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rafaelsilvasource · 1 month ago
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RAFAEL SILVA at the Epic Cons Chicago 2 convention - September 15, 2024
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thena0315 · 2 months ago
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Norma Kuhling Instagram Update with Chicago Med stars at Epic Cons Chicago 2 [9.17.24]
" What an awesome weekend, thank you Epic cons and all the fans for coming out! 🚑 #chicagomed #chicagofire #chicagopd #onechicago #chihards "
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911lsbts · 2 months ago
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Rafael Silva, Ronen Rubinstein, Natacha Karam, & Bart Johnson at Epic Cons Chicago 2 Lone Star Panel - September 15, 2024.
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mayasdeluca · 2 months ago
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Epic Cons Chicago 2 - Station 19 Panel Day 2
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rachlovesactors · 8 months ago
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These are my Daniel Sharman items from Epic Cons Chicago, March 24, 2024. This was my 4th time meeting him. Every time is wonderful! I had the private meet & greet with 20 fans, which was great. I love my autograph! I had the vinyl poster custom-made, it's 2 feet by 3 feet. When I unrolled it in front of him, he said "Wow, that's a whole lot of me in one poster!" The personalization reads "Dear Rachel, Loads of love" and has a heart, which is the most he's ever written on an autograph for me, and I've met him 4 times now, so I'm very happy with it!! He calls all the fans "love" or "darling," so throughout the day he called me love, darling, and sweetheart. It's so wonderful to hear those in his accent.
I have a Facebook photo album full of photos from the Teen Wolf panels at Epic Cons Chicago (and Twilight and Pretty Little Liars). It's public, so you can look at my photos here:
If you share any of my photos, please credit me! You can tag me on Instagram and X at rharsin
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supermanandloisverse · 8 months ago
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Teen Wolf Panel at Epic Con Chicago : Day 2
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theamyacker · 7 months ago
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SHOOT REUNION 2024
SHOOT FANS!!!! I need your help!! So there's this con called Epic Cons @ epiccons - on twitter and instagram - they are doing a first responders event called Epic Chicago Con 2 (ECC2) on September 14-15 of this year and I thought about how Amy Acker was on 9-1-1 Lone Star and Sarah Shahi was in Chicago Fire so it would only make sense to have a reasonable excuse to invite them so that we can have our shoot reunion. PLEASE TWEET THEM AND COMMENT ON THEIR IG POSTS
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jacebeleren · 9 months ago
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Hello! I saw this dina cosplay and thought you might be normal about it. I dont know if this is the best way to send it to you https://www.instagram.com/p/C3-tuIqrevZ/?igsh=MWV3MXpkeW9jYzBiZw==
omg epic!!!! there were 2 dina cosplayers at magic con chicago, i was sad i didnt get a picture with either!
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trastornadosrevista · 6 months ago
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AVRIL LAVIGNE lanzará su primer álbum GREATEST HITS
Antes de su próxima gira, Avril Lavigne, ocho veces nominada al GRAMMY® y con certificación de diamante, anuncia su primer álbum de grandes éxitos que se lanzará el 21 de junio a través de Legacy Recordings, la división de catálogo de Sony Music Entertainment. Avril Lavigne - Greatest Hits ya está disponible para pre-pedido.
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Una compilación esencial de todas las fases de la carrera pionera de Avril como uno de los íconos pop del siglo XXI, Avril Lavigne - Greatest Hits presenta 20 canciones favoritas de los fanáticos de su catálogo que rompió récords, incluido "Complicated" con certificación de platino de la RIAA 3 veces y "Sk8er Boi" con certificación de platino 2 veces de su álbum debut de 2002 Let Go (Artista) hasta su séptimo álbum de estudio Love Sux (Elektra/DTA) con canciones como "Bite Me", "Bois Lie" feat. Machine Gun Kelly y "I'm A Mess" con Yungblud.
Avril Lavigne llevará sus Greatest Hits a la carretera para una serie de conciertos inolvidables en 2024. Lagira Avril Lavigne: The Greatest Hits comienza el miércoles 22 de mayo en Vancouver, BC en el Rogers Arena, con paradas en Los Ángeles, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Toronto, Charlotte, Nashville, Chicago y más antes de concluir el miércoles 18 de septiembre en Calgary. All Time Low y Simple Plan se unirán a Avril en fechas seleccionadas a lo largo de la gira como invitados especiales y apoyo directo, con Royal & the Serpent y Girlfriends uniéndose a fechas seleccionadas como teloneros.
