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The Known Planes of Existence

I had a good comment on my blog post The Church in D&D, and I meant to respond but one thing led to another and I never quite did. Commenter nagora says: I'm a bit confused by your equating a physical church with Catholicism but in

Linkfest 2021-07-09: When Orcs Were Real

Tree of Woe: When Orcs were Real A contrarian view of the interaction between humans and Neanderthals. Danny Vendramini in his book Them and Us: How Neanderthal Predation Created Modern Humans makes some extremely speculative claims that Neanderthals were monsters of myth and legend. As the comments make clear, this

Dark Heritage on D&D and the Picaresque

I was browsing through the Castalia House blog, and I found a link to this gem from Desdichado at Dark Heritage: D&D and the Picaresque The notion that D&D doesn't have an implied setting, or that it's in any way generic, is

Violence of Action: Forgotten Ruin Book 3 by Jason Anspach and Nick Cole Book Review

Violence of Action by Jason Anspach and Nick Cole [Amazon link] is our opportunity to see the Rangers go raiding. To do what they do best: kill things and break stuff. The non-linear flow of the pseudo-memoir style of the Forgotten Ruin series works really well here, as we shift

The side you pick requires changes in behavior

In the post included in this last week’s Linkfest about the individualism [look at me!] of modern D&D, there was a link to another post on alignment in D&D. at the Methods & Madness blog. The perception of and playstyle in practice has changed a

Linkfest 2021-06-18: Picking something up on Sensors

Claremont Review of Books: There Goes Robert E. Lee I’ve never liked the casual dismissal of Lee as nothing but a traitor, and Christopher Caldwell puts this into far better words than I ever could. Methods & Madness: The individualism of modern D&D I’m not the

The Sacred Radiance by Daniel Humphreys Book Review

The Sacred Radiance [Amazon affiliate link] is where Pax moves into adult life, and the stakes on everything get higher. He has a real job with real responsibilities, and problems to match. But don’t let that make you think this is a boring or unfunny book. And any book