A Pirate on the Prairie

On this blog I have previously shared my desire to play in some solo roleplaying games and my experiences thus far engaging in solo play with traditional tabletop roleplaying games (TTRPGs). In this video from 2024, Maddie Cullen of the Just for Fun! YouTube channel shares some of her recommendations for solo roleplaying games. In addition to a number of other games, she references Pirate Borg and other games from Free League Publishing that have solo rules. I happen to have

Maddie Cullen (formerly of Dicebreaker) shares some ideas for your spooky game nights. Click on the links below to get her recommendations for some games that will bring the thrills and chills to your Halloween gaming table and any game night where horror is on the menu. “6 horror RPGs to terrify your players” https://youtu.be/CRaYle31028 “9 spooky games for every games night” https://youtu.be/k3RpCfoU-4M

I have shared in a previous post ( https://www.apirateontheprairie.com/post/what-is-canon-in-the-nightmare-world-of-the-xenomorph ) what is considered canonical in the Alien franchise with its signature “Xenomorph.” This, ladies and gentlemen, is NOT canonical. Still, great work by the late Sir John Vincent Hurt. 🎬🎥🎞️👏😂 “Spaceballs (1987) | Space Diner Scene | MGM Studios” https://youtu.be/otJ2rXMuLno

I am really looking forward to getting my books and accessories for the new “Evolved” edition of ALIEN: The Roleplaying Game , as well as the new Rapture Protocol cinematic adventure for the game. I am admittedly a big fan of the Alien film franchise. ALIEN: The Roleplaying Game is an officially licensed product and the contents are in line with the franchise’s canon ( https://www.apirateontheprairie.com/post/what-is-canon-in-the-nightmare-world-of-the-xenomorphppl ). If you

While not exactly a Halloween story, the historical account of the disastrous ordeal that befell the Donner Party is truly horrific. In a time when the lives and the achievements of many of our national heroes, historic figures, and ordinary Americans of previous generations are routinely and reflexively denigrated, dismissed, mocked, rejected, and vilified by today’s generations of supposedly “enlightened” Americans, it should be recognized and remembered that previous gener

https://x.com/sandyofcthulhu/status/1977534645597356300?s=46 Sandy Peterson is the designer of the popular Call of Cthulhu tabletop roleplaying game (TTRPG) published by Chaosium Inc. Call of Cthulhu is a game of Lovecraftian or cosmic horror where the player characters are ordinary people facing down inhuman foes (and quite possibly their very-human followers). In addition to the physical dangers that these inhuman foes (and their followers) pose to the player characters, th

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