Avril Lavigne - Greatest Hits Track List: 01. Sk8er Boi (Let Go/single - Arista 2002) 02. Girlfriend (The Best Damn Thing/single - RCA 2007) 03. What the Hell (Goodbye Lullaby/single - RCA 2011) 04. Complicated (Let Go/single - Arista 2002) 05. Don't Tell Me (Under My Skin/single - Arista/RCA 2004) 06. I'm A Mess (with Yungblud) (Love Sux Deluxe/single - Elektra/DTA 2022) 07. He Wasn't (Under My Skin/single - Arista/RCA 2005) 08. Losing Grip (Let Go/single - Arista 2003) 09. My Happy Ending (Under My Skin/single - Arista/RCA 2004) 10. Bite Me (Love Sux/single - Elektra/DTA/2021) 11. Nobody's Home (Under My Skin/single - Arista/RCA 2004) 12. I'm With You (Let Go/single - Arista 2002) 13. When You're Gone (The Best Damn Thing/single - RCA 2007) 14. Bois Lie (feat. Machine Gun Kelly) (Love Sux/single - Elektra/DTA 2022) 15. Smile (Goodbye Lullaby/single - RCA 2011) 16. Love It When You Hate Me (feat. blackbear) (Love Sux/single - Elektra/DTA 2022) 17. Rock n Roll (Avril Lavigne/single - Epic 2013) 18. Here's To Never Growing Up (Avril Lavigne/single - Epic 2013) 19. Keep Holding On (The Best Damn Thing/"Eragon" soundtrack/single - RCA 2006) 20. Head Above Water (Head Above Water/single - BMG 2018)
Sobre Avril Lavigne Avril Lavigne ha hecho historia, ha batido récords y ha abierto constantemente su propio camino como una fuerza intransigente en la música y la cultura. Más allá de vender 50 millones de álbumes en todo el mundo con 12.5 millones de unidades vendidas solo en los Estados Unidos, ha logrado ocho nominaciones a los premios GRAMMY® en categorías como "Mejor Artista Nuevo" y "Canción del Año" dos veces por "Complicated" y "I'm with You". Además, el ganador del Paseo de la Fama de Canadá 2023 y del Paseo de la Fama de Hollywood 2022 ha ganado diez premios JUNO, incluido el de "Artista del Año" y varios premios "JUNO Fans' Choice". Su catálogo comprende el disco certificado de diamante (Canadá) y el séptuple platino (EE. UU.) Let Go [2002], quíntuple platino (Canadá) y triple platino (EE. UU.) Under My Skin [2004], el doble platino The Best Damn Thing [2007], el disco de oro Goodbye Lullaby [2011], el disco de oro Avril Lavigne [2013] y Head Above Water [2019] destacan éxitos definitivos como "Complicated", "Sk8er Boi", "Girlfriend", "Here's To Never Growing Up" y "Head Above Water". Como tal, sigue siendo "una de las artistas más vendidas de la era Soundscan que lanza álbumes en los EE. UU." y "la tercera artista femenina canadiense más vendida de todos los tiempos". Obtuvo un lugar en el Top 10 de la lista "Lo mejor de la década de 2000" de Billboard y tiene un récord mundial Guinness como "la artista solista femenina más joven en encabezar la lista del Reino Unido", mientras que "Girlfriend" surgió como "el primer video musical en alcanzar los 100 millones de visitas en YouTube". También ha obtenido múltiples #1 en todo el mundo y sus seguidores en las redes sociales superan notablemente los 93.6 millones de fanáticos en todo el mundo. En febrero de 2022, Avril hizo su debut para DTA Records con el lanzamiento de su séptimo álbum de estudio Love Sux que debutó en el top 10 de la lista Top 200 de Billboard, acumuló más de 12 millones de reproducciones en su primera semana e incluyó éxitos como "Bite Me", "Love It When You Hate Me" feat. blackbear" y "I'm A Mess" (con YUNGBLUD). El 22 de mayo, Avril iniciará su gira norteamericana Avril Lavigne: The Greatest Hits interpretando sus canciones más importantes hasta la fecha en ciudades como Los Ángeles, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Charlotte, Nashville y Chicago, entre otras. Para conocer las fechas de la gira y el resto de la información, visitá  www.avrillavigne.com.
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rafaelsilvasource · 1 month ago
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RAFAEL SILVA and RONEN RUBINSTEIN at the Epic Cons Chicago 2 convention - September 15, 2024
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thena0315 · 2 months ago
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Not once have we've seen this entire group shared a screen together on Chicago Med
First time seeing Connor & Ava in the same place with Crockett & Hannah (their replacements in season 5)
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designer-dad · 5 years ago
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Peak Design Everyday Backpack 30L - The Review
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So we’ve arrived. The culmination of years of fine-tuning and honing in what I look for in a bag. Years of tastes growing, becoming uber-specific and demanding. And 6 months of searching for a very good bag that won’t (totally) break the bank. Something that a frugal person can still say is worth every penny.
Behold, my EDC choice: The Peak Design Everyday Backpack in 30L, Charcoal.
Peak Design first caught my eye when they developed the Everyday Messenger Bag. I was thoroughly taken by how a bag could be so simple, yet powerful. It didn’t require very specific pockets for every possible item. What it had was a thoughtful and novel approach to organization that, while based on camera gear, worked exceedingly well for EDC. With thoughtful and useful pockets, the ability to expand, and those awesome gear dividers, I knew they had a winner. But I was already getting past the stage of messengers and looking at backpacks. if only they did a backpack...
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... And then they did. And what a backpack. It was very hard as a designer not to fall down the rabbit hole of videos on the features and uses of this bag. There really isn’t a whole lot you’d wanna do with this (as an EDC/typical travel bag) that you can’t do. True, it’s not submersible, and I don’t think it would do well with a hydration bladder, so it won’t really work as a hiking pack. But aside from that, this thing really can do it all. Drone carry? Check. Tripod? Check. Yoga mat? Check. Lots of giant water bottles? Check. Laptop and tablet? Check. Camera gear for days? Check. Room to grow? Check. Slinging a days worth of purchases from the Mahane Yehudah Market in Jerusalem? Check.
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There’s no shortage of reviews and videos breaking down this bag, so I won’t get into all the nitty gritty of what makes it awesome. It’s pretty much unanimous that it is. So I’ll go through why it checks my particular boxes, and then run through how I think it could get even better.
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1) Masterful Organization Major pros here, a few cons. Overall, Peak addresses my biggest issue with backpacks, which was really the main sell for me. They employed a way for me to subdivide the giant big pocket into smaller chunks that are easy to reconfigure in both immediate ways (simply flipping a flap one way or another) or more semi-permanent ways (removing/adding a divider, or simply moving one). This is epic. This scratches my organization itch SO SATISFACTORILY. 2 side water bottle pockets (more on that below), handy soft-lined kinda hidden zipper pocket at the top of the laptop compartment, interior hidden passport pocket, and 2 side panels of smaller organization which expand to hold FREAKING ANYTHING. Seriously, I’ve never not been able to fit something in there, even things that obviously should not fit. And it’s got hidden loops and tethers all over the place for carrying literally any kind of weird thing strapped to the outside as well. It covers all the bases, some better than others, but certainly covers them all. I can store big stuff, little stuff, weird stuff, and more, and know it will all have a place, no matter the size or shape or fragility.  Other than documents. More on that later. And it’ll grow to add more. YES. 
