



I wax nostalgic about stories and fables (Mother West Wind, Jack and the Giant Killer, Beowulf, Gilgamesh), board and card games (Carrier Strike, Payday, Auto Dealer, Masterpiece, Mastermind, Rook, Dutch Blitz, Risk, Inventors, Stop Thief), reading (The Hobbit, A Wizard of Earthsea, Dragonriders of Pern, Heinlein's juvenile works, Choose Your Own Adventure, The Science Fiction Book Club), 1977 (Star Wars, The Hobbit cartoon, Atari 2600, Steely Dan, Space Mountain, Roots, the blizzard, the energy crisis), 1978 (D&D Holmes Basic, Advanced D&D, Melee and Wizard, Ogre, another blizzard!, Pete Rose's 3,000th hit, WKRP, Bob Crane's murder, the Jonestown massacre, The Star Wars Holiday Special, Alladin's Castle, Omni magazine), 1919 (the TI-99/4a, moving houses, Voyager and Pioneer 11, Three Mile Island, Disco Demolition, Star Trek the Motion Picture, the Iran Hostage Crisis, Jimmy Carter attacked by a swamp rabbit, and Traveller).Ĭlosing music is Cemetery Dance by the Vivisectors Plundergrounds opening theme by Logan Howard of Sword Breaker Thor Wake the Mangog by Lee/Kirby, SimonsonĬlosing music is Moth Man by Apache Tomcat Red Harvest by Dashiell Hammet (influenced Yojimbo, Fistful of Dollars) Taika Watiti, What We Do in the Shadows, Jojo Rabbit Toy Soldiers blog on Dragonriders of Styx When We Were Wizards podcast - rise and fall of EGG Hong Kong toys - inspirations for Rust Monster, Owlbear, etc.
