From Geneva, we took a short train ride into France, to the historic city of Lyon. Lyon was the economic center of the Roman Empire for a… Read more “Honeymoon Stop Five: Lyon & Aix-en-Provence”
Tag: History
Tabletop RPG Review: Prince Valiant
I am definitely not an Arthurian myth expert. I’m not even a huge Prince Valiant comic fan. Don’t have a problem with it, I’ve just never read… Read more “Tabletop RPG Review: Prince Valiant”
Tabletop RPG Review: The Tribunals of Hermes: Iberia
If I ever get around to running a game of Ars Magica, my plan is to set the game in Mythic Iberia. I figured, I’d better give… Read more “Tabletop RPG Review: The Tribunals of Hermes: Iberia”
Book Review: The Foundling and Other Tales of Prydain
The final Prydain book doesn’t feature Taran or his companions. Instead it’s a collection of six short stories about Prydain that flesh out some of the concepts… Read more “Book Review: The Foundling and Other Tales of Prydain”
Book Review: The Man of Gold
(Note: Since posting this review, it came out that M.A.R. Barker was a literal neo-Nazi, who fostered a truly awful worldview and worked to promote it. He… Read more “Book Review: The Man of Gold”
Book Review: Lusitania
A fascinating read and a deeply disturbing reminder that the roots of atrocity remain a part of our culture to this day. Willi Jasper looks at the… Read more “Book Review: Lusitania”
Yelemma, The Faded Jewel
Recently, I’ve been working on a new Conquest of the Sphere project for my Patreon page. It’s a serialized story featuring two characters, Mele and Inoke, who… Read more “Yelemma, The Faded Jewel”
Book Review: Underground
A childhood obsession with an old, disused train tunnel that went under his house was the seed of an obsession that would take over Will Hunt as… Read more “Book Review: Underground”
Honeymoon Stop Two: Salzburg, Austria
On day 3 of our stay in Munich, we took a day trip to Salzburg, Austria. As was frequently the case in Europe, it was a fairly… Read more “Honeymoon Stop Two: Salzburg, Austria”
Book Review: The Spirit of Gin
There are countless things you could point to when trying to make the argument that I’m a weird dude. Just one among many is that I didn’t… Read more “Book Review: The Spirit of Gin”
Matthew J. Constantine 