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2) DSLR/Camera Carry This is what Peak Design focuses on, and this is what they do exceedingly well. Taking cues from many other DSLR carry inserts, their origami style dividers have flaps that allow you to move a portion of these semi-rigid dividers to the side to make way for larger camera grips, or lay long lenses across. But that’s an understatement. These movable flaps give an excellent combination of structure, flexibility, protection, and modularity to allow for nearly any kind of setup you’d like. They pretty damn well near nailed this aspect of bags.
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3) Travel Buddy/EDC Buddy Yeah, it’s more or less a joy to use this bag for travel and EDC. It flexes nimbly between what I use everyday and the particular items I carry for travel. It grows to carry my extra gear for travel (prayer paraphernalia, books, cable pack, snacks), yet shrinks back to a reasonable size when all I’ve got is my lunch and collection of way-too-many EDC knives. 
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And no matter the kind of trip, it can tackle it. Overnight stay to get away from the kids? Done. 3 day work trip to North Carolina? No problem. 3 day winter break with the kids in Louisville? Got it. Week with the boys in Scotland? Yup. 10 days with the wife in Israel, along with day-pack use? Check. 2.5 day Design Show in Milan? Sure.
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It’s a great airport companion, as the quick release strap adjusters and swing-to-the-side move make backpack carry almost as easy to access as messenger carry, and always stymies TSA just enough that they tend to give up on it quick and leave me alone. And I love being the only guy on the Metra in Chicago with this bag. Other than that one time I sat next to another dude with the same bag, and proceeded to make a new friend.
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4) Backpack Carry Now almost any backpack could theoretically satisfy this requirement, but Peak does it in a pretty special way. The straps are fairly comfortable, very ergonomically sculpted, and have a giant swiveling rivet at the top that allow it to fit my 6′2″ 230 pound frame, as well as my 5″4′ 120 pound wife, all without issue. It has a somewhat ventilated back panel, to ease comfort a little (but still doesn’t quite measure up to a serious hiking pack like an Osprey), though it will still yield a pretty sweaty back with prolonged wear. But for a bag that’s rigid, holds its shape well, stand on its own when you put it down, protects your gear, and has a water-resistant coating, it’s a pretty dang comfortable bag. 
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5) Water Bottle Carry YES. This bag does this better than almost any I’ve seen. The side pockets are deep, fit even GIANT bottles, and somehow tuck flat back against the bag when not in use. It looks fitted empty, with my slim travel umbrella, or a 750ml bottle in it. And it has a pocket on BOTH sides. 
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6) Laptop Carry Do you carry a giant 17″ CAD Mobile Workstation? Then you’re out of luck. Anything else, and you’re covered. It fits my 15″ Mobile Workstation just fine, and that’s massive. The 20L would fit a 15″ standard laptop as well. It’s got a soft protected pocket with top access, keeping it separate from the main compartment, and it expands to the inside of the bag when occupied, so the bag does not physically grow when you add a laptop. I find it nice that the bag always maintains the same profile. I don’t have to readjust on the train to avoid hitting people if all of a sudden my bag is really full. It also has a tablet sleeve, but I find it hard to keep one in there if I’m toting my beast laptop. Admittedly, this is a problem for very few people.
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7) Svelte but Spacious As I said above, I love the fact that the profile of this bag pretty much never changes. Yes, it gets slightly taller when it’s crammed, but front to back, side to side, it’s always the same, semi-rigid structure. It’ll always fit under the seat in front of me on the plane. I won’t accidentally hit people with it because I forgot I added a pair of shoes. Yet it looks sleek, and not gargantuan, even though it can hold up to a generous 30L. It’s more like 22L when not fully expanded. Granted, it looks on the larger side when my wife is carrying it, but on a, uh, fully grown male such as myself, it looks just fine. Not too large for EDC.
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8) Generally Awesome Designers like toys. We love novelty. Cool features. Little pleasant surprises. This bag is full of them, and they continue to provide joy on a daily basis. This is how products should be. From the unique magnetic latch and bar system, to the hidden magnets for the water bottle and hidden pockets (everyone loves magnets), various hidden tethers, stretchy expandable pockets, lovely detailed hardware, plethora of carry handles that don’t look like luggage handles, this bag just delights over and over. Even with it’s few frustrations.
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Ok, so now I want to share my wishlist for the next Everyday Backpack. Nothing is perfect, and this bag is no exception. So here are the VERY FEW issues I have with this bag, after about 2 years of use for both EDC carry and frequent travel, both domestic and international.
1) I wish there was a small, quick access pocket. Not big, not deep, but a pocket on the outside of the bag that I can stick the boarding pass, earbuds, train ticket, spare change, passport, or whatever single random small thing I need to stick somewhere that's not in my pants pocket, but can quickly take it right back out without undoing 2 zippers or a flap. Like the Timbuk2 Napoleon pocket. 
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Maybe along the seam between the side and back panels. A little 6 inch zipper. I like the pocket in the laptop pocket, but can't access that with the quick sling to the side move. I would like to get at that pocket using that move.
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2) I wish there was a dedicated spot to clip a carabiner onto the shoulder strap. Gotta keep my keys somewhere quick. They include a tether for keys in the water bottle pocket (that uses the same clip as their strap system, oooOOOooo), and I like the tether, but it's not the fast access of a carabiner. This is a couple ways I've been doing it, but it took a while to figure out these solutions. I could use a couple loops on the strap to do it.
