The Great Game, Harvester 14-15, 596 CY (Day 2-3)

December 9, 2015 Author: Jon Johnson (Sir)

The party continues their search for the villainous vampire Lord of Staad, while suspecting they aren’t necessarily where they started. The group was in the beginnings of a battle situation with a creepy vampire-like ghoul… Day 2 As the party began to defend the former belltower structure, the wampyr outside took fire from Zeke and Read More

Tags: FoJ, Fond of Justice, games, Greyhawk, Sir Jon, The Great Game

Shopping Suggestions 3: Season of the Which

December 8, 2015 Author: Jon Johnson (Sir)

As these suggestions have been readily received, I’ll continue the sequel-itis and dig deeper into the forever fun and oddball ideas for your friends and family – or that person you don’t know that well which you’ve been saddled with for some stupid “Secret Santa” situation at your job. I’ve covered movies, basic tabletop games, Read More

Tags: Gifts, Holidays, review, Shopping Suggestions, Sir Jon, Xmas

Let’s Drink Malört

December 5, 2015 Author: Jon Johnson (Sir)

This is going to be a completely self-serving bit, so bear with the audacity of it. Shots from the hip are the bread and butter here and this is no change from that. From the Hip is the name of the podcast Vinnie, John and I do, usually together. I came in later than those Read More

Tags: Drinks, GaryCon, Jeppson's, Malort, Sir Jon

Charlton Comics

December 3, 2015 Author: Jon Johnson (Sir)

Charlton Comics, the little company that almost could, has a strange history that’s been researched and bandied about the comic book community for decades. Numerous people have dug into the oftentimes bizarre setup that kept Charlton printing their extremely low-budget titles that occasionally struck gold. For fans of the company, historians of comics or of Read More

Tags: Charlton Comics, Comics, Sir Jon

The Great Game, Harvester 13-14, 596CY (Day 1-2)

December 1, 2015 Author: Jon Johnson (Sir)

Day 1 Having found themselves on a road leading towards a much larger town than that the group had visited so far in the Lorridges, a personnel change was needed. Zeke was removed from the giant bag of holding, took stock of the situation and strode right towards town, the rest of the party in Read More

Tags: games, Greyhawk, Recap, RPG, Sir Jon, The Great Game

Shopping Suggestions 2: The Sacrifice

November 30, 2015 Author: Jon Johnson (Sir)

Now that Thanksgetting has passed and Black Friday is behind the world-weary retail workers, let’s look at another series of potential ideas for your favorite geek before the Xmas season is done. Not that shopping can’t be done at any other time of the year, but hey, I’m not the one buying, I’m just telling Read More

Tags: Books, Movies, review, Sir Jon, Suggestions

Sites I Like

November 25, 2015 Author: Jon Johnson (Sir)

Long, long ago, when the Comic’s Buyers Guide was king of the weekly pop culture newspapers, I discovered a guy named Mark Evanier. He was a writer of an irregular column called News From Me that was incredibly entertaining, witty and informative. I learned he had written and co-created Groo the Wanderer (with the one Read More

Tags: Comics, Movies, review, Sir Jon, Sites I Like, TV, Websites

The Great Game, Harvester 11 through 13, 596CY

November 24, 2015 Author: Jon Johnson (Sir)

With the suspected evil gnome “Terry” dead, the group waited out the night to see if they’d be harassed further. Morton destroyed the remains of “Terry” by throwing them in one of the burning buildings. As night progressed, the fog receded and the party was able to rest relatively easy, working out a plan for Read More

Shopping Suggestions

November 23, 2015 Author: Jon Johnson (Sir)

As the Xmas season gets ever near, I figured an offering of some of my favorite things that are easily obtained would be good filler for Thanksgiving week, from all across the board of esoterica covered on this page. I love games. Some of my favorites are old, out-of-print, long play scenarios that limit regular Read More

Tags: Black Friday, Comics, games, Shopping, Sir Jon

Let Your Heart Grow Three Sizes

November 21, 2015 Author: Jon Johnson (Sir)

We aren’t all about the odd, sundry and entertainment at this page. For the coming cold weather, won’t you help out a friend of From the Hip and the forthcoming site, Libby Carrier with her annual drive to clothe the homeless? You might feel better than Fromthehipbot after a trip to Silicon Valley. Operation: Comfort.