Wednesday, 30 December 2020

Of Sparse and Dying Earths

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There is a spectrum of sparseness  for fantasy and SF worlds.  On the left hand side is 'For a Breath I Tarry', the Zelazny short st...
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Tuesday, 29 December 2020

The Best of 2020

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Ok, let's do this.  Best Blog : The age of the dinosaurs has ended, and the blogosphere is now roamed only by furtive ancestral mammals ...
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Monday, 28 December 2020

The Allure of the Apocalypse

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I've just finished a bit of light Christmas reading - John Carey's  The Intellectuals and the Masses: Pride and Prejudice Among the ...
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Tuesday, 22 December 2020

Pathfinder and the Appeal of Crunch

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In the comments on  this post , Patrick Stuart asks: Do you think Pathfinder is finally uncool enough that we can adopt it and do the prete...
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Monday, 21 December 2020

The Romance of Central Asia

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When I was 18, I spent a summer in Kyrgyzstan working as a volunteer with street orphans. This sparked a romantic flame in my heart for Cent...
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Wednesday, 16 December 2020

The State of OSR Adjacency

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I am very positive and hopeful about the future of the OSR and those, like me, who are "adjacent" to it. (I hate the word "ad...
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Monday, 14 December 2020

Playing Games for Fun is OK: An Argument

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[ Caveat : I am not sure I agree with my own argument in this post . I wrote it rather rapidly during my lunch break, and, reading back over...
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Friday, 11 December 2020

Behind Gently Smiling Jaws Triptych - On Imaginary Worlds

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I receive, daily, hundreds of emails clamouring for more news about  Behind Gently Smiling Jaws .*  The project has evolved. This is because...
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Sunday, 6 December 2020

Gaps in the Market

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 An incomplete list of things somebody (not me) should make: A grown-up fantasy wimmelbook  (think Where's Wally?  but hugely detailed b...
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Wednesday, 2 December 2020

How Tough is a First Level Fighter?

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It is, my friends, time to return to this most ancient of chestnuts. Is a 1st level fighter a blithering mook, at the start of his adventuri...
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