3) I wish I had a good document storage solution. I have a hulking laptop, so that pocket won't work if my laptop is in there. I need another thin vertical sleeve. I’ve seen a YouTube video with a workaround for that, but it’s inelegant, and renders a divider and a lot of space much less useful.
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4) I wish I had better writing implement organization. Maybe 5 dedicated pen slots. I know I'm not most people, but as a Designer, I have a handful I need with me. Sharpie, pen, pencil, Xacto, felt tip, pocket scale. They scratch against each other in a shared pocket, and the material is too thick for the clips to clip onto for most of them, so they tend to slide too far down to reach quickly. I also don’t like that it’s not quick to pull out a pen. It’s swinging the bag to the front, opening a zipper, opening a flap, opening another zipper, pulling out the pen, then reverse. Nah.
5) Sweat. So. Much. Sweat. I’ve worn this for hikes, all day shopping in markets, at trade shows, in giant airports, and the back sweat is measurable in inches. Not as bad if there’s a coat and it’s cold, but if this is on the shirt on my back, I will be wetter than I care to be in normal attire.
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6) While I like the little pocket at the top of the zippered laptop compartment, it grows into the main pocket, and right at the top. This pocket is the natural place for sunglasses, keys, etc, but as it grows, it greatly interferes with access into the main compartment, and can also crush stuff in that little pocket.
7) I’d love to see other kind of dividers or organization options that can attach to that velcro-ey interior of the bag. I wanna get their tech bag that fits nicely, but would love to have some more specific options available to mix and match with.
There's a part of me that hopes they never put these into play, because I don't wanna drop another $280 on a bag. But if they do, I happily will. 
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mayasdeluca · 3 months ago
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Epic Cons Chicago 2 Schedule for Sunday September 15th. All times are CST.
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carolinesiede · 5 years ago
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My 2019 Writing Roundup
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Not to get too New Age-y, but 2019 felt like a very ~transformative~ year for me. I turned 30, got a literary agent, and became a member of the Chicago Film Critics Association. After feeling like I’d hit a plateau in my late 20s, it was nice to experience a sense of forward momentum again, even if the lack of financial stability in this career is a constant background stress. Still, on the whole my sixth year as a full-time freelancer felt like a time where I kinda, sorta figured out what I’m doing. Instead of struggling in murky waters, I’m at least actively swimming in them.
I continued to write for The A.V. Club, The Spool, and Consequence of Sound, plus took on new outlets in The Verge and Polygon. I also had an article about romantic comedies published in Southwest Airline’s in-flight magazine and was asked to talk about Hallmark Channel Christmas rom-coms on Canadian radio. Speaking of rom-coms, 2019 was the second year (and first full-year) for When Romance Met Comedy, and I feel like the column really came into its own this year. It’s by far the biggest undertaking of my career (I’ve covered 47 films in total so far!), and I’m really excited to continue shaping its voice in 2020.
Beyond finding a regular fitness routine and seeing Cats onstage for the first time, the biggest personal project I undertook in 2019 was immersing myself in the world of film and film criticism—something I started in mid-2018 and really amped up this year. My goal was to watch 300 new-to-me movies this year, and I wound up watching 355! (Including 129 new releases.) Regular access to CFCA screenings and screeners allowed me to be a bigger part of the film critic conversation than I’ve been in the past, which was exciting. I also tackled a bunch of blindspots from the past decade and put together a list of my 50 favorite films of the 2010s, which you can see right here:
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Over on the TV side of things, I bid farewell to the Netflix Defenders universe with binge-review coverage of the final seasons of The Punisher and Jessica Jones. Those Marvel binge-reviews were a big part of my early career, so seeing that universe come to a close was bittersweet. It’s always nerve-wracking when a semi-regular assignment ends, but I’m hopeful that new projects will pop up to take its place.
Putting together this year-end retrospective also made me realize I was on a lot of podcasts in 2019, including jumping in as a regular guest on the Cinematic Universe podcast in the latter half of the year. Podcasting is something I really enjoy (I find talking so much easier than writing!), and I’d love to do more of it in the future.
With that, I’ll leave you with wishes for a Happy New Year and a roundup of all the major writing I did in 2019. If you enjoyed my work this year, it would mean a lot if you would support me on either Kofi or PayPal. Or just share some of your favorite pieces with your friends!
My 15 favorite TV shows of 2019
My 15 favorite films of 2019
Op-eds and Features
“Rom-Com Revival” for Southwest The Magazine
Avengers: Endgame doesn’t earn its big “girl power” moment
An MCU breakup could be a terrific step forward for Spider-Man
“What is a weekend?”: A catch-up guide to Downton Abbey’s cast and characters
Nope, seeing Cats the musical will not help you understand Cats the movie
Let’s talk about the ending of Greta Gerwig’s Little Women
TV Coverage
Doctor Who’s 2019 New Year’s Special
The Punisher S2
Jessica Jones S3
The Crown S3
This Is Us S3 and S4
Supergirl S4 and S5
Rent: Live
Jane The Virgin fill-in
The Tony Awards
The Little Mermaid Live! 
When Romance Met Comedy
27 Dresses doesn’t deserve your hate and neither does Katherine Heigl
Bride & Prejudice weaves an impressive cultural critique into a Bollywood-inspired Jane Austen update
How does the original What Women Want hold up two decades later?
