Dark Sun is my favorite published campaign setting. It is the bar by which I measure all other campaign worlds.
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Comic Recommendation: Barbaric
If you enjoy transgressive, violent, funny, sword-and-sorcery comic books you should check out Barbaric by Michael Moreci.
Grumpy Wizard’s Reviews and Recommendations
I want to be clear about what I review, how I review, and why. I don't want to be known primarily as a reviewer of RPGs, books, and music. Even though reviews get more traffic than most other types of posts, I don't do many of them. If views and followers were my primary metric, …
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Book Review- Flame and Crimson by Brian Murphy
There is a revival of the sword-and-sorcery genre of fantasy underway. This week, I review a book that increased my understanding of the genre.
Analysis of Amber Diceless Role-Playing: Part 1
I played in a few campaigns of Amber Diceless Role-play in the mid-1990s. The experience was formative. It opened my eyes to the incredible possibilities that role-playing games hold. The many roads of my thinking about role-playing games lead back to Amber.
Music Recommendation: The Oath by Lord Mountain
If you like classic heavy metal and high adventure, this is for you. The Oath by Lord Mountain is a sword-and-sorcery yarn in heavy metal form.
Book Review: Immersion by Paul J. Zak
When I was 12, I was invited to spend the night with one of the older boys in my scout troop. We were going to play a game I had only heard of and experienced as a Saturday morning cartoon. Dungeons & Dragons. My mom dropped me off and I was led down to the …
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