Saturday, September 17, 2022

The Media has a Dungeons & Dragons Problem

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THE OLD ADDAGE tells us "lightning doesn't strike twice." Tell that to Dungeons & Dragons . Created by Dave Arneson and Ga...
Monday, September 12, 2022

THE GROUNDING OF GLORANTHA: Making the Impossible Believable

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Blood and Wood I ran my current group through one of my favorite episodes of The Company of the Dragon yesterday. "Blood and Wood...
Sunday, September 11, 2022

GHOST STORIES: PETER STRAUB (1943-2022)

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A Brief Bit of Autobiography When I was seventeen, I wrote my first play. My English teacher persuaded me to do it. New York was launching t...
Tuesday, August 30, 2022

ULYSSES: AKA "WHY HEROQUESTING IS EASIER THAN YOU THINK"

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MY FATHER LIKED TO ASSIGN BOOKS for me to read. Then he would quiz me about them at the dinner table. One of my clearest memories is of Jame...
Sunday, August 28, 2022

LOOKING FOWL AND FEELING FAIR: DUCKS INVADE THE JONSTOWN COMPENDIUM

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“I see. I look foul and feel fair. Is that it?” - Strider, The Fellowship of the Ring GREG STAFFORD's "GLORANTHA" is a flat wo...
Friday, August 12, 2022

NOBILIS: THE 2022 RERELEASE

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The wind told me once that everybody gets to play a game of Nobilis before they die. Maybe it’s in their secret dreams. Maybe it’s in real l...
Thursday, August 4, 2022

THE CATTLE OF CTHULHU, a review of GET ALONG, LITTLE DOGIES

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IT IS GENERALLY AGREED that 1979's Alien is essentially H. P. Lovecraft in space. It's not a perfect match--HPL was not big on worki...