Thinking Outside the Box

This afternoon I found out that the Prince of Darkness, Ozzy Osbourne, has passed away. Although I've been a fan since my early teens, I am surprised at how strong my reaction to the news has been. I had missed out on catching the Black Sabbath farewell show a few weeks back during live stream, so I've not yet seen it. A friend of mine told me about a few days after, and I'm looking forward to watching it when it becomes available. I've had the good fortune of seeing Ozzy perform twice; once at an outdoor stadium show with Zakk Wylde on guitar, and once with Black Sabbath several years later. I remember more about the experience of those shows than the specific details, and could not tell you set lists or anything like that. His impact on music and pop culture, both as a member of Black Sabbath and a solo artist simply cannot be understated. As impactful and important as that is, it also hits me that his children have lost their father, which happened to me at the end o...

Yesterday I set up another 2'x2' board to continue re-learning Pulp City . This time is was a 9-level villain vs. villain showdown. I had found my Warhammer cemetery scenery during my hobby cleanup this month and thought it would look good on one of the urban mats Mantic produced years back for Mars Attacks. After my first refresher game I have been collecting the various dice and tokens needed to play the game. While I do know another person in town who has some Pulp City figures, it's been ages since we played due to our schedules seldom aligning. Other than attack and suppress tokens, I think I'm pretty close to having what I need. I played both sides in the game as though it were a normal 2-player game, as a simple brawl with no plots or agendas. The blue team was almost pure "Shadow Axis" faction, comprised of Big Brain, Alpha Male & Mayhem, Immolator, Blackthorn and Twilight. The red team was a more varied group of villains with Gentleman, Anansi, Do...