In 1990, Pretty Woman changed romantic comedies forever
For one brief, wonderful moment, Eddie Murphy reinvented himself as a romantic-comedy star
20 years later, 10 Things I Hate About You remains a model for how to do the teen rom-com right
Lloyd Dobler is Cameron Crowe’s original manic pixie dream date
We're just not that into He’s Just Not That Into You
Romance is the weakest aspect of one of the most celebrated rom-coms of the ’90s
To All The Boys and Netflix reminded the world why it’s smitten with rom-coms
Imagine Me & You gives a lesbian love story the classic rom-com treatment
Queer resilience thrives in this rom-com about love in the time of the AIDS crisis
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes is bubbly and smart, just like Marilyn Monroe
The Best Man capped off one decade of black rom-coms and inspired another
Nicolas Cage romanced Cher in one of the weirdest rom-coms ever made
After a decade of discourse, (500) Days Of Summer is basically the Fight Club of rom-coms
It’s No Strings Attached versus Friends With Benefits in a rom-com showdown
Adam Sandler’s sweetness makes The Wedding Singer a rom-com worth growing old with
The Philadelphia Story delivered one of the most star-studded love triangles ever
13 Going On 30 made Jennifer Garner a rom-com star—and gave tween girls a sleepover staple
Celebrate Halloween with Warm Bodies, the film that tried to make zom-rom-coms a thing
In the 2010s, rom-coms went indie and saved themselves in the process
Sandra Bullock became a rom-com star with a cozy love story about crushing loneliness
With just two storylines, The Holiday paid tribute to the entire rom-com genre
The A.V. Club
The maudlin Five Feet Apart anoints a new pair of winning young stars
After thinks it’s beautiful, that’s what makes it tiresome
Teen Spirit has plenty of it
Ramy is a Muslim millennial comedy with impressively big questions on its mind
Anne Hathaway and Rebel Wilson’s new comedy The Hustle pulls an inelegant con
The Sun Is Also A Star turns a compelling premise into a lackluster teen romance
The Art Of Racing In The Rain is a doggone mess
You don’t need to love Springsteen to like the thoughtful crowd-pleaser Blinded By The Light
The well-meaning Brittany Runs A Marathon can’t quite go the distance
Renée Zellweger zings in a Judy Garland biopic that clangs
The Downton Abbey movie is as pleasant as a cozy cup of tea
Tall Girl’s familiar teen love story fails to reach new heights
The new Lady And The Tramp feels like a ’90s update of a ’50s classic
The Verge/Polygon
Tigers Are Not Afraid puts a Pan’s Labyrinth spin on a poignant Mexican drug war story
The gloriously surreal space epic Ad Astra is half a great movie
An AI affair fuels a midlife crisis in the eerie science fiction drama Auggie
The painfully generic new animated Addams Family deserves no snaps
Maleficent: Mistress of Evil is boldly bonkers
Netflix’s apocalyptic teen comedy Daybreak is an exhausting sugar rush
The Current War is basically Amadeus for electricity
Is Playmobil: The Movie just a reskinned Lego Movie?
The Spool
The LEGO Movie 2: Everything is About Half as Awesome
Isn’t It Romantic: An Instant Postmodern Rom-Com Classic
The Aftermath: Sumptuous but Surface-Level Melodrama
Late Night: A Sparkling Comedy With a Lot On Its Mind
Plus One: An Indie Millennial When Harry Met Sally
The Farewell is A Poignantly Funny Goodbye
Where’d You Go, Bernadette: A whimsical mid-life crisis
After the Wedding: A grown-up drama that doesn’t trust its own story
Falling Inn Love: Love, New Zealand Style
Paradise Hills: Harajuku Gossip Girls
Consequence of Sound
Brexit Takes An Engaging But Ultimately Shallow Look At the 2016 Vote
What Men Want Flips the Script and Finds Mixed Results
Dumbo Delights Without Ever Fully Taking Flight
Someone Great Continues Netflix’s Romantic Comedy Revival
Aladdin Has the Animated Classic’s Songs, But Less of Its Personality
MindMeet Interviews
Nadine Hack and Global Citizens Circle: Creating Connectedness
Podcast Appearances
Filmography: When Harry Met Sally
Filmography: Tim Burton’s mature films (Ed Wood, Sweeney Todd, Big Fish, Big Eyes)
Debating Doctor Who MCU Edition: Avengers: Endgame
Cinematic Universe: Alita: Battle Angel
Hall of Faces: Friends
Cinematic Universe: Joker
Hall of Faces: The West Wing
CBC Radio: Hallmark Christmas movies
Cinematic Universe: The Wolverine
Cinematic Universe: Awards Special—The Cuppies 2019 (Part One)
And here are similar year-end wrap-ups I did in 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, and 2013.
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supermanandloisverse · 8 months ago
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Teen Wolf Panel at Epic Con Chicago : Day 2
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theonyxpath · 5 years ago
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Once more into Milwaukee, old friends. That is said with true anticipation, as I’m looking forward to the Mid Winter Convention and also all of all the wonderful people who go to it and run it – including almost all of our Onyx Path Monday Meeting crew.
I also look forward to it with a tidal wave of nostalgia, as Milwaukee, and the Hilton where Mid Winter is held, was also where White Wolf booked our Gen-Con rooms and our parties in the years after Vampire first came out. So there’s a lot of overlay of memories as I walk (stagger) through the hotel and downtown.
Now, as to what we’re doing there now?
First, we’ll be officially announcing four projects that are on our plate this year at our Onyx Path Q&A Social on Friday. From there we’ll also talk about them on the Onyx Pathcast live from Mid Winter, and on our social media. So even if you miss the Q&A, and it’s been sold out for quite some time, keep and eye and an ear out (and maybe an arm, YA lit readers) and you’ll hear about them.
And like I mentioned last week, if you have any questions you want us to answer at the Q&A, send them in via the Comments section of this blog.
Dark Eras 2 art by Luis Sanz
Thursday features panels and seminars for folks wanting to get into or do better in the TTRPG creation biz, and we have a bunch of our folks helping out there; from Eddy Webb’s Developer Bootcamp, to Matt McElroy and myself sitting in on the Kickstarter tips session in the morning. There are freelancer panels with a bunch of our, well, freelancers, like Crystal Mazur and Danielle Lauzon, that are also happening throughout the con.
