ACKS project press

January 9th, 2012Posted by Bret Woods

I was delighted to read the following New York Times article this morning, in which Wizards of the Coast is in the planning stages of their envisioned reboot of the Dungeons & Dragons franchise. You can read the article here. I can safely say I am not the least bit surprised that 4e tanked like [...]

TEDxFSU event was a success

November 6th, 2011Posted by Bret Woods

There were technical difficulties throughout, and my time was cut short rather curtly, but overall I thought the event was great. Congratulations to the coordinators.

Kora Music

October 27th, 2011Posted by Bret Woods

ACKS Kickstarter promising project

August 2nd, 2011Posted by Bret Woods

For a while now I have been backing a kickstarter project for a RPG system called ACKS–Adventurer Conquerer King System. It is the first OD&D-type rules system I have seen in a while that offers a lot more than the average restructuring of old school references. Similar to Labyrinth Lord, the system mechanics are being [...]

Source Code (with Spoilers)

April 11th, 2011Posted by Bret Woods

Saturday I saw Source Code, an entertaining action/thriller/science fiction. The film was quite enjoyable, with fantastic performances from the cast, Jake Gyllenhaal, Vera Farmiga, Michelle Monaghan, and Jeffrey Wright, and a well-paced, well-structured story from director Duncan Jones and writer Ben Ripley. I would go so far as to state that this film was brilliant, [...]