This review was originally written for In the Mouth of Dorkness back in August of 2016. I read the book as part of the White Wolf publication… Read more “Book Review: Swords Against Death”
Tag: Medieval
Book Review: Ice Crown
This review was originally posted on In the Mouth of Dorkness back in March of 2016. I read Ice Crown as the first part of a collected… Read more “Book Review: Ice Crown”
Tabletop RPG Review: Guardians of the Forest
One of my greatest experiences as a tabletop role-playing gamer was the six months I spent playing Ars Magica back in the mid 90s. Even though I… Read more “Tabletop RPG Review: Guardians of the Forest”
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”
Book Review: Ki-Khanga The Anthology
One of the unfortunate truths about nerd culture (Fantasy, Science Fiction, tabletop RPGs, comics, etc.) is that it has been dominated mostly by white males, limiting its… Read more “Book Review: Ki-Khanga The Anthology”
Book Review: The Maid and the Queen
As a kid, the story of Joan of Arc fascinated me. So much great imagery swirls around her legend, so much mystery and power. What then is… Read more “Book Review: The Maid and the Queen”
Book Review: The Secret History of the Mongol Queens
“She did not yet know of what she might be capable. She had no man to fight for her, no woman to advise her. The road before… Read more “Book Review: The Secret History of the Mongol Queens”
Book Review: A World Lit Only By Fire
The more I read about history, the more questions I have, the more I want to read and learn, and the less appealing any part of it… Read more “Book Review: A World Lit Only By Fire”
Book Review: Lost to the West
Lars Brownworth’s history hangs like a purple cloak off the rather broad shoulders of Byzantium, the oft forgotten remnant of the Roman Empire that survived right up… Read more “Book Review: Lost to the West”
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