In fact, on Saturday, there’s a V5 Chicago By Night panel with Matthew and a host of writers from the project that should help illuminate the darkness. Not of a vampire’s soul, but of why Mike Hollywood wrote about particular Chicago landmarks – that sort of thing.
We’ve also got folks demoing and playtesting, with a few secret playtests being run, throughout the convention.
VtR2e Spilled Blood art by Andrea Payne
Let’s back it up, and I’ll talk about Wednesday, which is our all-day Onyx Path Summit where the Monday Meeting crew will be reviewing 2019 and looking towards the next couple of years.
Some of that is just stuff we have to do like budgeting, but the vast majority will be more process and project focused brainstorming.
Some of that will be to review the notes from the team that I’ve posted these last 3 weeks. We’ll look mostly at what we can improve, but we’ll definitely add in the good stuff we did all last year. And there is a lot of that last year. After all, we all need to remember the highs as we take a hard look at what could be done better.
So if you want us discussing your ideas for what we can do to sharpen our saws or new avenues to look into- please drop us a note in the Comments here. We’ll add your thoughts to the mix in the appropriate discussion. We intend to come out of this year’s Summit with strong directions for how to improve what we do while still moving forward with new projects and possibilities.
Last year, for example, one of our directions was to increase our Actual Play presence – and so we made decisions through the year that brought on more venues for that. Such as boosting our Twitch channel to the point where there’s at least one stream running a day and often more.
So, we’ll see what this year’s Summit brings us!
Meanwhile, (Blood) Cults of the (Bloody) Blood Gods (of Blood) for V5 continues to wow us on Kickstarter, and with more than a week left, we’re still going strong! We’ve passed the Chicago By Night KS in terms of number of backers and the pledge amount (in fact we’re just a hair from being 400% funded as I write this). Check out the raft of Cults of the Blood Gods vids and interviews happening just this last week in the Media section below!
Yugman’s Guide art by Shen Fei
New Years Resolutions from Onyx Path:
Here are the resolutions of our usual Monday Meeting cast of characters as we look out into 2020. Note that these are before our Summit this Wednesday, so some of them might refocus after that. Maybe not!
Dixie:
I’m going to revamp how I track and plan my projects so that things are less likely to be late or rushed. I’m also going to be more realistic about my workload and not let myself get overwhelmed because I thought I could do more than I reasonably could. It’s going to be a good year for projects!
Mirthful Mike:
My big one for 2020 is to work on my control issues… namely contracting more of the layout duties rather than trying to tackle 95% of them myself. This not only means bringing in at least one or two more designers, but also working with the devs on updating some of the tagging stuff that I’ve been manually tweaking over the years. 
Matt:
I’m resolving to make better use out of the tools we have available for project management and team communications. We have a lot of projects in development and tools to make managing them easier, so I should be more effective using them.
LisaT:
I resolve to manage my time better on a daily, weekly and monthly basis.
Ian:
Now that the core Trinity Continuum is out, I’m looking forward to being able to deliver upcoming supplements and game lines a lot faster. We were able to hit the ground running over December with a good handful of releases, and I’d like to keep up a lot of that momentum.
Eddy:
I resolve to clear up the clutter in my work process so I have more time to focus on projects. Being busy is a great problem to have, but it is still a problem if there’s a dozen different things that all need your attention.
Matthew:
I resolve to play and run more games outside my normal horror comfort zone! I want to expand my knowledge of rules and settings in 2020. While I love being the Vampire guy at Onyx Path, it would be fantastic to confidently take on more fantasy and science fiction work, and for me, that requires running more D&D, Scion, and Trinity!
RichT:
Last year, I was able to do much more creative work as James Bell’s efforts as our Kickstarter Concierge really kicked in and I could step back from KS planning and execution: and it was great! For 2020, I resolve to continue pushing forward with more and more creative efforts, from continuing with the ongoing reviews of our projects as our fantastic creative teams pitch and outline their ideas, to full read-throughs of finished PDFs, to expanding the unusual ideas that help define our projects and game worlds.
For example, I feel like I was able to add some fun to the TC: Aberrant KS with the lead-in webcomic, and with some of the character-based design elements for the book, and I think we can run with similar things for our other books. Maybe it’s time for us to come up with a new Deluxe book idea, to play around with some fun packaging that evokes the project specifically.
There’s a lot to look forward to with so many fantastic games to work on, and we’re all excited to be creating our:
Many Worlds, One Path!
BLURBS!
Kickstarter!
V5 Cults of the Blood Gods has passed $119,000 and 2010 backers, and has trumpeted forward passing through Stretch Goal after Stretch Goal right into the new year!
Onyx Path Media!
This Friday’s Onyx Pathcast is a live broadcast from the MidWinter Convention in Milwaukee! Check it out direct on Podbean, or your favorite podcast venue! https://onyxpathcast.podbean.com/
We continue on the V5 Cults of the Blood Gods train this week, starting with an interview between 307 RPG Podcast and one of the book’s co-writers, Jacob Burgess: https://307rpg.com/?p=128
Podcast 67 – Cults of the Blood Gods (Vampire: the Masquerade) with writer Jacob Burgess
Strange Adventures provides coverage of the Hecata from V5 Cults of the Blood Gods right here: https://youtu.be/TcXwmrLlEPk
Noted Vampire YouTuber Outstar has made her own fantastic video covering V5 Cults of the Blood Gods right here, and it’s worth checking out: https://youtu.be/_oUk-doDepo
Red Moon Roleplaying continue their actual play of The Family, a V5 Cults of the Blood Gods story involving Matthew Dawkins, Klara Herbol, Bianca Savazzi, and Jason Carl, with episode three right here: https://youtu.be/TcH3RZO3Z7s
Our Twitch channel continues with its streams of superb content, including Aberrant, Scarred Lands, Changeling: The Lost, Changeling: The Dreaming, Mage: The Awakening, and Vampire: The Masquerade! Follow us on twitch.tv/theonyxpath to watch us live or catch up by subscribing!
