Dyson’s Dodecahedron Quest for Fun! Bruce Heard and New Stories CRRPG Addict Fantasy Cafe Sitrep Hex and Violence Desperation Morale Banzai!! Dungeon Fantastic Gaming Ballistic Let’s GURPS The Collaborative GamerLong ago, my Dad recommended the novel Sword at Sunset to me. Before I ever got around to it, I found out that it was part of a series of novels Rosemary Sutcliff wrote about Roman and post-Roman Britain. So,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I picked this up when there was a Kindle sale on Thomas Costain books a bit ago. I hadn’t been aware of him writing a series on Canada, and it turns out the reason is he didn’t. This is the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The fourth Gold Brick starts right in the middle of the action, with part two of Brianna and an attempt on the leprechauns’ gold. From there, we quickly go back to the big story line, as Gina gets invited to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is another Andre Norton that I’m sure I read ages ago, but don’t have any clear memories of anymore. This is the first of the “High Hallack” Witch World novels, which I always generally enjoyed more than the Estcarp[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This was recommended to me by someone who’s opinion I trust, so I expected a good book going in. It exceeded my expectations. Despite the title, this is not just an examination of the Battle of Agincourt. It occupies a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Okay, military science-fiction is always a selling point for me, and I have taken too long to get to this series. It is always presented as a series, and with good reason. While this is a complete story, structure-wise, the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
The Gold Digger color series starts out big. Three multi-issue stories flow directly into each other before there’s any sort of break. In the middle of this, Brianna, Julia, and company finally return from Jade after being missing for several[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Purkiss’ history of the ECW was something of a slog for me to get through. The general idea as given is admirable: to look at the English Civil War as something that involved people, and see how various people were[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
In the original Forgotten Realms boxed set, Evermeet is a somewhat mysterious place off the map, where the elves have slowly been retreating to as their continental holdings fall. It’s impossible not to compare with Tolkien at that point, with[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This is the seventh in a series of reviews looking at the evolution of Crusader Kings II. See the previous reviews here: Crusader Kings II: The Second Crusade The Old Gods: That Old-Time Religion Sons of Abraham: A Little of[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…