Video: The Rise of Skywalker Review and the Future of Star Wars

Posted on February 7, 2020 by Idle Red Hands

Coming full circle and putting to rest Disney’s attempt at a sequel trilogy. Five years ago, we were hopeful for The Force Awakens. Then caught off guard by The Last Jedi. Now listen to what we have to say as the end of the Skywalker Saga is upon us. Alan joins us as we discuss where we were five years ago snd where we are now with Star Wars. What did The Rise of Skywalker do to the franchise and what is the future? Will the Mandalorian and streaming keep fans coming back? #starwars #disney #lucasfilm

Our Last Jedi review:
https://youtu.be/MBQ_ZLt60tw

Our Force Awakens review:
https://www.idleredhands.com/2016/11/28/episode-191-star-wars-the-force-awakens/

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Video: Actual Play: Alien RPG Cinematic Starter Kit “Chariot of the Gods”

Posted on June 23, 2019 by Idle Red Hands

The first session of the Cinematic Starter for the Free League Alien RPG available for download with all pre-orders of the game. Cinematic adventures are one-shot scenarios with pre-generated characters that replicate the tension and high body count of the Alien movies. We introduce the system and run through the characters and their relationships and talents. Our only complaint about the PDF is that it is not very printer-friendly being mostly light text on a black background. So we created a printer-friendly version of the character sheet and a player reference to help anyone interested in trying this adventure. #alienRPG #freeleague

Pre-order the game:
https://alien-rpg.com/

Video: Actual Play: Grimmerspace Abbatoir-8 Session 02

Posted on June 10, 2019 by Idle Red Hands

The second session of the free adventure Grimmerspcae: Abbatoir-8 by Iron GM Games. Find out what happens to the lovable Thrask. Will our heroes survive? Does a leader really need two arms? These questions and more in the second session of Grimmerspace.

Grimmerspace on Kickstarter:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/agrestasaurus/grimmerspace/

Iron GM Games:
https://www.irongmgames.com/

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Video: Actual Play: Grimmerspace Abbatoir-8 Session 01

Posted on June 10, 2019 by Idle Red Hands

Our first session of Abbatoir-8, the preview adventure for Grimmerspace, on Kickstarter. Grimmerspace is developed by Rone Barton, Lou Agresta and Sean Patrick Astin at Iron GM Games. It is a Starfinder Compatible Sci-Fi Horror RPG Setting & Adventures. #grimmerspace #abbatoir-8 #actualplay

Grimmerpsace on Kickstarter:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/…

Iron GM Games:
https://www.irongmgames.com/

Video: Mutant: Mechatron – Rise of the Robots LONG Review

Posted on May 25, 2019 by Idle Red Hands

Another deep dive into an RPG where we have both read the book and played a few session. This time it is Mutant: Mechatron – Rise of the Robots by Free League. It uses their Year Zero Engine, d6 dice pool system, and although it is a stand-alone game your robots can play with characters in both Mutant Year Zero and Genlab, once they escape Mechatron-7. We give you an overview of the system, character creation and the setting. Also a discussion of the surprising challenge of playing self-aware robot player characters. If you are familiar with Mutant Year Zero this is a great new take on post-apocalyptic characters and if you are new to the system and setting, it is well worth your time. Find out if this game is for you as we dive deep into Mutant: Mechatron.

Video: Unboxing Warhammer 40k Shadowspear

Posted on April 29, 2019 by Idle Red Hands

Unboxing the Warhammer 40k Shadowspear box set. This box leads up to the Vigilus campaign and contains Primaris Ultramarines versus Dark Legion. The Librarian in Phobos armor and the new daemon engine, the Venomcrawler, are the most notable part of the new miniatures. These are all new original sculpts and no repackaged sprues from previous releases. It contains a campaign book and two mini codexes. This refreshes a tired line of chaos space marine sculpts and gives the Phobos keyword more use for the Primaris.

Video: Nemesis Unboxing

Posted on March 9, 2019 by Idle Red Hands

The latest Awaken Realms miniatures boardgame, Nemesis, has the very familiar sci-fi setting of a crew stranded on a xenomorph infested space ship. Although it is cooperative, each player has both a personal and corporate secret agenda that are part of their victory conditions. So when a player tells you that the engines are working or that you are totally headed to Earth, you might want to see for yourself. High-quality components and gorgeous miniatures make this game worth checking out. Don’t believe me? Watch the unboxing!

Is that a xenomorph egg in your pocket or are you just happy to see me?

Video: CMON’s Hate Boardgame Unboxing

Posted on March 7, 2019 by Idle Red Hands

The latest gigantic boardgame offering from Cool Mini Or Not, based on Adrian Smith’s graphic novel Chronicles of Hate, HATE: the boardgame. It pits player tribes against each other for control of the lands by taking it from other tribes in raids and combat. Does it live up to the hype? Are the miniatures as amazing as we hoped? Find out when we unbox HATE.

Video: Blackmoor Interview: Cut out of History

Posted on March 2, 2019 by Idle Red Hands

The third part of our interview with one of the filmmakers for Secrets of Blackmoor: The Secret History of Dungeons & Dragons.

In this excerpt, we learn the story of a group of friends who all contributed to the story of D&D and creatively played off each other to have fun. However, for many, they’ve been cut out of history and the goal of Secrets of Blackmoor is to correct that.

To get a copy of Secrets of Blackmoor on DVD or Blu-ray go to:
http://www.secretsofblackmoor.com/

Video: Blackmoor Interview: Tonisborg

Posted on February 18, 2019 by Idle Red Hands

The second part of our interview with one of the filmmakers for Secrets of Blackmoor: The Secret History of Dungeons & Dragons.
In this excerpt, we find out that while making the documentary, the filmmakers made an important discovery: the second-ever dungeon to come out of the Twin Cities.