I love the idea of sages in a fantasy RPG. That scholar in their study with vast piles of paper, strange artifacts lying around, books half-forgotten, manuscripts half-written, quill pens and half-dried inkwells, perhaps the scholar themselves hard to find … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: November 2013
It’s already been a year on this blog! Wow. There have been something like 16,000 visits; 162 comments; untold pieces of spam; and 144 posts. Blade & Crown, and this blog, continue to be rewarding for me. I hope they … Continue reading
My friend John is doing a cross-blog community project called From the Zones. Folks are describing weird places, things and notions set in the universe(s) of the novel Roadside Picnic and the movie Stalker. Here’s a contribution from me: a … Continue reading
Recent discussion of the Tin reminds me of Car Wars. Starting sometime in the late 80s, my interest in Car Wars paralleled my interest in RPGs. For a few years there, I gave both an equal share of my free … Continue reading
This is an amphora, like many used for shipping food, oil or other commodities. There are only two things that distinguish it from a thousand other amphorae: An ancient, extravagant script and glyph are inscribed on it; and A mud … Continue reading
With a recent comment on my post about the Little Tin Soldier, I was curious what else I could find about Don Valentine on the net. With the exact search terms “Don Valentine” and “Little Tin Soldier”, Google returns just … Continue reading
Did you know there’s a sale going on at Lulu.com right now? You can get the print edition of Blade & Crown for just US$16.80 plus shipping and tax. Enter the coupon code FALLSALE40 before November 4! … Continue reading
In case you needed it, here’s yet another reason RPGs are cool. Today at work, I had occasion to help with a large-scale evacuation. People with walkie-talkies anxiously relaying information back and forth, fire trucks and command centers, rapidly evolving … Continue reading