MEANWHILE IN CITYSBURG — “Please! Stop panicking! If you continue to panic then no one will be able to satisfy my demands!” The booming disembodied voice continued to plead with the people of Citysburg, but at this point there was … Continue reading Werewolves 160 — Hero Force 1: Calamity in Citysburg! (issue two)
HERO FORCE HQ — “Well team, you heard the Mayor … time to do what we do best! So, who wants to join us on this mission? We need to build a team.” “Should we bring the Ultra Twins? They’ve … Continue reading Werewolves 160 — Hero Force 1: Calamity in Citysburg! (issue one)
CITYSBURG, STATESINGTON, USA — The people of Citysburg are going about their business on this, an ordinary weekday! Truly, there is no safer city in all the world than Citysburg, until … ZZZZZZZZZZAP PEW PEW PEW WEOWWEOWWEOW [additional laser noises] … Continue reading Werewolves 160 — Hero Force 1: Calamity in Citysburg! (sign-ups)
Marble League 2021 is around the corner, and today marks the first preseason event for Jelle’s Marble Runs’ premier event. Greg Woods opens with a few updates on participating teams heading into the new season: The Bumblebees and Hornets are … Continue reading Marble League 2021 Practice Race
Parity has been the theme of the season so far in Marble Rally. Heading into the ninth race of the season, no marble has earned more than one gold medal, with Ghost Plasma sitting in first place based primarily on … Continue reading Marble Rally Season 5: Race 9
With three races remaining and the Crazy Cat’s Eyes ahead in the standings by a wide margin, the antepenultimate race at Misty Mountain is the most consequential GP yet… and oh boy, does it deliver on the drama. Let’s work … Continue reading Marbula One Season 2: Misty Mountain GP10
The eighth qualifiers of the second Marbula One season get underway at the home of Team Primary, Palette Park. This is our shortest course of the year so far at only 9.45m — nearly a meter shorter than the Minty … Continue reading Marbula One Season 2: Palette Park GP8 Qualifiers
Our seventh race of Marbula One season two is in the dense jungle of the Raceforest. A straightforward course with no unique features, this track is rather idiosyncratic in its location and the effect it has on the marbles; thanks … Continue reading Marbula One Season 2: Raceforest GP 7
The return of Winter Marble League in 2020-21 sees the return of speed skating. The format of this event is a bit unusual, but exciting nonetheless: Each run sees two marbles race around the elongated track, though not in a … Continue reading Marble League Winter Special Event 3: Speed Skating
Christmas, 1966 ~~~ Attitudes were bleak at the FBI, as hopes of catching the criminals were waning. Worse yet, it seemed their best hope — Agent Hanratty — was getting no closer to finding Frank Abagnale and learning more about … Continue reading Werewolves 140 — Catch Me If You Can — Day 4 — “Two little mice fell in a bucket of cream. The first mouse quickly gave up and drowned. The second mouse, wouldn’t quit. He struggled so hard that eventually he churned that cream into butter and crawled out.”
Christmas, 1965 ~~~ Piggy Cratchit had been with the Bureau for a long time, but this was one of the most tedious jobs of their career. Year after year, it was the same — find fraudulent checks, learn how the … Continue reading Werewolves 140 — Catch Me If You Can — Day 3 — “The truth is I’m not a doctor or a lawyer. I’m not an airline pilot. I’m nothing really.”
Christmas, 1964 ~~~ A year later, and the debts being compiled by Frank Abagnale were growing. Still, no one was the wiser as to who this master of disguise could be. It had been a busy year. The FBI had … Continue reading Werewolves 140 — Catch Me If You Can — Day 2 — “You always told me that an honest man has nothing to fear, so I’m trying my best not to be afraid.”
Christmas, 1963 ~~~ Stories of a man committing tremendous amounts of check fraud have made their way to the FBI. Deemed low interest, only one agent pursues the perpetrator — a humorless man named Carl Hanratty. With his task force, … Continue reading Werewolves 140 — Catch Me If You Can — Day 1 — “Carl! Merry Christmas! How is it we’re always talking on Christmas, Carl?”
An airline pilot. An emergency room doctor. A Southern lawyer. Frank Abagnale, Jr, has been flitting across the country for years, counterfeiting checks and separating fools from their money. It seems he always gets the most active around Christmas — … Continue reading Werewolves 140 — April’s Christmas Movie Game #3 — Catch Me If You Can — sign-ups
Race number six takes place in the frozen tundra at the Arctic Circuit, a wide-open track with several wide slalom-esque turns coupled with one sharp right-hander. The speedy style of track and the variety of turns taken at high-speed lead … Continue reading Marbula One Season 2: Arctic Circuit GP 6
Past the first four races of the season, we now reach the point where each team can determine their racer strategically rather than being forced to alternate between the teammates. However, only five teams opt for the high-risk decision to … Continue reading Marbula One Season 2: O’Raceway GP 5
The fourth race of Marbula One season two is taking place at the Aquamaring (pronounced Aquama-RING, not Aqua-MARE-ing, as I had been saying in my head all week), a relatively straightforward course with hairpin turns, a speed ramp, and a … Continue reading Marbula One Season 2: Aquamaring GP Qualifying
After an eventful qualifier yesterday, our marble racers take the track at the O’Raceway with Wispy of the Midnight Wisps starting at pole, with Billy of the Green Ducks just behind. This marks our first return to a raceway in … Continue reading Marbula One Season 2: O’Raceway GP 1
Sand Marble Rally is on hiatus until 2021 and Marble League is in the off-season, so the time has come for Marbula One! A lot has changed for season two in regards to format, so let’s go over the changes: … Continue reading Marbula One Season 2: Minty Mania GP Qualifying
As we enter the fifth race of the Sand Marble Rally, Cool Moody maintains his hold on the top spot overall despite not reaching the podium since the inaugural contest, with Ghost Plasma right behind thanks to three consecutive bronze … Continue reading Marble Rally 2020 Race 5
Welcome to another edition of Marble Rally! This is my first time recapping one of the illustrious sporting events known as Jelle’s Marble Runs, as Merve is retiring from the position after pulling many, many new fans into the fray … Continue reading Marble Rally 2020 Race 2
