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Author: Ken Newquist

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NuketownSF: Mass Effect, Villain Lairs, Scary Movies, Witch Light, Lilo and Stitch

September 30, 2021 Ken Newquist Blog, NuketownSF Recap

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,[…]

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NuketownSF: Weird OSR, Lunar Landers, Dark Sky Park, Cthulhu’s Fate, Lair of Secrets, Stolen Space Shuttle Plans

September 19, 2021 Ken Newquist Blog, Blog Columns, NuketownSF Recap

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[…]

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RPG-a-Day 2021: Stream

August 22, 2021 Ken Newquist Games, Role-Playing Games, RPG-a-Day 2021

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[…]

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RPG-a-Day 2021: Inspiration (Alternate)

August 21, 2021 Ken Newquist Games, Role-Playing Games, RPG-a-Day 2021

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[…]

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RPG-a-Day 2021: Flavor

August 17, 2021 Ken Newquist Games, Role-Playing Games, RPG-a-Day 2021

A big part of the tabletop gaming experience is food. Back in the early days of the Blackrazor campaign, we prided ourselves on trying as many sodas as possible, eventually compiling The Great List of Soda. That list included the[…]

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RPG-a-Day 2021: Throne

August 16, 2021 Ken Newquist Games, Role-Playing Games, RPG-a-Day 2021

The Malachite Throne of the Great Kingdom is one of the legendary artifacts of Greyhawk. The seat of power of the corrupt and collapsing kingdom of Aerdy (aka The Great Kingdom), the Fiend-Seeing Throne sets the tone for the entire[…]

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RPG-a-Day 2021: Weapon

August 11, 2021 Ken Newquist Games, Role-Playing Games, RPG-a-Day 2021

My World of Greyhawk campaign started over 30 years ago, with the seeds being planted in my college campaign at Lock Haven University. It’s continued, on and off, ever since. During that time, it’s featured a number of unique weapons, a few[…]

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RPG-a-Day 2021: Tactics

August 6, 2021 Ken Newquist Games, Role-Playing Games, RPG-a-Day 2021

Long ago, my gaming group came up with a list of tactics for the Blackrazor Guild, our notoriously chaotic adventuring company in the World of Greyhawk setting. Full frontal assault Spring the ambush, fight your way out. Party member as bait. Stake[…]

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RPG-a-Day 2021: Map

August 3, 2021 Ken Newquist Games, Role-Playing Games, RPG-a-Day 2021

I love hand-drawing maps. In the past, I hastily sketched maps longhand or spent hours attempting to render them using computer programs, but when I hit my forties I found a new appreciation for sitting down and really drawing a[…]

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RPG-a-Day 2021: Scenario

August 1, 2021 Ken Newquist Games, Role-Playing Games, RPG-a-Day 2021

When I think of scenarios, I think of conventions. I think tightly focused, 3-4 hour-long sessions, usually with pre-generated characters and flexible, but straightforward, story arc. I find scenario writing a very different exercise from prepping for my weekly campaign-style[…]

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About Nuketown

Nuketown is a speculative fiction website that’s been published continuously since 1996.

It’s publishing focus is articles, reviews and editorials about science fiction, fantasy, and horror with heroic overtones. It covers a variety of topics within the speculative fiction genre, including games, movies, soundtracks, books, and websites.

Radiating from Easton, Pa.

Recent Posts

  • NuketownSF – Cthulhu Awakens, Saving Sanity, Foundation, Giving Back, Clay-O-Rama March 27, 2022
  • RPO Replay: Street Fighter II March 19, 2022
  • RPO Replay: Dungeons of Daggorath March 16, 2022
  • Top of the Pile: Inferno, Dark Ages, Ultimate All-New Spider-man March 15, 2022
  • NuketownSF – The One Ring, Abandoned Places, Futurma, Scrappy Starships, Fake Commutes, Summer Reading March 11, 2022

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