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Pulp stories and character death

On Twitter, Astonishing Hero asked an excellent question about how in a lot of pulpy adventure stories the hero always beats the bad guy and gets the girl, and then interestingly contrasted it with preferred RPG play style. There was lots of great discussion over on Twitter, but the part

Forgotten Ruin and Eucatastrophe

I like writing book reviews, although in one way I do find the form a bit limiting. For the most part, book reviews are written to entice people to read a book they have not read, and hence it is considered bad form to give away everything in the book

The Book of Joe Book Review

The Book of Joe [Amazon link], the fifth entry in the Forgotten Ruin series, offers us a trip through a mythic underworld, some serious Rangering how-to, and giggling legionnaires. You’ve got to check this out. When we left off in Lay the Hate, Talker had jumped into the swirling

The Drawing of the Dark and adding Wargaming back into Dungeons and Dragons

One of the most exciting things that has happened to Dungeons and Dragons recently is the re-appreciation of its roots in wargaming, in particular due to the excellent Secrets of Blackmoor movie that shows us not only Dave Arneson’s contribution to creating the most imaginative game that exists, but

Ghostbusters: Afterlife Movie Review

I took my wife out on a date night to see Ghostbusters: Afterlife, and I was entirely pleased with the movie. It honored the spirit of the original Ghostbusters [Amazon link], and since that is one of my favorite movies from my childhood, I liked this one too. It had

Reaper: Cradle Book 10 Review

Reaper, book 10 in Will Wight’s Cradle series, is so good it reaches back in time and transforms events in the previous books, making you see things with new eyes. I think it would be quite fun to go back and read them all again in light of what

Convergence: Galaxy's Edge Season Two Book 3 by Nick Cole and Jason Anspach Book Review

Convergence [Amazon link] is a great title for the thirteenth entry in the main series of Galaxy’s Edge, as I feel like all the pieces are starting to come together in a most satisfying fashion. As the Galaxy’s Edge series has been written by veterans for veterans, the