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Star Trail: Pain in the A--
[Part of the Darklands of Arkania Story.]After dealing with a few more orc patrols the team finally made it back into the besieged city via the secret tunnel. Agdan returned to his order and Zubon and...
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Please help Louie
I've been trying to keep my real life out of this blog as much as possible but this warrants it.One of my nephews (in law) is suffering from TB meningitis and is racking up a hefty hospital bill so I...
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Star Trail: Freedom
[Part of the Darklands of Arkania Story.]It turns out the cell block isn't very well guarded so the party is free to open all the other cells freeing the other captives: a human guard captain named...
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Star Trail: The Pursuers
[Part of the Darklands of Arkania Story.]With a low number of rations and mostly beer for drinking the prospects of the party making it back to civilization from the cave they crawled out of was not...
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Star Trail: On the Star Trail
[Part of the Darklands of Arkania Story.]Just noticed that all those times the orcs took the party's stuff, they never touched their gold/ducat pile which has been growing nicely. Of course that...
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Star Trail: Phex Dungeon
[Part of the Darklands of Arkania Story.]After resting up at the inns at Tiefhusen, the full team finds Hensger again and after paying him 20 ducats the shady man leads them into a dungeon in town and...
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Insurgency
One part counterstrike, one part frustration.In this first person shooter you generally have to take and hold points, with little variation and a lot of shooting. It comes with good music, decent...
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Star Trail: Drug Addicts
[Part of the Darklands of Arkania Story.]"High" priests? Either we're getting somewhere or these guys are stoned.After many annoying hours of exploration and slaughter the team finally reaches what...
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Star Trail: Home of Ingramosh
[Part of the Darklands of Arkania Story.]The healer at Tjolmar cured Dalian's disease easily, and as per tradition, the team celebrated at a local tavern (with brothel services) and learned that...
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Star Trail: The Devil You Know
[Part of the Darklands of Arkania Story.]With no weapons shop in town the party spends a few days getting their weapons repaired and purchasing some supplies from the local healer: a small batch of...
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Star Trail: Arkandor
[Part of the Darklands of Arkania Story.]That's a lot of cultists!With no way to go but forward, Allison acts as the fake wall detector for the team as they fight even more ghouls and skeletons. There...
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Star Trail: The Dragon
[Part of the Darklands of Arkania Story.]BBQ Breath!Arkandor is not just a tough bastard, but a real bastard. Not only does he have a huge well of HP but he has a wide array of attacks, breath types...
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Star Trail: A Reward of Good Will
[Part of the Darklands of Arkania Story.]With the "stoned" dwarf in tow the team runs out the back exit of the dungeon and right to Elsurion Starlight, who whisks the team and the (stoned) dwarf Prince...
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Helldivers
Spreading our way of life throughout the universe!While this plays like a futuristic Gauntlet, it is hilarious and very fun. Up to four players cooperatively perform missions on planets against three...
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Mission Impossible: Rogue Nation
Because Logic loses to Entertainment!Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise) is back with to fight "the Syndicate", an evil version of the IMF (Impossible Mission Force) just as the CIA manages to disbands the good...
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Feb-Report: Aldnoah Master
Hey all! How is your February going? For those of you who enjoyed the Darklands of Arkania, I have good news: the story will continue soon - after I put up a couple more reviews. Thank you to those who...
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Warhammer: Vermintide
Hexen mixed with Left 4 Dead.The end of the world comes at the hands of ... the Skaven? Hmm. I guess if they carry the bubonic plague or something. Anyway, in this first person Warhammer game you can...
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Deathtrap
Tower Defense meets Diablo. Deathtrap is an odd nugget. You start out by picking a hero class (fighter, hunter, wizard) and then get a quick spiel of these magical islands which serve as the titular...
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Riva: Effing Elves
[Part of the Darklands of Arkania Story.]Turns out that stay at the elf village wasn't as relaxing as previously hoped, since the party awakens from their drunken stupor at the port city of Riva in...
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Riva: Customer Service
[Part of the Darklands of Arkania Story.]At one of the local pubs the team learns that there's a fair bit going on in Riva: tales of a haunted watch tower, orcs occupying a nearby mine, a crazy wizard...
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