Likewise, continue to tune in to us on YouTube for actual plays of Changeling: The Lost, Pugmire, Vampire: The Masquerade, and much much more!
Subscribe to us on youtube.com/user/theonyxpath
And the Gentleman Gamer, Matthew Dawkins, continues his Gentleman’s Guide to Scion over on his channel, youtube.com/user/clackclickbang
And here’s even more Occultists Anonymous actual plays of Mage: The Awakening for you!
Episode 70: What We Leave Behind The cabal get breakfast with Shanna in order to get some first-hand information about the Mysterium caucus in Mexico. After the sun sets, they have an appointment with a ghost imprisoned in a bench.https://youtu.be/pE4n8Pfgml4
Episode 71: A New Oracle The cabal checks in with Jimmy “Smalls” Patinko and arranges for a jailbreak for their friend out-of-time, Judd. The Leaf Theater Players take to the stage!https://youtu.be/ky8qO-OFP9g
The Story Told Podcast continue their Exalted actual play with episode 22 of the Fall of Jiara, their Dragon-Blooded story: http://thestorytold.libsyn.com/fall-of-jiara-22
Blood on the Tamesis has published a fun video on playing a Lasombra using the resources in the soon-to-be released V5 Chicago by Night: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utI8P5C0AJk&feature=youtu.be
Devil’s Luck Gaming continue their fantastic and epic Scarred Lands Pirates of the Bloodwater campaign over on their Twitch channel: https://www.twitch.tv/DevilsLuckGaming
And back over to Red Moon Roleplaying to close us off with the penultimate episode of The Sacrifice for V5 Chicago by Night, run by Klara Herbol and including Matthew Dawkins as a player: https://youtu.be/9N29X-PWhsQ
Drop Matthew a message via the contact button on matthewdawkins.com if you have actual plays, reviews, or game overviews you want us to profile on the blog!
Please check any of these out and let us know if you find or produce any actual plays of our games!
Electronic Gaming!
As we find ways to enable our community to more easily play our games, the Onyx Dice Rolling App is live! Our dev team has been doing updates since we launched based on the excellent use-case comments by our community, and this thing is awesome! (Seriously, you need to roll 100 dice for Exalted? This app has you covered.)
On Amazon and Barnes & Noble!
You can now read our fiction from the comfort and convenience of your Kindle (from Amazon) and Nook (from Barnes & Noble).
If you enjoy these or any other of our books, please help us by writing reviews on the site of the sales venue from which you bought it. Reviews really, really help us get folks interested in our amazing fiction!
Our selection includes these latest fiction books:
Our Sales Partners!
We’re working with Studio2 to get Pugmire and Monarchies of Mau out into stores, as well as to individuals through their online store. You can pick up the traditionally printed main book, the screen, and the official Pugmire dice through our friends there! https://studio2publishing.com/search?q=pugmire
We’ve added Prince’s Gambit to our Studio2 catalog: https://studio2publishing.com/products/prince-s-gambit-card-game
Now, we’ve added Changeling: The Lost 2nd Edition products to Studio2‘s store! See them here: https://studio2publishing.com/collections/all-products/changeling-the-lost
Scarred Lands (Pathfinder) books are also on sale at Studio2, and they have the 5e version, supplements, and dice as well!: https://studio2publishing.com/collections/scarred-lands
Scion 2e books and other products are available now at Studio2: https://studio2publishing.com/blogs/new-releases/scion-second-edition-book-one-origin-now-available-at-your-local-retailer-or-online
Looking for our Deluxe or Prestige Edition books? Try this link! http://www.indiepressrevolution.com/xcart/Onyx-Path-Publishing/
And you can order Pugmire, Monarchies of Mau, Cavaliers of Mars, and Changeling: The Lost 2e at the same link! And NOW Scion Origin and Scion Hero are available to order!
Starting today, DTRPG and its affiliated Community Content sites begin the New Year, New Game sale! A huge number of our PDFs are on sale from all of our game worlds, as well as a Big Scion 2e Bundle with 4 PDFs being offered for $13! https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/299474/NYNG-Scion-2E-BUNDLE
As always, you can find Onyx Path’s titles at DriveThruRPG.com!
On Sale This Week!
This Wednesday, we will be releasing the Advance PDF for Trinity Continuum: Aeon Ready Made Characters on DTRPG! We’ll also be releasing the C20 Novel, The Cup of Dreams, and the Tales of Good Dogs Pugmire fiction anthology in the Nook and Kindle stores!
Finally on Wednesday, we’ll be opening the Storypath Nexus Community Content site for Trinity Continuum projects with templates and art packs to get you started, and several projects already submitted to the site!
Conventions!
2020: Midwinter: January 9th – 12th, in Milwaukee, WI. Come see rare appearances by Onyx Path art director Mirthful Mike Chaney, Impish Ian Watson, and a rare US appearance by The Gentleman Gamer himself, Matthew Dawkins! Also, most of our Monday Meeting crew: Eddy Webb, Dixie Cochran, Matt McElroy, and RichT!
We’ll be holding panels, running games, making announcements of hitherto unannounced projects, recording the Onyx Pathcast, and holding down some seats in the Monarch Lounge!
Check out David Fuller’s Athens, Ohio Scion actual play tie-in adventure (soon to be coming to the Storypath Nexus community content site) that will be running at Midwinter. The event url is below: https://tabletop.events/conventions/midwinter-gaming-convention-2020/schedule/402
And now, the new project status updates!
DEVELOPMENT STATUS FROM EDDY WEBB (projects in bold have changed status since last week):
First Draft (The first phase of a project that is about the work being done by writers, not dev prep)
Exalted Essay Collection (Exalted)
N!ternational Wrestling Entertainment (Trinity Continuum: Aberrant)
Contagion Chronicle Ready-Made Characters (Chronicles of Darkness)
Trinity Continuum: Adventure! core (Trinity Continuum: Adventure!)
