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Want to play a Duck? After appearing as a location and then counters in Greg Stafford's 1975 board war game White Bear and Red Moon...

I finished Diamond's Josephine Baker's Secret War. While I knew about Baker's activities as an Allied spy in WW2, I didn't know the...

I finished reading The Roots of the Mountains, by William Morris, last night. It felt like a bit of a slog, probably because I was...

In my experience all those added advantages helped, but not significantly. In my last 1e campaign, the Barbarian was the first to die.

I think the DCC RPG module house format works really well for their shorter adventures. For the longer works, it breaks down somewhat in...

I just ran this last year and I really disagree. Maybe great for that era, but just really not very usable by modern standards. If the...

I finished re-reading Williams' Voice of the Whirlwind. Ten years ago, I think I was disappointed that it wasn't more like Hardwired. On...

My memory is a bit fuzzy there. It was probably Traveller, Gamma World, or Call of Cthulhu.

Gamma World 3e

Reading Wintersmith, which is even better than I remembered. There are people who skip the Tiffany Aching book, because they're YA, but...

Very much worth the effort, very rewarding as a reread particularly.

Interesting. I think about a re-read of Wheel of Time now and then. But it's an intimidating commitment. Like, I'm a pretty fast reader...

The Slog is much better on re-reads, at least. Removed from the building pressure of "What Happens Next???" there is a lot going on...

Absolutely. It made me sad as I read Wheel of Time. I could see the Slog dragging on and on, and then when he picked up speed again...

Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell is amazing. Her health issues probably mean we'll never get a full sized sequel, although her shorter...