Wyrd & Wonder, the month-long celebration of all things fantasy, is starting in just three weeks! This is the first time I'll ever take a direct part in the event--I hope to bring to it a discussion of fantastic fantasy games and novels, as well as some humorous pieces in the vein of my Mordor... Continue Reading →
A Primer of D&D 5E’s Playable Races, Such as They Are: Pseudo-Greeks Gone Wild (Mythic Odysseys of Theros)
Previous | Next Another Monday, another batch of D&D 5e races to make fun of! The time has come to mock a setting near and dear to my heart, even if it is native to Magic: The Gathering. *Groan* Centaur You want to be that guy? The party member whose every attempt to enter a... Continue Reading →
A Primer of D&D 5E’s Playable Races, Such as They Are (From Volo’s Guide To Monsters)
Previous | Next Harken, adventurers! It is time for another edition of "introducing my D&D nerds-to-be to playable races in the worst best laziest possible way"! Today, I turn to the delightful races to be discovered in Volo's Guide To Monsters - what furry, angelic fun awaits us! These races make for excellent divine crusaders,... Continue Reading →
Giant Days: Vol. 07 by John Allison – Graphic Novel Review
Previous | Next Christmas joy and celebration! That’s what you might think you’re getting when you open up the seventh volume of Giant Days, the greatest most wonderful-est life-sliced comedy graphic novel out there. This issue centres around Susan’s return home and the way she feels towards her mummy is the way all of us... Continue Reading →
The Best Fantasy Real Estate: Mordor
Attention, curmudgeonly octogenarians! Are you looking for a good way to spend your golden years? Whether you adore beautiful views, crave fields of gold, or are itching for that wasteland full of rotting orc carcasses, we at the Reliquary Tourist Agency have the best locales for you! Sit back, rest your weary bones--what's left of... Continue Reading →
Short Changed by Josh Erikson – Book Review
Short story anthologies are a difficult sell right now, especially ones based on existing properties. It's no surprise Josh Erikson describes Short Changed: Stories from Ethereal Earth as a passion project, one he doesn't expect will be widely read or reviewed. He is likely right; all the more shame, really, as the stories within this... Continue Reading →
Giant Days Vol. 06 by John Alison – Graphic Novel Review
Previous | Next First off, that #21 cover has some bitchin’ 'Susan as hard-boiled detective' art. Our girls have been burgled! Well, their apartment has, which is somehow even worse, considering it forces us to visit Susan’s room. The issue turns very serious when Daisy reveals to Esther and Susan that the only keepsakes she... Continue Reading →
Book Review: Gifts by Ursula Le Guin
I've been meaning to explore the great Ursula Le Guin's writing for a few years, now. I always thought I'd start with Earthsea if not for a serendipitous occasion in my new university library thanks to which I stumbled upon this, a short 280-page first part of a trilogy by the name of 'Annals of... Continue Reading →
Small Gods: A Discworld Review
Oh, lawks, I read another Discworld novel. Small Gods was Terry Pratchett's most intricate examination of organised religion and faith yet. Where do the gods come from? How many masks do they wear? Are they just a big lot of buggers sitting on their arses, pulling the limbs off mortals for the giggles? That's what... Continue Reading →
Book Review: Promise of Blood
(Disclaimer: Some minor spoilers ahead.) Brian's Style Promise of Blood isn't the first novel I've read by Brian McClellan. That honour goes to Sins of Empire, which holds a special place in my heart as both the first flintlock fantasy I've read, as well as the first title I purchased because of a recommendation read... Continue Reading →