Books… Book Review: Red Side Story by Jasper Fforde (and Some Play Notes) 11 Nov 202511 Nov 2025 Red Side Story is a novel by Jasper Fforde. It was released in 2024 as a sequel to his 2009 novel, Shades of Grey. This review is intended to be…
Books… Bundle of Holding: Good Society 29 Jan 2024 Good Society is an RPG that transports players to the Regency era, immersing them in a world of Jane Austen-like social dramas. I previously wrote about this game in a post…
Books Humble Bundle: Scalzi! 29 Nov 202328 Nov 2023 John Scalzi is my favourite current American science fiction author. He's well known for his thoroughly engaging storytelling, sharp wit, and ability to blend humor with speculative fiction. Scalzi initially…
Books… Review and Play Suggestions: Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde 23 Oct 20238 Jul 2026 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…
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… Throwback Thursday: Thursday Throwback 10 Nov 202210 Nov 2022 The Eyre Affair was the debut novel of Jasper Fforde, an author I have loved since that book was first published in 2001. Fforde has published a range of novels…
