Recent content by Parmandur

LOL, don't have the time these days to go that deep, but thanks! Sanderson does not have the strongest writing on that front, voice wise, I would agree, though I think he does a good job drawing out different characters personalities and motivations. When he gets to write Wheel of Time, he...

The black and white maps are also less cluttered with specific details, so easier to mentally repurpose. Also, the old blue tone maps were a copy protection technjque: 70s era Xerox machines could not pick up that blue color.

One of the softcover models for the Stormlight Archives RPG, The First Step, does something like this. Provides a series of scenes with multiple choice questions to create a guided life path that all the players go through together...

Indeed! Frankly I would love it if someone did a long form TV version someday that has all the songs, Tom Bombadil, the Scouring and all the walking not simply montages away. On the other hand, to tie the LOTR films back to the topic, Sanderson has apparently been re-reading the Lord of the...

I do not agree with Kendi across the board myself, but I find the separation out of racist ideas very helpful. Anyone can have racist ideas, and they are always bad and should be addressed, but the racist ideas of the rich and powerful are generally mrle dangerous. I do not read Kendi's analysis...

In terms of thinking through these issues, I have found that Ibram X. Kendi definitions of racism super helpful, particularly framing "racist" an adjective rather than a noun (people aren't in some metaphysical category of "racist", people have ideas which can be kdealogically racist) : So, by...

Robert Jordan had a much stronger prose style than Sanderson, for sure. For me, even in the stretches where Jordan loses the plot, his prose styling and attention to detail carry it through. I swear you can write a 120 page thesis on how the Wheel of Time achieves world building through in-depth...

Yes, even the extended movies cut a huge amount of important material and took shortcuts. The Lord of the Rings would be better off as a six season TV show, to properly draw out everything.

I mean, if you take that approach, I think it has much to offer as any other long books of Adventure material.

I recommend trying to get to the end of Part 1 (of 5): by then you will be invested or uninterested.

By way of a quick price comparispn: The basic Stormlight dice set is going for $12.99 at Barnes & Noble, they will probably have a non-premium equivalent for Mistborn: Cosmere RPG: Stormlight Archive Basic Dice set The premium Knight Radiant Order dice are going for $40 on Dragonsteel...

$45. Premium, but not completely outrageous for good dice.

I can say already from the Stormlight dice that they are going with good build quality, too, which makes sense for a board game company.

Try reading The Emperor's Soul: very short novella, self-contained and standalone award winning story.

I mean, we know who the team members are, they also post actively on social media...? There isn't much in the way of an "Old Guard", James Wyatt is the "Elder Statesman" at this point I guess, but most of the staff were far younger than Perkins in particular.