Author Archives: fakedtales

RPG Quest 2023 – January

Posted on March 12, 2023 by fakedtales

I’ve been reading my way through all of the roleplaying games I’ve backed on Kickstarter. Some will get full reviews online either on Who Dares Rolls or on this blog. I thought I’d share some of my thoughts about what … Continue reading →

Posted in rpg | Tagged fall of magic, fantasy world, fate core, fiasco, good society, houses of the blooded, Korg, monsterhearts, night witches, our mundane supernatural life, paranoia, Primetime adventures, rpg, rpgquest2023, rune, Villagesong | Leave a comment

Arkham Horror: A Path to Carcosa Reading List

Posted on February 5, 2023 by fakedtales

I’ve been playing Arkham Horror a lot in the past couple of years. I generally have a solo campaign on the go, and I’ve been playing it fortnightly at the Dice Saloon, going through each of the campaigns. At the … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged Arkham horror, Carcosa, curse of the yellow sign, king in yellow, lcg, tatters of the king, yellow king, yellow sign, yellow wallpaper | Leave a comment

Indie RPGs to look out for in 2023

Posted on January 29, 2023 by fakedtales

It’s the start of another year and there are so many roleplaying games out there already, not to mention so many due to be released in the year to come. There will always be surprises and blind spots, but I thought I would have a look and share a few that have caught my attention. Continue reading →

Posted in rpg | Tagged agon, arkham herald, black armada games, blades in the dark, chaosium, darkmouth university, deathmatch island, evil hat productions, gauntlet publishing, girl by moonlight, hellwhalers, hollows, lovecraftesque, machine age games, monster of the week, moonlight vile, pendragon, plasmodics, public access, rowan rook and decard, rpg, silt verses | 1 Comment

RPG Quest 2023

Posted on January 1, 2023 by fakedtales

I love a weird quest, so it’s time to work out a new one. In 2021 I played every board game in my collection. It helped me discover some games I’d not played before, dust off some forgotten classics and … Continue reading →

Posted in General, rpg | Tagged kickstarter, pointless missions, rpg, rpg quest 2023 | Leave a comment

My Television Shows of 2022

Posted on December 31, 2022 by fakedtales

I watch a lot of television and I’ve been trying to actually finish more shows as far too often things end up abandoned. Here’s a list of the TV shows I watched at least a full series/season of this year … Continue reading →

Posted in Television | Tagged 2022 list, 28 Days Haunted, A Series of Unfortunate Events, after party, American Horror Stories, American Horror Story, And Then There Were None, Archive 81, bad sisters, Big Boys, Black Books, Book of Boba Fett, Bridgerton, Cuphead, doctor who, Fear the Walking Dead, FLCL, Garth Marenghi’s Darkplace, House of the Dragon, In Betweeners, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Kingdom, lower decks, Moon Knight, Ms Marvel, Nathan For You, Never Mind the Buzzcocks, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Only Murders in the Building, Our Flag Means Death, Paper Girls, Picard, Reboot, Righteous Gemstones, Riverdale, She-Hulk, strange new worlds, Taskmaster, Television, The Boys, The Orville, The Simpsons, The Thick of It, tv, What We Do In The Shadows, White Lotus, Yellowjackets | Leave a comment

Welcome to Faked Tales!

Posted on December 24, 2022 by fakedtales

Welcome, I’m Charlie Etheridge-Nunn, a writer and waffler about various things like comics and games in all forms. Explosion High & Mad Robot Comics First of all, I write comics at Mad Robot. If you see us at conventions you … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged comics, podcast, rpg | Leave a comment

Casual Trek Bonus Episode: Uncasual Power!

Posted on December 22, 2022 by fakedtales

Casual Trek is not a Doctor Who podcast. We made this clear from the very start. Much like how I’d be insufferable if this was an X-Men podcast, so would Miles be if this was a Doctor Who podcast. And … Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged casual trek, doctor who, dr who, podcast, power of the doctor | Leave a comment

Casual Trek Episode Nine: Troubles By Tribbles

Posted on December 20, 2022 by fakedtales

I love a bit of horror, but there was a point watching this trio of Tribble episodes where I snapped. There are only three proper episodes about tribbles, not counting the Short Trek and a couple of cameos of what … Continue reading →

Posted in casual trek, General | Tagged alien body horror, animated series, casual trek, deep space nine, dubious deals in a border station, more tribbles more troubles, podcast, Star Trek, Star Trek original series, trials and tribbleations, tribbles, trouble with tribbles | Leave a comment

Casual Trek Episode Eight: Casual Toons

Posted on December 19, 2022 by fakedtales

There are so many Star Trek shows now. It’s incredibly cool, as someone who got into it back when there were four, only three of which were in rotation on the few channels we had. When Miles and I were … Continue reading →

Posted in casual trek | Tagged podcast, Star Trek, casual trek, animated series, lower decks, prodigy, cartoon, beyond the farthest star, second contact, lost & found | Leave a comment

Casual Trek Episode Seven: Casual Trek’s Castle of Creepiness

Posted on December 2, 2022 by fakedtales

I love horror, so it was great planning and working out how to do a specifically horror-themed episode. There are actually a ton of spooky Star Trek episodes, so I’ve several for future Halloweens, if we’re still doing this in … Continue reading →

Posted in casual trek | Tagged evil clowns, halloween, podcast, spoopy, Star Trek, the next generation, the original series, voyager | Leave a comment