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Amen to that! For those who don't know, it's a sort of psycho-thriller series with elements of The Fugitive in it. Dr Temma, a Japanese doctor working in Germany, saves the life of a small boy. Then several people at the hospital wind up dead. Some years later, he's gained a prestigious...

I'm now reading A Short History of Byzantium by John Julius Norwich. You know those empires in fiction with mad emperors, corrupt ministers, etc? That's pretty much where they came from - more than the earlier Romans, I think. It's amazing how many emperors got deposed by force, from the...

I don't think "Shadow Born" is in there because there are no other racial choices, but more because it's appropriate to have it in the game, and - with the Swordlands - others are not. If you haven't picked up the Mastering Iron Heroes PDF... and I wouldn't blame if you haven't for whatever...

I don't think it's clear who was behind Prophet 5. Yeah, that guy who used to work for the CIA and was posing as such, was CIA. But was he originally CIA, or working for the agency behind Prophet 5, who joined the CIA as a double agent? As for the blonde who beat Mitchell "at his own game", I...

Coincidentally I've just finished reading Going Postal this week. Pretty good (as usual for Pratchett)! I am currently in the middle of reading: - The Pyrates, by George Macdonald Fraser (who has written the many-volumed Flashman series). A pastiche of swashbuckler books and films, a fun...

This is one of those questions that really hurts my head. I find it impossible to pick. The very short list would be: The Iliad first Amber series (or Lord of Light... hm...) Bridge of Birds, by Barry Hughart

And the Garrett PI books generally do have a femme fatale in skimpy clothing on the covers too. Those books aside... err... I guess this is going to be judgemental, but I find that it's generally the lousier fantasy novels which have cheesecake covers. Or it could be the more typical epic or...

It sounds to me like the players in the game of the original poster might be attracted to the idea of their characters having a greater variety of abilities. After all, in D&D, that's covered in part by magic items. I would say, though, that the abilities that Iron Heroes characters get are...

Same here...

Actually that was also Rathbone in Captain Blood. He had real training in fencing so he got cast several times in villain roles for swashbucklers.

Good thread so far!! I didn't know about a new Expendables-universe book, and will have to see if the library has it. :) The fellow who is reading Mythago Wood - what do you think of it now? (Finished yet?) Verrrry nifty book. I liked it best of the author's books. I am currently reading...

I'd definitely vote for Diaspora. It didn't make my brain hurt, but it was pretty mindblowing. Gleisner robots, artificial intelligences living in artificial environments, interstellar [spoiler]and interdimensional[/i] travel...

I'm just going to give my $0.02 on one-on-one fights. Swordfights: I'd actually have to pick the fight in the forge in Pirates of the Caribbean. A beautiful merger of fencing and Hong Kong style stunts and changing conditions. General fighting: One on one, it would have to be one of the...

I would add... Bridge of Birds, by Barry Hughart. If you haven't read it, well, it gets mentioned in most every book-reading thread for good reason. I'd second the recommendations of One for the Morning Glory, and The Princess Bride. All three of these would be good to read together. They...

Man travels back in time to early 19th C England and becomes stranded (early on). Mix in Egyptian wizardry, beggar guilds, and other strangeness. It is quite brilliant.

Augh. What a bloody stupid idea. ("Young James Bond", that is.)

I really don't know how well the show would work without Sydney (Sidney?) as the main character. So many of the character connections are as they relate to her, and vice versa, more than to each other. I'd rather see the show end on a reasonably good note than hang on with a bad premise. That...

I've just moved in to Toronto a few weeks ago, and I'm interested in hooking up with local players. After getting a response from someone on rpg.net running a Midnight campaign, I've realized that at this point I can't commit to something like an 8-hour session on a weekend. That's just a lot...

Sorry for not having posted, I hadn't realized that you're actually going to complete the adventure. That would be great! Maybe messaging all of the players would be good too. :) I could do that... P.S. Orsal, I'm now in Toronto and looking for a game. I've posted in "Gamers seeking...

{OOC: Stick a fork in it... this game definitely seems to be dead. :mad: Is there any way of extracting one's character to another game? Oh well, I could always use the concept in a FTF campaign. Meh.}