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There are still a lot of classic mystery authors I haven't read yet, but what sets Marsh apart from Stout (US), Tey or Sayers (UK), and...

Now that we’ve got Netflix I’ve been watching the first few episodes of Magic Knight Rayearth, a CLAMP anime series from 1994 about...

New people I’d expect to see: Love, obviously, since we’ve been talking about her, but probably a cameo. Ms Marvel Shang-Chi Kate...

Hence all the “Sonic the Hedgehog will return in Avengers Doomsday” type memes. I wonder whom we won’t have time for in the film, from...

Green Lantern's most celebrated run was the Hard Traveling Heroes era where Hal and Green Arrow hitchhiked across the USA in the 1970s...

Both series are great! Though my favourite book in the CoT series was the first, whereas DoW gets better with each book. Dragon is one...

For me for Tchaikovsky it was Dogs of War. Amazing book, perfect sci-fi, like a much better thought out version of Grant Morrison’s We3.

One of the best sci-fi books I've read was Children of Time. It had sequels but this book was pretty self contained that you don't need...

I love how eclectic TTRPGs are these days. The fact that a game about a coven of witches running a cozy coffee shop makes one million...

Which is kind of surprising, since Gibson himself was neither a punk nor a tech guy. He was living near Granville Island in Vancouver...

Honestly, I belive it's disinterest. I don't mean it in the sense that players don't find the campaign interesting. Most campaigns are...

Yup, coupled with starting a new game you wanted to try and realising it isn’t working for the table. I’m usually the GM and aim to run...

GM burnout. Especially when something new and shiny is on the horizon.

GM's Day Sale. Up to 40% off over 50,000 PDFs. 11 days to go.

Just takes one bad apple to bring the whole house of cards tumbling down. Just one knight who decides to knight anybody who gives him a...