FRANKENSTEIN 2025

I have a review of The Enchanting Shadow up at easternKicks. If you haven’t seen this movie, it is the perfect film for Halloween. Anyone familiar with A Chinese Ghost Story knows the basic plot of a scholar seduced by a ghost. This film was a large influence on A Chinese Ghost Story, so it…

Witch from Nepal is a very interesting genre bending movie. Released in 1986 and directed by Ching Siu-Tung, it stars Chow Yun-Fat as Joe, a man who breaks his leg while vacationing in Nepal after visions of a mysterious woman. He returns to Hong Kong with his girlfriend, Ida to recover at a hospital where…

Playtesters: Ryan Turner, Elliot Nicoll, Joel Clark, and Adam Baulderstone THE BRIDE OF LIAO MANOR  This adventure for Strange Tales of Songling is intended for a party of 2-4 players, with level 1-3 characters. While the two chief foes can still pose a danger, their focus on maintaining appearances means they will only harm the…

This is a sandbox campaign for Wandering Heroes of Ogre Gate, operating in “Condor Heroes Mode”. I used a lot of the procedures described in the wuxia sandbox posts. It is a campaign with three players. Before the campaign started we spent time establishing their family connections, rolling randomly for both their mothers and fathers (normally only one…

This is another casual review where I give my first impressions of a film right after watching it.  The Young Avenger is a 1972 wuxia film directed by Griffin Yueh Feng, starring Shih Szu (Bao Zhu), Yueh Hua (Chen Shi Lun) and Fan Mei-Sheng (Liu Tuo). Griffin Yueh Feng had a long career going back…

My friend and sometimes co-host on the podcast, jim pinto, has a new Mork Borg expansion on kickstarter. Jim is the maker of 100s of games, and the man behind Postworldgames. His new offering is called Hate Stain. Check out the Kickstarter page HERE for a complete overview but here is a quick description of the project:…