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StrivingLife Toggle navigation James Skemp’s StrivingLife Home Subscribe Review: Draconis Invasion: Wrath February 4, 2021 James Skemp The following is a review of the board game Draconis Invasion: Wrath. New cards, new stages, and new setup options If you find this review useful you can give it a thumbs up on Board Game Geek. Context: This is based upon two players going through the entire expansion, Draconis Invasion: Wrath, one stage at a time. Once we started, we played through the entire 12 stage campaign over the course of 15 days. Read More Review: Seagate Expansion Portable 2TB External Hard Drive (STEA2000422) September 29, 2019 James Skemp The following is a review of the Seagate Expansion Portable 2TB External Hard Drive HDD, with USB 3.0 (STEA2000422), received as part of the Amazon Vine program. Fast Storage for Windows and Mac I’ve had an off-and-on relationship with Seagate, going back and forth between them and Western Digital when I need both internal hard drives, as well as external hard drives. For external hard drives, I’ve picked up the following over the last two to three years: Read More Review: The Role-Playing Game Primer and Old School Playbook August 19, 2019 James Skemp The following is a review of The Role-Playing Game Primer and Old School Playbook, by Chris Gonnerman. A Quick and Helpful Read, Especially For Basic Fantasy About a year and a half ago I was on a temporary kick to read up on different pen-and-paper RPGs, having lost track in early/mid-2000. Around then I discovered the Open Game License, and Basic Fantasy. Fast forward a year and change and I was once again looking into ‘OSR’ RPGs, having dusted off Basic Fantasy, and picked up Dungeon Crawl Classics, Swords & Wizardry, Blood & Treasure, and a few others. Read More Review: One Week Ultimate Werewolf March 3, 2019 James Skemp The following is a review of One Week Ultimate Werewolf, received as part of the Amazon Vine program. Still Just Too Random One Week Ultimate Werewolf isn’t my first game of the series, having played many of the One Night variants in the past. However, those have never really clicked with me, as they’ve felt just way too random. In this variant we have a box much larger than the One Night versions, with many additional components. Read More Review: Dungeon Mayhem January 12, 2019 James Skemp The following is a review of Dungeon, received as part of the Amazon Vine program. Great Filler Game for Any Level of Player In short, Dungeon Mayhem is a great little filler game, that’s easy to teach, for two to four players, with the sweet spot being somewhere within three and four players. In Dungeon Mayhem each player selects one character from a total of four characters, with each have the same basic abilities, as well as a few unique ones. Read More Review: Starlink Battle for Atlas: PlayStation 4 Starter Edition December 8, 2018 James Skemp The following is a review of the PlayStation 4 Starter Edition of Starlink, Battle for Atlas, received as part of the Amazon Vine program. Starter Edition Just Doesn’t Pack Enough Value I’ll be honest, I was interested in No Man’s Sky, until I heard how many promises they broke as part of the release. However, an open world game where you could explore new worlds and, especially, engage in space combat, really appeals to me. Read More Review: PDP Cloud Media Remote for the PlayStation 4 November 11, 2018 James Skemp The following is a review of the PDP Cloud Media Remote for the PlayStation 4, received as part of the Amazon Vine program. Fine for the Functionality it Provides With the PlayStation 4 Sony hasn’t made it very easy to pick up a dedicated remote for the system. With the PlayStation 3 Sony had a branded PlayStation 3 remote that was quite good, for a fairly reasonable price. With Sony’s push to have the PlayStation 3 be a household’s first/only Blu-ray player, a capable remote was required. Read More Review: Cooler Master CK550 Gaming Mechanical Keyboard October 17, 2018 James Skemp The following is a review of the Cooler Master CK500 Gaming Mechanical Keyboard, received as part of the Amazon Vine program. Quite the Lightshow, Once You Get Used to It A few months ago I was starting to look around at replacing my Bloody’s B720 Light Strike Mechanical Gaming Keyboard, since while it was a very nice keyboard, the limited lighting options were bothering me. I took a look at a few different keyboards, but hadn’t settled on actually purchasing one, before the Cooler Master CK500 Gaming Mechanical Keyboard became available for review. Read More Review: Fisher-Price Rock-a-Stack & Baby’s First Blocks Bundle [Amazon Exclusive] September 3, 2018 James Skemp The following a review of the Amazon-exclusive Fisher-Price Rock-a-Stack & Baby’s First Blocks Bundle received as part of the Amazon Vine program. Nice Little Bundle Over the last couple of months our child has progressed to the point where he’ll take care of satisfying his play needs, and is working on really controlling his fingers and hands. So it was perfect timing to try out the Amazon-exclusive Fisher-Price Rock-a-Stack & Baby’s First Blocks Bundle, which contains two toys that can help with developing hand-eye coordination. Read More Review: Summer Infant 3DPac Stroller July 29, 2018 James Skemp The following is a review of the Summer Infant 3DPac Stroller, Lightweight and Compact Carseat Adaptible Design with Convenient One Hand Fold, and Reclining Seat and Extra-Large Canopy for Comfort, received as part of the Amazon Vine program. Just Wish it Were Easy to Unfold and Had More Storage Our son recently got too big for his infant-sized car seat/carrier, which meant that one of our strollers, which depended upon the carrier, could no longer be used. 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