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Yeah, Book 3 is definitely when WoT improved and found its voice for me. Just finished A History of the Roman Empire in 21 Women by...

They built their colony in the summer, not realizing that the land is only there in the summer; in the other seasons it moves back into...

J.R.R. Tolkien's Unfinished Tales. About halfway through, then moving on to the History of Middle-Earth series. Been meaning to read...

I think it sounds great! Early (16th/17th century) North American* colonialism was generally a lot less imperial and a lot more “let’s...

We are starting an in person Daggerheart campaign tonight and I could use some help in brainstorming the foundational stuff of the first...

I used the action cards which seemed to keep things flowing really well. The players really liked the action cards and found "you have 3...

Been reading Nimble 2e and wrote up a short partial review (part 1, “the roses”): Big standouts so far: Tense combat: No-to-hit rolls...

I think, weirdly, the Blip is often taken as an analogy for Covid in the MCU these days and that both works and doesn’t. It works...

Yeah, it’s a lot of money and I do have quite a backlog of JRPGs to get through - a whole bunch to play on the GBA at some point. I do...

Joan Aiken is mostly known for her children’s books set in alternate Victorian England (The Wolves of Willoughby Chase, Black Hearts in...

Yeah, but because I love those little bastards (and also, I might need them later, or want to see how they develop), I rarely let people...

I’m just glad that the more recent games (Awakening, Fates, Three Houses) weren’t that difficult and didn’t have permadeath as...

Really pretty ingenious combo, along with the traditional permadeath makes the war game scenarios emotionally compelling. I got the...

I am super excited for Fortune's Weave (and Game Awards Game of the Year nominee Donkey Kong Bananza is right there, Switch 2 already...