Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Tommy's Take on Camp Grizzly

I like slasher films. I pretty much think Halloween (the original) is the perfect slasher film, but I am a big fan of the Friday the 13th film series (for the most part).

Camp Grizzly is, largely, Friday the 13th with the serial numbers filed off...and it is also an absolutely crazy amount of fun.

Friday, May 15, 2015

Tommy's Take on D&D 5th Edition Dungeon Master's Guide

I have reviewed the Player's Handbook, the Monster Manual and the Hoard of the Dragon Queen...but I got sidetracked before I reviewed the Dungeon Master's Guide. Honestly, I think this review is going to be a bit better than it would have been, because the first impressions have washed away, and I've been using the book in play since it was released.

Tuesday, May 12, 2015

What Do You Want In Reviews?

I am in a bit of a quandry. I am rapidly reaching the point, at least right now, in which I am unable to keep up the pace of my reviewing (right now, anyway), certainly at a deep depth, but I am loathe to abandon my Tuesday-Friday schedule which has proven to be great for blog traffic.

So I am now in the process of revising my review procedures, and I thought it would behoove me to ask: When you read a review, what are you looking for? What information are you trying to glean from the review? More importantly, what are you hoping to get out of a review I post on my blog?

This applies to consumers and publishers alike. Are you looking for a chapter by chapter breakdown of the book? Are you interesting in what I believe are the high points and low points? Do you tune out when I write too much? Do you feel cheated when I write too little? Are you interested in more board game reviews?

Help me out here. I want to know what you want to read from this blog. Do you even want to read my reviews anymore? Is there something else you would rather see when you visit here? Are you just here for the free stuff? I will consider all honest, constructive feedback. You can post it in the comments below, or you can email me at tommybrownell(a)gmail(dot)com. If you follow me on social media, feel free to let me know what you think there. I am not threatening, implying or hinting that I am closing the blog, but as I have more opportunities in front of me, and more outside projects on my plate, I want to make the energy spent here to be as fruitful as possible for as many people as possible, myself included.

Thanks for your time.

Friday, May 8, 2015

Tommy's Take on Winter Eternal

As you may have seen, we are giving away copies of Winter Eternal here on the blog. As I tend do, I like to have a look at anything I'm giving away, and so I'm setting out to review Winter Eternal for Savage Worlds.

Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Winter Eternal Giveaway, Wicked Lies & Alibis Winners and

WINTER ETERNAL GIVEAWAY

I feel, once again, incredibly blessed to offer my readers yet another opportunity to win a prize...in part because last month was the single highest traffic month in my blog's entire existence! How cool is that?

And that seems like a perfect segue to lead into my next giveaway...Just Insert Imagination is offering two digital copies of their new Savage Worlds setting Winter Eternal! Enter to win it now, and I will be back on Friday with a review of said setting!

What is Winter Eternal?

Friday, May 1, 2015

Tommy's Take on Barbarians Versus... 2nd Edition

Who doesn't love Barbarians? Precis Intermedia has released the second edition of Barbarians Versus... (Vile Reptilian Invaders from Outer Space), a fairly lite and light hearted rpg about barbarians versus, well, vile reptilian invaders from outer space.