Books

A friend of ours got me hooked on the Dresden Files books written by Jim Butcher. They’re about Harry Dresden, a wizard, who lives in Chicago and chronicles his encounters of supernatural beings. I’m only on book three, “Grave Peril,” but they’re fun, well written books packed full of humor, geekiness, and some mystery.

Even my wife has started reading them and seems to enjoy them. Proof that you don’t have to be a total geek to enjoy these books!

Games

Lately, we’ve been having a group of friends over, usually on Saturday evenings, for a game night. Sometimes we play the Battlestar Galactica board game (sometimes with the Pegasus Expansion). Other times we play shorter games like Lunch Money, Ninja Burger, Munchkin Cthulhu or anything else along those lines.

I also head over to these same friends’ home once a week for some extra nerdy fun with RPGs. For the past couple of months I’ve been running a Trail of Cthulhu (Pelgrane Press) game. I intend to write a review of the Trail of Cthulhu setting, run on the GUMSHOE system, in the near future. For now, let’s just say that Trail of Cthulhu make investigation-heavy Cthulhu games more fun by streamlining the game mechanics. Less botched die rolls to find clues the players have to find to progress = more fun for everyone.

I purchased my copy of Trail of Cthulhu from IndiePressRevolution.com because for the cost of the physical book I was able to purchase a book + PDF bundle. Shipping was very prompt and as soon as the order was placed I was able to download the PDF copy of the core book.

Chances are, when I can justify the cost of the new Dresden Files roleplaying game books (“Book One: Your Story” and “Book Two: Our World“), I’ll purchase them through IndiePressRevolution.com as well.

Earlier today I found something really awesome (potentially) — the Fahrenheit 451 Graphic Novel. Apparently, this is the “authorized adaptation” and includes an introduction written by Ray Bradbury himself.

Fifty-five years ago, Ray Bradbury envisioned one of the world’s most unforgettable dystopian futures. Thinking is dangerous; trust only the state; turn in your neighbors; and, most important, burn all books.

The world of Guy Montag, a career fireman for whom kerosene has become perfume, has been translated by Tim Hamilton into unforgettable full-color art that uniquely captures Montag’s awakening to the evil of government-controlled thought and the inestimable value of philosophy, theology, and literature.

At $13.56 to pre-order it, I’m finding it hard to talk myself out of this. I always liked the novel, ever since reading it in high school, and if done right a graphic novel version of it could be very cool (no pun intended).

Anyone else think they’ll pick up a copy?