Chris Willrich 270 pages, Pyr Paperback, $15.95, Kindle $8.69 ISBN 978-1616148133 Some people take being partners in crime to a whole new level, and Persimmon Gaunt and Imago Bone are “those” people. Gaunt is a bard. Well, she’s a poet (close enough) who craved adventure and was fascinated by the undead from a very young […]
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Kindred and Wings Philippa Ballantine 390 pages, Pyr Paperback, $13.50 ISBN 978-1616147792 On the back of the dragon Wahirangi, Finn the Fox flees the world he has known. As he sets out to find the brother he never knew existed, he still holds in his heart the memory of the Hunter. He has denied his
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A Guile of Dragons James Enge 320 pages, Pyr Trade Paperback, $17.95 ISBN 978-1-61614-628-3 This book starts out with Merlin. I’m sure you’ve heard of him—he hung out with that guy who had that table and that sword. It turns out he had a son named Morlock, and thus A Guile of Dragons has a
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The Silver Skull Mark Chadbourn 424 pages, Pyr Paperback, $6.80 ISBN 1591027837 Introducing Will Swyfte, who has earned the descriptors of spy, adventurer, swordsman, rake, swashbuckler, wit, and esoteric scholar. His exploits against the forces of Spain have made him famous, which isn’t exactly good for a spy. But Swytfe’s above-the-covers, undercover life has been
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Hunter and Fox Philippa Ballantine 340 pages, Pyr Paperback, $17.95 ISBN 978-1-61614-623-8 Talyn is a Vaerli, a once powerful race that has had the seven gifts of magic taken from them by the Caisah, a powerful and evil being who controls a world that is constantly changing. When I say “changing,” I mean the environment
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In Thunder Forged: Iron Kingdoms Chronicles (The Fall of Llael, Book One) Ari Marmell 300 pages, Pyr Publishing Paperback, $18.00 ISBN 978-1616147730 In Thunder Forged is part of the Iron Kingdoms Chronicles, which are stories based on the Warmachine steam-powered fantasy wargame. I have never played Warmachine (sorry, Pedro), so I was not completely familiar
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A Discourse in Steel: A Tale of Egil and Nix Paul S. Kemp 352 pages, Angry Robot Paperback, $7.19 ISBN 978-0857662538 A Discourse in Steel: A Tale of Egil and Nix is the second tale of these intriguing “heroes.” The first book, The Hammer and the Blade, introduced our world to Egil and Nix, and
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Titans Rising: The Calling D.E. Varni 460 pages, D.E. Varni Paperback, $15.99 Kindle, $7.99 ISBN 978-0615566955 Eight years after the first intergalactic war, known as the Sol War, unemployment amongst veterans is rampant and that percentage is even higher for troops known as Specials. Specials are a breed of veterans with superhuman powers. Not knowing
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Part of the Popular Culture and Philosophy Series, Dungeons & Dragons and Philosophy: Raiding the Temple of Wisdom attempts to apply the cerebral and lofty concepts and theories of philosophy to an iconic roleplaying game. A review by David Gerding says that there is a chance that you’ll dig this book. I think he should
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GOLD, “the web series that does double damage,” is an interesting product. On one hand, it’s a niche within a niche within a niche. What do I mean by that? At its core, GOLD is about tabletop RPG gaming epitomized by Dungeons & Dragons, but it is also a web series with a distinct soap
What are reviewers saying about Advanced Feats: The Witch’s Brew and Advanced Feats: Secrets of the Alchemist by Sigfried Trent, Open Design’s resources for expanding your witch and alchemist PCs and NPCs for Pathfinder Roleplaying Game? This PDF starts off with an examination of the witch class and what bearing they’ll have on your party. It’s worth
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What are reviewers saying about Advanced Feats: Secrets of the Alchemist by Sigfried Trent, Open Design’s resource for expanding your alchemist PCs and NPCs for Pathfinder Roleplaying Game? I love the feats in the book. They are clearly well designed, taking into account the strengths of the class and add new options without being overpowering. The
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As a writer, a GM, and player, I need tools to help me get to the game table faster while making play smoother and easier. Hero Lab is one of those tools. For this review, I used my workhorse machine—a Pentium dual-core, 2.20 GHz, 4 GB RAM, Windows 7 on an Asus K60IJ notebook. We
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What are reviewers saying about Kobold Guide to Game Design, Vol. 3 (print/PDF), Open Design’s source for game design? … As with the first two volumes, if you’re an aspiring pro this book is a must. If you’re a rules hacker like me, this stuff is solid gold. If you’re just an ordinary, run-of-the-mill gamemaster
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What are reviewers saying about Sunken Empires (print/PDF), Open Design’s source for exploring underwater civilizations for Pathfinder Roleplaying Game? It’s not so much a setting as it is a toolkit for building an underwater setting for your own game. It discusses Atlantis, Lemuria, and Mu as worldbuilding examples, and goes on to a walk-through of
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Kobold Quarterly #13 has been out for over a month and there are still reviews steadily pouring in. Find out what the buzz is about. I love Kobold Quarterly. It’s true. I gush with abundant gamer love for this magazine, more so every issue. Yet, as a reviewer I’m always looking for something critical to
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