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I'll say this for Planescape: It took the completely boring Concordant Opposition (possibly the peak of High Gygaxian naming) and made...

Folks may remember Satine Phoenix from when she was an artist and minor celebrity in the D&D internet scene, rubbing elbows with folks...

The only thing that I would push back against here is that "cozy" lacks stakes. The stakes in cozy games tend to be smaller and...

There’s a meme about that:

Mesoamerica: I’ve read Aztec Thought And Culture and loved it, though it’s more academic and presumed you know more already. I can’t...

@SkidAce , that’s awesome. Thank you.

Sometimes it seems...

I resisted posting this in THAT thread, but I had to post it somewhere.

The feature, by the way, says that “you usually contacted your patron via intermediaries”. It DOES NOT say that the patron wasn’t...

Physical shipping of Stormlight has begun, and should be done in the next couple of months. In the meantime, the designers have shared...

Getting back into the reading groove is great!

Peter H. Wilson’s books on the Holy Roman Empire and on the Thirty Years War are amazing. Huge - each is more than 30 hours long - and...

Just into Book 3, and it's been a little over a week since I got book 1. Also, I just read "This is How to Lose a Time War", which I...

If you want an examination of how Spotify is evil: Mood Machine by Liz Pelly. If you want a slightly-credulous take on orientalism and...

Empire of Blue Water, Under the Black Flag, Republic of Pirates.