April and May are a blur. To recap, in January and February, four members of our crew decide not to go to Philmont. In March, we teamed up with another crew in New Jersey, giving us a total of 13 members. We didn’t join up with a crew though; we joined up with a Patriot’s … Read more
Summer is looming large. It seems like five years since 2020’s Summer of Lockdown, which saw our big trip to Philmont postponed and most normal summer activities (going to the beach, going to an IronPigs baseball game) were canceled. Heck, I haven’t slung dice in the real world in 15 months. If last year was … Read more
A recap of NuketownSF’s tweets for the week of May 16, 2021. RPG | WORLDS WITHOUT A NUMBER – A fantasy version of Stars without Number that bills itself as “gritty, hard-edged adventure in the fathomless future of the Latter Earth, a fantastic realm of time-lost sorcery, savage foes, and barbaric splendor.” https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/348791/Worlds-Without-Number?src=hottest COMICS AND COFFEE … Read more
The Trail to Philmont started moving a lot faster – and got a lot more real – in March 2021. As I mentioned in the February update, during the winter we lost four members of our crew to COVID concerns. That left us with six participants, and two below the minimum crew size of eight. … Read more
ZINES | THE VAST IN THE DARK – The first physical copy of a #Zinequest3 zine arrived today: “The Vast in the Dark: A zine about exploring dark and alien megastructures of an infinite realm.” (see featured photo). Now that the Kickstarter is over, you can purchase it at itch.io. GAMES | RESIDENT EVIL – Vice looks … Read more
January and February of 2021 were tough. The short days, the post-Christmas/holidays pandemic surge, and walls of snow from a 3+ foot blizzard made this one of the hardest stretches on the trail to Philmont. It was hard to stay motivated, and it got harder when subsequent storms dumped more snow on our region. At … Read more
My family is slowly helping organize and clean out my parents’ garage and basement. As we do so, we’re coming across all manner of treasures. One of them is the World Space Modeling Championships 1980 patch, pictured here with several of the model rockets that my dad built, plus a promotional model rocket flyer published … Read more
A recap of NuketownSF’s tweets for the week of February 21, 2021. GAMES | MASTERS OF UMDAAR is a Fate Accelerated setting inspired by John Carter of Mars, Flash Gordon, He-Man, and Thundercats. Sounds like great fodder for a one-shot or double-shot game night. #FATE #RPG Masters of Umdaar on DriveThruRPG. ZINEQUEST | AGENTS OF BAMF – … Read more
A recap of NuketownSF’s tweets for the week of February 15, 2021. ZINEQUEST | HINTERLAND: PEOPLES AND PERILS – As someone running a hexcrawl, this zine – which focuses on wilderness exploration – is highly appealing. It features 19 random encounters & location prompts, which could be very handy when I’m scrambling to prep my lunchtime … Read more
A recap of NuketownSF’s tweets for the week of January 31, 2021. Kickstarter’s annual #Zinequest is back! This month Nuketown will be promoting our favorite #Zinequest3 publications and resources, starting with the event’s homepage: https://www.kickstarter.com/zinequest ZINEQUEST | Zinequest 2021 @ Bone Box Chant – A huge list of all of the active and upcoming zines … Read more