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“Carousel begins! Roll initiative.” ”Twenty!” ”Natural?” ”No.” ”Okay the big laser crystal goes first, hits, and you take 100 damage.”

Remember when the Romulans didn’t have FTL drives back in “Balance of Terror”? I guess theirs was a very small Star Empire. Minor canon tweaks can be a good thing!

Welcome to the problems inherent in a future history first conceived 56 years ago!

I thought Capaldi was magnificent and his run contained a few franchise-bests, like Heaven Sent/Hell Bent.

Killed Walking Fortress, village saved! (the 'fortress' was an ogre howdah with 4 apprentice kobold sorcerers in it - not bad for 6 2nd level 5e PCs with an assist from some reluctant anthropomorphic animal villagers)

Good Lord I'm two years younger than Hartnell when he began as The Doctor. I feel unstuck in time!

Smith certainly did.

I think it’s to write for a show that’s run so long and already told so many stories. But yeah, maybe less sonic this go round!

I’m still reading Spencer Ackerman’s Reign of Terror. It’s a fantastic account of the post-9/11 War on Terror and its effect on the US political landscape. Written by a national security journalist who is also an expert on the X-Men! I’m on my 3rd renewal from the library. It’s so infuriating I...

Check out the Halo series on Paramount. It’s a surprisingly solid science fiction show.

I’m excited to see more of Fun Nurse Chapel. Strange New Worlds should strive for fidelity in spirit, not precise details, which the premiere episode did to great success. I’m also good with Camina Drummer’s Sister. I’ll take more Drummer anyway I can get.

And mind-bendingly bad criticism. My favorite part of the first episode was the big fistfight the landing party got in on their way to teaching the planet’s inhabitants about peace. Now that’s Star Trek! What a delightful first episode. Not a bad way to start a (hopefully) 5-year mission.

I kept expecting La'an to start spitting out Belter creole, too.

Damn if that‘s not a charming cast. Reminds me of another show…

So this season ended up being a more personal version of "All Good Things" where instead of taking place in three time frames, it took place in three 1980s movies spliced awkwardly together (but set in 2024). For the first half of the finale I was disappointed. Mediocre TV writing trying to...

The ‘eed plebnista’ scene is a classic! (and the image of Cloud William solemnly, if uncomprehendingly facing the US flag sums our political discourse here quite nicely!)

Brace yourselves... I'm going to say something (slightly) positive about Square-Enix's foray into blockchain. At least Squeenix has a popular metaverse in which to sell cryptographically unique digital goods. It's called Final Fantasy XIV. Of course, blockchain adds nothing to their metaverse...

I assumed the minivan was for carting all the little satans to soccer practice.

How did that work out? I'm considering doing something like that in my current game, depending on how interested my players are in exploiting the nature of the setting.

So I’m running 5e again. 2 sessions in and the introductory adventure is done, the party is level 2, and their 1st small expedition into uncharted territory begins on Friday. Which has got me thinking about pacing. What’s everyone’s preference when it comes to leveling speed? On average how many...