Books… Review and Play Suggestions: Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde 23 Oct 202320 Oct 2023 Something that has frustrated me over the years has been the need, whenever recommending this particular novel by Jasper Fforde, to repeatedly wave my hands and say "no, not that…
Books… Humble Bundle: Best of Warhammer RPGs 22 Oct 202322 Oct 2023 There are a wealth of RPGs available to the discerning Warhammer fan who wants to roleplay in his or her chosen setting. For fans of Warhammer Fantasy, there's Warhammer Fantasy…
Books StoryBundle: Ermahgerd Goosebumps! 17 Oct 202316 Oct 2023 When it comes to children's literature, and horror in particular, one name looms large, casting a long and enduring shadow over the landscape of children's and young adult books -…
Books… Humble Bundle: Vampire The Masquerade Month of Darkness 15 Oct 202313 Oct 2023 Vampire: The Masquerade was my first RPG. It's where I started out and it's still one of my favourite games. I love it, therefore, when I see these bundles comes…
Books StoryBundle: Halloween 2023 4 Oct 20232 Oct 2023 StoryBundle is a website that presents of bundle of sci-fi and fantasy novels, novellas, and stories from both new and established writers. This time, we're heading into October with a…
Books… Bundle of Holding: Flying Circus 3 Oct 20232 Oct 2023 As a concept, Flying Circus was both intriguing and puzzling to me. The quasi-Germanic fantasy setting is really interesting, but I wasn't sure about how the actual gameplay would work.…
Reviews… Plotting the Unplayable: The Autograph Man by Zadie Smith 23 Sep 202323 Sep 2023 I am writing this because a friend said that not all novels are playable as RPGs. He picked out the works of Zadie Smith as an example. I will not…
Books StoryBundle: To the Stars Adventure SF 19 Sep 202318 Sep 2023 Kevin J. Anderson is a legend of Sci-fi. I was first introduced to him via the Jedi Academy trilogy of novels that were part of the Star Wars Expanded Universe.…
Books StoryBundle: Trilogies 12 Sep 202310 Sep 2023 The rule of threes is such a powerful thing. As humans we look for patterns and threes seem to appeal to use particularly well. This also applies to entertainment with…
Books… Humble Bundle: Trail of Cthulhu 10 Sep 202310 Sep 2023 I like investigative RPGs. A detective story just feels such a natural fit for the format, you know? I've written at length about this topic recently, having published a 7-part…
Books… Bundle of Holding: The Nightmares Underneath 29 Aug 202328 Aug 2023 As an OSR fantasy horrors game, The Nightmares Underneath comes at me from two different angles. As I recently explained, OSR has never really been my thing, but I do…
Tabletop Games Bundle of Holding: Hyperborea 3E 15 Aug 202315 Aug 2023 First released in 2012, North Wind Adventures' Hyperborea is now in its third edition, and appears to be going from strength to strength. It is also the subject of the…
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