Survivor premiers its 49th season tonight (Wednesday, 9/24). Nobody gives a shit about anything but Survivor 50, but we have to get through this one, I guess. The Amazing Race premiers its 38th season tomorrow night (Thursday, 9/25) and is … Continue reading Big Brother 27, Survivor 49, The Amazing Race 38
This week is the 20th anniversary of the release of Marbles by Marillion, what I consider to be the best progressive rock album of the 21st century. Most of you American Avocadoans have probably never heard of Marillion, but in … Continue reading Marbles Day Thread (5/4)
Sally Draper, now a moody teenager, arrived home from school to find her baby brother Gene sitting on the living room floor of their mansion, happily playing with Lincoln logs. “Where’s Betty?” Sally asked, cheekily calling their mother by her … Continue reading Werewolf 215: Mad Men – Season 6
The mail robot beeped and booped its way through the hallways of Grrrling Woofer Advertising, minding its own business. Joan, who had recently been promoted from office manager to junior partner, turned a corner and stubbed her toe on the … Continue reading Werewolf 215: Mad Men – Season 5
When a man walks into a room, he brings his whole life with him.He has a million reasons for being anywhere.Just ask him.If you listen, he’ll tell you how he got there, how he forgot where he was going, and … Continue reading Werewolf 215: Mad Men – Season 4
The rumble of an engine was an unusual noise on the 22nd floor of Grrrling Woofer Advertising. Everyone came out of their offices to see Ken Cosgrove riding … a tractor? “We finally landed the John Deere account!” Ken said, … Continue reading Werewolf 215: Mad Men – Season 3
“What’s in the box?” asked Ken Cosgrove, Accounts. “It’s a wedding present,” said Pete Campbell. “We got two.” “But…what is it?” “It’s a chip and dip. You have your friends over, you put chips on the sides and dip in … Continue reading Werewolf 215: Mad Men – Season 2
Mad Men: A term coined in the late 1950s to describe the advertising executives of Madison Avenue. They coined it. Don Draper, creative director of Grrrling Woofer Advertising, sauntered into the building at 10:30am and handed his hat and briefcase … Continue reading Werewolf 215: Mad Men – Season 1
Werewolf. It’s delicate but potent. In Greek, ‘werewolf’ literally means ‘moon furry.’ It’s a twinge in your heart far more powerful than memory alone. This game isn’t a spaceship, it’s a time machine. It goes backwards, and forwards… it takes … Continue reading Werewolf 215: Mad Men – Sign-Ups
In ages past, a human magic-user/cleric of surpassing evil took the steps necessary to preserve his life force beyond the centuries he had already lived, and this creature became the lich, Acererak. Over the scores of years that followed, the … Continue reading Werewolf 207 – Tomb of Horrors, Day Seven
Weary but determined, the party pushes even deeper into the tomb, Acererak’s echoing taunts bouncing off the stone walls. We must be getting closer, they thought. The lich knows it will be destroyed when we find it. They enter an … Continue reading Werewolf 207 – Tomb of Horrors, Day Six
The party enters a huge chamber filled with pillars. You can’t tell how far underground you are now, yet this room has a gentle breeze. You follow the breeze to its source, hoping for a way out. Instead you find … Continue reading Werewolf 207 – Tomb of Horrors, Day Five
With the snakes dead and the proper 27B stroke 6 forms filled out, the party continues onward, ever deeper into Acererak’s tomb. Of horrors. They find themselves in a narrow passage of white alabaster. The floor is a polished smooth … Continue reading Werewolf 207 – Tomb of Horrors, Day Four
After defeating the gargoyle, the party slowly makes their way through a tight dark crawlspace that ends in solid stone. One of them luckily rolls a 1 on a d6 to reveal the secret door that leads to some kind … Continue reading Werewolf 207 – Tomb of Horrors, Day Three
The party breaks through the plaster wall, which leads to a dark corridor leading deeper into the tomb. They huddle together as they inch into the darkness, using the 10-foot pole to prod the floor in front of them. The … Continue reading Werewolf 207 – Tomb of Horrors, Day Two
Legend tells of a lost and lonely hill, under which lies a labyrinthine crypt. It is said to be filled with terrible traps and ferocious monsters, but also rich treasures both precious and magical. It is the tomb of Acererak, … Continue reading Werewolf 207 – Tomb of Horrors, Day One
In the far reaches of the world, under a lost and lonely hill, lies the sinister TOMB OF HORRORS. This labyrinthine crypt is filled with terrible traps, strange and ferocious monsters, rich and magical treasures, and somewhere within rests … … Continue reading Werewolf 207 – Tomb of Horrors, Sign-Ups
Today is my 52nd birthday! To celebrate, here is my utterly self-indulgent list of 52 favorite movies (released during my lifetime) that you’re going to have to read. Or at least scroll past. I feel lucky to have found this … Continue reading May 4th BirthDay Thread
Most gracious welcome, guests! My name is Lord Wentworth L. Wolfingshire, and I’m here to introduce you to our friendly yet murderous circle of friends that play a strange game of intrigue and deception. Some call it Werewolf. Some call … Continue reading The Werewolf Den, Part 5
It’s Friday, you’re bored, and we haven’t done this in a while. The rules are easy: pick an album, any album*, and rank the songs from your favorite to your least favorite. (*except Jethro Tull’s Thick as a Brick or … Continue reading Rank an Album
They rode on the wide back of the god-sized elk as it galloped away from Yggdrasil up into the roiling sky. When they were passing through the clouds and visibility was down to zero, one of them shoved Tad Strange … Continue reading Werewolf 196: Gods and Monst3rs, Day Eight
