30 March 2025

Praise for Songs of the Dying Earth

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Among my favourite works of fantasy fiction are the Dying Earth stories and the Lyonesse trilogy by Jack Vance. I’ve read the Lyonesse tril...
28 March 2025

My 2 Campaigns in 2 Paragraphs

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Over at the RPG pub (the only RPG forum I regularly visit these days) there’s an interesting thread asking people to describe their campaig...
26 February 2025

Fight On! Issue 16 now available – dedicated to DA Trampier

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One of the best things to happen in the “old school” gaming community in the past year is the return of the amazing fanzine Fight On!   Issu...
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18 February 2025

‘Level Up’ exhibit at the Chicago Writers Museum

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While Toronto is my ‘home base’ these days, as my wife and I own a condo there (and her job is based there), I also currently live part of t...
02 February 2025

A Brief History of Ukrasia

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This post provides a rough overview and timeline for the World of Ukrasia (the setting for my “ Against the Court of Urdor ” campaign). The...
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29 January 2025

The Lord of the Rings film trilogy with live music

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This was one of the most enjoyable experiences I’ve had in recent years: watching Peter Jackson’s film trilogy, The Lord of the Rings , acco...
12 January 2025

My Life in Roleplaying Games: 2024 and 2025

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As we head into 2025, here are some brief reflections on my role-playing activities in the recent past and near future. I've been really...
01 January 2025

Happy 2025 and some pictures from Scotland

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Happy 2025! I hope you all have a year filled with thrilling adventures.  As I mentioned last September (in my post  on the Kirkyard of St. ...
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31 December 2024

Role-playing Games mystify those who have never played them

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I think that this article, “ The Most Dangerous Game: At 50, Dungeons & Dragons is more popular than ever — and still misunderstood ” by...
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26 December 2024

Mythras Miscellany

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I thought that I would mention two cool things for Mythras that might be of some interest. The first is the Unearthed Companion for Mythras...