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Bumping into the limitations of a free wordpress.com account, I decided to switch to a self-hosted WordPress site. Please visit https://www.orcs-illustrated.com for future posts. For those who follow this blog: thank you! Orcs Illustrated is connected to the Jetpack app. In the next few days I will perform a subscriber migration so that new posts …

A quick Reddit farewell post and status update

I have decided to leave Reddit and figure out how to operate in the Fediverse. This means I will likely become more active on this blog, and perhaps rename it to be more consistent with my other online handle orcs_illustrated. If anyone has experience using the ActivePub WordPress plug in please reach out. UPDATE: I …

Laserblade Battle Report: Debate on Thordis

As planet Thordis rises to sector prominence thanks to its peerless mastery of gene splicing, two rival sects of the Gospel of the Helix clash over the relic of a saint. With school out, I took advantage of the boredom to arrange a game of Laserblade with my kids. I showed them my whole sci-fi …

FiveCore Battle Report: Safehouse Raid at Containment Zone QN7

Global Marshals intelligence has discovered an underground safehouse of the notorious Blossoms cartel. A Special Enforcement Team (SET) arrives to destroy the safehouse just as a cartel thug crew returns home from today's robbery. Now the thugs scramble to preserve their hideout and destroy nearby evidence. My friend Mark and I got in a game …