Sawfish Attacks

io9.com has a cool article and an amazing video of a sawfish in action.  But to call them "striking creatures" is a bit on the nose.  Enjoy!

Lonely Pool

Today, I share a simple image from the National Geographic website, as inspiration to those who build settings for their tabletop roleplaying games.  Use this for any genre in any time period: a lonely pool with lifesaving water, a hiding place for an item of incredible power, an entrance to some underground lair, or anything that strikes your fancy.  Have at it!

Invasion of the Jellyfish

Accuweather.com has an article called "Thousands of Man-of-War Wash up on South Padre Island" detailing a recent phenomenon that is quite spectacular and dangerous.  Not all of the beasties are dead, so watch your step.  There are some cool pictures over on thewatchers.adorraeli.com as well.

Prometheus Promos

One of the cool things being done to promote the new movie Prometheus has been to create a viral video that mimicks the TED Talks series, set in the future in the time of the movie setting.  This is also a trick one can do to add some real world relationships between a tabletop roleplaying game setting and out own world.  Take a look at how they do it.

Games within Games

Every tabletop roleplaying game needs to have depth for the sake of immersion.  One way to add that to the game is to include a game within the game, getting the players to play the game as their characters.  This is often done in Medieval Fantasy roleplaying games through the use of tourneys but it can be ven more simple than that.  Here's a basic game that gets used on a popular television show with some changes (popularized through an Internet meme) but incorporated into the sho.  No only does this tie the characters of the show to the real world, helping the audience identify with them more readily, but it accentuates their character traits.  Enjoy!

Walking with Walking Sticks

There's a fascinating story on NPR.org of a Giant Walking Stick that was thought to be extinct that is making a comeback thanks to some industrious scientists.  What is just as fascinating to me is where the insects were rediscovered and what someone might do with such an environment for a tabletop roleplaying scenario.  Read more here!

Giant Jurrasic Fleas

A recent MSNBC article called "Scientists say giant fleas feasted on dinosaur blood" details how the tiny flea wasn't always so tiny.  Read more and add these thirsty bloodsuckers to your tabletop roleplaying games.