Persons of Interest: William Burke and William Hare Up the close and doun the stair, But and ben wi’ Burke and Hare. Burke’s the butcher, Hare’s the thief, Knox the boy that buys the beef. —19th-century Edinburgh skipping rhyme A pair of the most notorious criminals of the 1800s… …
New to the VAE Library: Doctor Who: Adventures in Time and Space~ The Fourth Doctor Sourcebook http://www.cubicle7.co.uk/our-games/doctor-who-aitas/the-doctors-sourcebooks/ Doctor Who: Adventures in Time and Space~ The Fourth Doctor Sourcebook Cubicle 7 2014 This was a given purchase for the gaming library. I suppose I would’ve purchased it the day it was …
Out now: Wicked Lies & Alibis http://wickedliesandalibis.blogspot.com/ “Imaginary Empire releases Wicked Lies & Alibis, a whodunit roleplaying game set in the age of Art Deco. Wicked Lies & Alibis uses simple card-based mechanics to recreate murder mystery stories in the finest tradition of the golden-age of detective fiction. Innovative character …
Now watching: The Mystery of Edwin Drood – England – 2012 – Diarmuid Lawrence http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mystery_of_Edwin_Drood_%282012_film%29 “The Mystery of Edwin Drood is a 2012 British television adaptation of the unfinished novel by Charles Dickens, adapted with a new ending by Gwyneth Hughes, produced by Lisa Osborne, and directed by Diarmuid Lawrence.” …
Casebook #1 for the Baker Street RPG, out now~ http://www.rpgnow.com/product/146408/Baker-Street-Casebook-1-Roleplaying-in-the-World-of-Sherlock-Holmes?manufacturers_id=7735 “Here are eight new cases for the Baker Street RPG. Masterminds will find all sorts of new mysteries within to present to their intrepid investigators. Includes adventures written by Matt DeForrest, Jeff Grubb, Steven S. Long, Mark Plemmons, Jeff Siadek, Skip Williams, and more.”
Tim Prasil’s Chronological Bibliography of Early Occult Detectives Really good stuff, check it out here: http://timprasil.wordpress.com/a-chronological-bibliography-of-early-occult-detectives/ A Chronological Bibliography of Early Occult Detectives Click here, here, and here for a three-part discussion of how I settled on a definition of occult detective fiction. Click here to read “A Key to the …
The Benevolent Lodge of Mystery~ Steampunk Scooby Doo? I’ve been watching all of the episodes of the Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated (2010-2013), and enjoying it to no end. There’s an over arching storyline and one of the revelations the team discovers is that they’re not the first team of puzzle solvers …
Bakerstreet RPG hits its fundraiser!~ … and then some! Fearlight Games is releasing Bakerstreet “Roleplaying in the World of Sherlock Holmes”. And the raised almost ten times what then needed! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/fearlightgames/baker-street-roleplaying-in-the-world-of-sherlock Keep an eye on their wesbite or their Facebook for details of the game’s release. http://www.fearlightgames.com/ https://www.facebook.com/FearlightGames
The Great Mouse Detective ~ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Mouse_Detective Watched today The Great Mouse Detective (1986) I really like this movie, it’s relative success after the fiasco of The Black Cauldron convinced Disney to keep making animated features, and it mixes Sherlock Holmes with “mouse world”… two things I’m a sucker for. The …