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Abigail Linhardt

 Interview with Abigail LinhardtAuthor ofSeason of the Runner and Goddess Among Us 

No Lie

  "I liked that. I'm not gonna lie. That was pretty fun."That was the verdict of one of Les Freres Corses after we played the Rescue from the Hangman's Noose scenario from my skirmish game. Of course he had a great time. What's not fun about King's Musketeers and Cardinal's Guards exchanging shots with flintlock pistols, rushing through the clouds of acrid smoke to trade cross words, cross swords

Fun Times at Fort Stanwyx - Oriskany

 Fun Fact: Fun Times at Fort Stanwyx--OriskanyThe British plan for the invasion of 1777 included not only Burgoyne's thrust from the north down to the Hudson River and to Albany--which ended badly at Saratoga--and an advance by Howe from New York to Albany, but also a conquest of the Mohawk Valley by troops under Barry St. Leger. Controlling the Mohawk Valley and the Hudson River Valley would

Hamlet - A Study in Poison

 First, if you want some Memorial Day thoughts, you might enjoy this post about my visit to the American Memorial in Normandy.  I recently did a re-watch of the 4 hour opus that is Branagh's interpretation of Shakespeare's Hamlet. Kenneth Branagh stars as the titular character. I believe there was some discussion about his wanting to be or not to be the lead but he finally elected to suffer the

Isn't that a great idea?!

  Saturday lifted its savage muzzle to chase peaceful night from the sky. I confronted the day without fear. Fate drove me. On this day I hearkened to the call--the plea for aid against the hundreds of thousands of green beasts engaged in sieges of the family manors. The day brought heat--that sharpest of darts--and hurled it in increasingly intense volleys as the it extended the battle from

J.V. Hilliard

 Interview with J.V. Hilliard Author ofThe Warminster Series 

Tussle in the Tavern and off to Land of the Dinosaurs

 The tavern after the first meteor strike: You may recall from this entry that Les Freres Corses had commandeered my tavern set for their game. The photo above is how things looked when we ended after the first meteor strike. I say "first" meteor strike, because when we resumed play the time was again set and a second meteor crashed into the board. The tavern comprises one-quarter of the board.

Interview with Dave Dobson

 Interview with Dave DobsonAuthor of:The Inquisitor's Guild Series  Please tell me a little about your current work inprogress.I’m just finishing up The Woeling Lass, thefourth book in my Inquisitors’ Guild series. These stories follow differentmembers of the Inquisitors’ Guild, a set of investigators in a medieval city.In this story, Gueran Declais, an inspector of noble birth, suffers a

Tumble in the Tavern

   “Now we’ll start this band of robbers and call it Tom Sawyer’s gang. Everybody that wants to join has got to take an oath, and write his name in blood.” -- Mark Twain -- The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnWe didn't write our names in blood--not our own, that is--but we did have a dangerous band, an unruly gang who lived and died by the roll of the dice.Les Freres Corses made a visit. We began

Some Cyrano

 Some stories, tales, plays, and such are so filled to overflowing, packed down, and heaped high with lines that stimulate the mind and pluck the strings of the soul that they are beyond comprehension--or rather, they exceed the bounds of my ability to recall, my stage of recollection being riddled with portals to oblivion. Therefore, I'm posting some bits from Hooker's translation of Cyrano de