Showing posts with label Android. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Android. Show all posts

Saturday, July 30, 2011

Saturday Night Gaming Freebies

A few gaming goodies today, including "the Ghord" which supplies today's illustration and highlighted freebie "Oubliette #6" plus some other cool items from great sites.

More stuff either tonight or tomorrow (likely tomorrow).










@DriveThruRPG: Oubliette Issue 6.
Free for a limited time. "47 jam-packed pages! Written for Labyrinth Lord, but also ideal for use with any Basic/Expert/Advanced original or clone, with little or no adjustment required."




@Ancient Vaults & Eldritch Secrets: [Spells] "Arcane Attractor," "Alter Allegiance," and "Tied to the Grave."
@And the Sky Full of Dust: "Secret Crypts of Titch" Mini-Adventure [via A Character for Every Game]
@And the Sky Full of Dust: [rules] "Plague!"
@DriveThruRPG: GROMM: Western Wastes, Faction Book
@A Field Guide to Doomsday: [Monster] "Craniac" - Mutant Future.
@The Land of NOD: "Mu-Pan Eastern Encounter IX"
@Netherwerks: "Geomorphs: Set Zero (Bonus)"
@RPG Creatures: [Monster] "Ghord"
@Sea of Stars: [Magic Item] "Mage Killer Rod"

Android Free App Review.
DnD Dice Free: Rating B. This is a useful little app for those times when you don't want to carry a bunch of dice or wish to roll up characters quietly. It has all the standard dice sizes represented (4, 6, 8, 10, 12, & 20 sided dice) and will roll other sizes, but they are displayed as six sided dice. It sounds reasonably like dice rolling on a wood table, the results seem random, and it saves time by adding the total at the bottom.

The only weaknesses are no background choices, it probably should have a few odd dice sizes (30 and 100 sided come to mind), and the total shouldn't come up until the last die is displayed. Overall, it's a pretty nice program, but one that will likely be used only rarely.

Thursday, June 23, 2011

A Few Free Comics and Other Coolness.

Some free classic SF, Horror, and Adventure comics to relax to after a long day, and some good genre related music.


Illustration from When Worlds Collide in the comics section.







@The Horrors of It All: "Singing Slaves" (1953) Horror.
@Pappy's Golden Age Comics Blogzine: "The Thing In the Fog" (1957) Horror.
@The Comic Book Catacombs: Fantomah in "The Revenge of Zomax" (1941) Adventure.
@Four-Color Shadows: "Ultimate Destiny" (1954) Horror.
@Digital Comics Museum: Motion Picture Comics #110 -When Worlds Collide and Space Rangers Archive Vol0 Pt.1a (Fiction House). Science Fiction.
@Atomic Kommie Comics: "Outlaws of Mars" and "Invasion" Science Fiction.
@Secret Sanctum of Captain Video: Beneath the Planet of the Apes Parts One and Two.
@Femmes Fantastique: Cave Girl in "Man Who Served Death" Adventure.


Other Coolness - Audio
@Sci-Fi Songs: John Anealio's latest SF inspired song, "Geek Dad," is available for free download. If you haven't heard any of his songs yet (such as "Summer Glau" and "Angry Robot") check it out. If you have heard his songs before, you probably downloaded this one the day it came out.



TuneIn Radio Android App. The first free app recommendation. TuneIn Radio is an app that lets you listen to over 50,000 radio stations for free. So what does it have to do with fantasy, SF, or Horror? Surprisingly, quite a bit.

It has at least three good old time radio stations, Horror Theater (Horror and Suspense), Bygolly Old Time Radio (mostly Noir, some horror), and 20th Century Radio (all types, including some SF/Horror).

And for newer stories I was able to Escape Pod episodes available for streaming and WRFR (Rockland Maine) which broadcasts Beam Me Up on Saturdays 4-5 Eastern Standard Time.

And music. While there is, as far as I know, no pure genre music channel**, there are great music channels that have a fantasy feel. I especially recommend Ancient FM (Medieval/Renaissance), GotRadio Native, and GotRadio Celtic as background mood music for fantasy reading or gaming. **Thanks to Dominic for pointing out Radio Rivendell, which is pretty much a fantasy music station and is available through this app and online.

Available for free download at your Android app store. Also available in a PC version, and versions for other phones, including inferior devices named after fruit.