Lazy Sunday Photo Dump

Smallville + JSA = I'm not a fan yet, but color me interested

While my allegiance to Marvel is pretty solid (except when they do something incredibly stupid like kill Captain America),  I have always been a fan of the Justice Society of America. My favorite DC hero is Wildcat. 


So when I heard they would be appearing in this seasons Smallville premiere I had to skip watching my Kings take a drubbing by Steve Nash and the Suns. I never watched Smallville before (I never particularly cared for Supes), but I caught on quick enough. I wasn't disappointed. 


Off the top the writers  killed off a couple of JSA'ers just to show they weren't fucking around (thank god neither one was Wildcat). The show was fun. There were a couple of pleasant surprises (Ma' Hunkle and Foxy Brown make appearances). I'm sure the hardcore fanboys will find fault (they always do), but all in all the minions and I enjoyed it and I got to give a block of instruction on who and what the JSA were to my boys. We will be watching in the coming weeks in hopes of more JSA action-and crossing for our fingers for a possible spin-off.

Advanced Edition Companion (Labyrinth Lord) - Goblinoid Games

Goblinoid Games has released the Advanced Edition Companion of Labyrinth Lord. This will run you $5.99 at RPGNow. You can get a free "no art" copy there as well, but I really hope those of you who are interested will pony up the six buck to get this. Doing projects like Labyrinth Lord takes a lot of time and effort. kind words and encouragement are great, but saying "thanks" with your wallet, shows real support.

This n That

Mars landscape made with paprika

Like the sign says Sci Fi JAPAN

Here is a handy gadget. Turn any web page into a PDF.

If you're a dog lover you'll appreciate this post from Darc Oso's Blog.

Manly Monday-Manly Movies of the 70's

Lazy Sunday Photodump

Man, I hope they do a good Wildcat, I dig Wildcat.

DOGS OF W*A*R - The Real Man's Role Playing Game!

You liked Barbarians of Lemuria...

You Loved Legends of Steel-Barbarians of Lemuria Edition...

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The first game that takes on the paperback Men's Adventure.

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Today's Goodwill finds!

I'm back from the land of yesteryear with another collection of stuff we all grew up with and then somehow lost. 
You ever wonder what happened to that model your dad bought you, but you never got around to building?  Or the castle set that Grandpa got for you when he found out you played that Dungeons and Dragons game?  Well I found them at the Goodwill today...

You have Got to be kidding me!

Didn't Mongoose just release this a while back? And didn't they strecth the release out into multiple CORE rulebooks at around $30.00 a pop?

According to their website the this new edition is :

"streamlined and revised"

"significant changes"

"Combat - perhaps the most controversial aspect of the first edition of the game - has been almost completely retooled."

"Magic, too, has undergone radical redefinition."

So basically if you bought the first books they're  now worthless.  

Of course, Mongoose Publishing was the same company that had to come out with a whole new edition of the Conan game named the "Atlantean Edition" because their previous edition was so flawed. In fact they just lost the license a few weeks ago. Gee I wonder why??

Manly Monday - South of the border, down Mexico way

 I spent today writing. In the background I have three of my favorite westerns playing.
 I love westerns set in Mexico. Once Simon is done with Guns of Laredo" I'm coming out with a source-book dealing with  western characters adventuring outside of traditional settings. I'm calling it "Beyond Laredo". 

Lazy Sunday Photodump

THIS TV

I stumbled across this cool cable network the other day. It's called THIS TV . It's a free movie channel that specializes in MGM and UA movies mostly from a pre-1986 catalog. From what I've seen there are quite a few low budget B-movie efforts and "grindhouse" as well as legitimate classics. There are also quite a few of the lesser-known movies from  names like Robert Mitchum, John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Burt Lancaster and more. 
They also have a nice collection of movies that just don't appear that much anymore like Cannon for Cordoba, Vigilante Force or Dillinger.


The movies are edited for length, nudity, and language -but with the older movies that not so much an issue. For me it's trove of spaghetti westerns, war movies, and low budget Sc Fi- with a few actual classics thrown in there- and the commercials allow me to grab a sandwich or work on a blog post.  Here are a few of the movies playing this month...

Crush yer enemies!

I spent a good hour or so having fun with this. Check it out.