Don’t cross the streams” Pete: “Why?” Egon: “It would be bad.” Peter: “I’m fuzzy on the whole good/bad thing. What do you mean ‘bad’?” Egon: “Try to imagine all life as you know it stopping instantaneously and every molecule in your body exploding at the speed of light.” Raymond: “Total protonic reversal.” Peter: “That’s … Read more
When it comes to inspiration, I love a little chaos. I often turn to online generators and random tables when I’m brainstorming session ideas (or just need a quick name for my game … which inevitably spawns a new NPC + backstory) Here are a few of my favorite online generators: Donjon: A venerable generator … Read more