Bedlam Hall: Kickstarter Follow-up

…and it’s done. Bedlam Hall‘s Kickstarter campaign has managed to conclude at a total backer contribution of $23,182. Not only did we manage to reach all of our scheduled Pledge Levels, but we also received backers that wanted private game sessions, their name in the actual text and a brave amount of souls willing to partake in the Seance Package we’re … Read More

You Got A Date Friday Night…

If you’re like us, Friday is usually spent trying to unwind from a long work week – usually with a beer, nachos and occasionally a game. But the problem we’ve noticed is that getting everyone together for a Friday night game can be really tricky, mostly because people’s schedules are crazy, and it’s hard to commit to every Friday night … Read More

In Praise of Brilliance. And Muppets.

“No, nothing I ever do is good enough. Not beautiful enough, it’s not funny enough, it’s not deep enough, it’s not anything enough. Now, when I see a rose, that’s perfect. I mean, that’s perfect. I want to look up to God and say, how the hell did you do that? And why the hell can’t I do that?” “Now … Read More

Gateway 2016: Bastards Everywhere

Gateway 2016 is now in the can! Man I’m tired, thought I would get some extra time by staying at the hotel this time around, but all it did was give me incentive to try and accomplish more than what is deemed safe and healthy. The Happy Jack’s live RPG podcast probably should’ve killed me. Well at least the drinks … Read More

Psst, Wanna Know a Secret? – The Real Spirit of 77 Bands Revealed!

In the core rules of Spirit of 77, each Role features specialized artwork and usually a gimmick page that references the Role preceding it (for instance, the sweet fight poster between El Fantasmo and Bigfoot in honor of the Tough Guy role.) On page 91, you can see the “Buy Ten 8-Tracks for $1” ad that started everyone’s recollection back … Read More

NecronomiZOMBIEcon! – Just Another Game About Cthulhu and Zombies

I tend to have a weird sense of humor, which probably surprises no one. When walking through the Dealer’s Hangar at GenCon last year, I noticed a trend that one out of every three games being advertised either had zombies or Cthulhu. Superheroes fighting Cthulhu, superheroes fighting zombies. Pathfinder with Cthulhu. OR zombies. Spaceship battles against Cthulhu… And zombies. So … Read More

I Got Nothing – When Leonard Nimoy Sings

Players surprise me continually, but not always through wacky antics. Sometimes it by pulling something out of themselves that they have never shown the rest of their gaming table, whether it’s a character concept or decision or sometimes a hidden talent no one knew about. I was introducing a group of people to Spirit of 77 through the use of … Read More

I Got Nothing – Gemini Rising

If you’ve been a fan of Spirit of 77 for a while, chances are you’ve played our free adventure, Cruise Ship of the Damned. If you haven’t, we highly recommend it – the premise is a celebrity cruise ship that’s plagued by what appears to be a zombie outbreak (there’s more to it than that, but for the sake of … Read More

Spirit of ’77 Update – 3.26.14

In one game, they stabbed and killed a monkey. In the other, Bigfoot caught on fire. When you do it right, a Spirit of 77 game is never boring. In the aftermath of this past weekend’s two game installments (Jukebox Villains and BEAST: Bound and Down), we received a lot of great feedback from our two playtest groups that have … Read More