Duke Rollo fiction (Trinity Continuum: Aberrant)
TC: Aberrant Jumpstart (Trinity Continuum: Aberrant)
RUST (Scarred Lands)
Under Alien Suns (Trinity Continuum: Aeon)
Redlines
Kith and Kin (Changeling: The Lost 2e)
Dragon-Blooded Novella #2 (Exalted 3rd Edition)
Many-Faced Strangers – Lunars Companion (Exalted 3rd Edition)
Second Draft
M20 Victorian Mage (Mage: the Ascension 20th Anniversary Edition)
Exigents (Exalted 3rd Edition)
Crucible of Legends (Exalted 3rd Edition)
Development
Heirs to the Shogunate (Exalted 3rd Edition)
TC: Aberrant Reference Screen (Trinity Continuum: Aberrant)
Monsters of the Deep (They Came From Beneath the Sea!)
Scion: Demigod (Scion 2nd Edition)
Tales of Aquatic Terror (They Came From Beneath the Sea!)
Across the Eight Directions (Exalted 3rd Edition)
Contagion Chronicle: Global Outbreaks (Chronicles of Darkness)
Contagion Chronicle Jumpstart (Chronicles of Darkness)
Manuscript Approval
Scion: Dragon (Scion 2nd Edition)
Masks of the Mythos (Scion 2nd Edition)
Trinity Continuum Jumpstart (Trinity Continuum Core)
One Foot in the Grave Jumpstart (Geist: The Sin-Eaters 2e)
Player’s Guide to the Contagion Chronicle (Chronicles of Darkness)
Post-Approval Development
Scion LARP Rules (Scion)
Mummy: The Curse 2nd Edition core rulebook (Mummy: The Curse 2nd Edition)
Titanomachy (Scion 2nd Edition)
Editing
Lunars: Fangs at the Gate (Exalted 3rd Edition)
Geist 2e Fiction Anthology (Geist: The Sin-Eaters 2nd Edition)
Dragon-Blooded Novella #1 (Exalted 3rd Edition)
Legendlore core book (Legendlore)
WoD Ghost Hunters (World of Darkness)
Mythical Denizens (Creatures of the World Bestiary) (Scion 2nd Edition)
Pirates of Pugmire KS-Added Adventure (Realms of Pugmire)
Yugman’s Guide to Ghelspad (Scarred Lands)
Trinity Continuum: Aberrant core (Trinity Continuum: Aberrant)
Terra Firma (Trinity Continuum: Aeon)
Deviant: The Renegades (Deviant: The Renegades)
Lunars Novella (Rosenberg) (Exalted 3rd Edition)
Buried Bones: Creating in the Realms of Pugmire (Realms of Pugmire)
Post-Editing Development
TC: Aeon Ready-Made Characters (Trinity Continuum: Aeon)
Night Horrors: Nameless and Accursed (Mage: the Awakening Second Edition)
City of the Towered Tombs (Cavaliers of Mars)
W20 Shattered Dreams Gift Cards (Werewolf: The Apocalypse 20th)
TC: Aeon Jumpstart (Trinity Continuum: Aeon)
Vigil Watch (Scarred Lands)
Scion Companion: Mysteries of the World (Scion 2nd Edition)
Cults of the Blood Gods (Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition)
Wraith20 Fiction Anthology (Wraith: The Oblivion 20th Anniversary Edition)
Hunter: The Vigil 2e core (Hunter: The Vigil 2nd Edition)
Let the Streets Run Red (Vampire: The Masquerade 5th Edition)
M20 The Technocracy Reloaded (Mage: the Ascension 20th Anniversary Edition)
Indexing
ART DIRECTION FROM MIKE CHANEY!
In Art Direction
Contagion Chronicle – Finals coming in.
Trinity Continuum: Aberrant
Hunter: The Vigil 2e
Ex3 Lunars – Art is in.
TCfBtS!: Heroic Land Dwellers – LeBlanc working on finals.
Night Horrors: Nameless and Accursed – Contracted. Already seeing sketches.
Cults of the Blood God (KS)
Mummy 2
City of the Towered Tombs
Let the Streets Run Red – Art notes and contracts finishing going out this week.
CtL Oak Ash and Thorn – Figuring out art notes.
Scion Mythical Denizens – Need sketches for fulls.
Deviant
Yugman’s Guide to Ghelspad – Got some finals in.
Vigil Watch – Need one more artist.
Legendlore (KS)
Technocracy Reloaded (KS) – Got notes out to artists for halfs and splats.
Scion Companion – Working on art notes for that.
In Layout
Trinity Continuum Aeon: Distant Worlds
Pirates of Pugmire – With Aileen.
Proofing
Dark Eras 2 – At WW for approval and they will be back after the New Year.
Trinity Continuum Aeon Jumpstart
They Came from Beneath the Sea!
VtR Spilled Blood – 2nd proof with dev.
Chicago Folio – Halfway through layout.
At Press
V5: Chicago – Shipping to the KS fulfillment shippers.
Geist 2e (Geist: The Sin-Eaters 2nd Edition) – Being printed.
Geist 2e Screen – Being printed.
DR:E – Being printed.
DRE Screen – Being printed.
DR:E Threat Guide – Helnau’s Guide to Wasteland Beasties
Trinity Continuum: Aeon RMCs – Advance PDF going on sale on Wednesday.
Memento Mori – Gathering errata.
M20 Book of the Fallen – PoD proof on the way.
Trinity Continuum Storypath Nexus Community Content – Goes live on Weds.
Today’s Reason to Celebrate!
Late last week was my granddaughter’s one-year birthday! If she demolishes life as completely as she did her birthday cupcake – the kid’s gonna be alright.
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