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from the Sword & Sorcery: "An earthier sort of fantasy" group.
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Nik, You are well read! I also like it when short stories connect other stories/novels of a universe/character. Unfortunately, I haven't read Gaunt and Bone before and got a bit lost. Glad to hear it resonated with you.
I'm almost done with the set. A great collection.
I am thinking Appendix N needs to be a Groupread
Ooh, the illustrations are nice and varied. For Enge’s story, Russ Nicholson drew a full page. Very reminiscent of his drawings for the Fighting Fantasy gamebooks.
Initial thoughts of the Print Copy:1) The quality is great (the artwork, editing, illustrations, paper-feel etc.); this magazine is just fun to hold.
2) The Appendix! What a great design idea! To drive home the RPG elements of the stories, these guys created items and rules related to each story for the Dungeon Crawl Classic RPG. This is really cool. read the story...then go play it.
3) "What Lies in Ice" A Gaunt and Bone story by Chris Willrich - For me this was 3-stars, but I think YA-adult and RPG-lit readers will enjoy it more. For a short story, this has a huge party of protagonists (>6), heavy doses of comic relief, and an overabundance of fast-paced story telling that shoots for ADHD action scenes rather than elements-that-build-on-eachother. It reminds me of a Marvel Avengers movie. It has too much in it to allow an old fogie like myself enough to grasp on to, but it does have a lot of neat things going on (as disjointed as they are). My favorite concept/creature: Hands of the Sea (which is the first item in the Appendix!).
4) James Enge's "The Guild of Silent Men : A Story of Morlock Ambrosius". 5-star! Although less action than the previous story, this fantasy-murder mystery delivers more than enough swords-n-sorcery while fleshing out Thain Morlock's background and motivations. A fun read that also serves to make me want to learn more. Perhaps I should go get Blood of Ambrose right now.
PDF of Tales from the Magician's Skull #1 Available!: Progress on Goodman Games electronic version, the PDF to the first issue is now available online. The Kickstarter backers had these already, but for those overseas...or not original backers... you too can grab a copy.
http://goodman-games.com/store/produc...
Cool. I’ve done the nonRPG ones in town with work and family groups (like Joseph).True Dungeon sounds well developed and interesting.
Kameron, you headed back to Gencon ever?
I went last year for my first time (the 50th anniversary), but just for a day. The Writers Symposium and vendor show have me hooked.
Just signed up for my first True Dungeon experience for Gencon 2018.Looked cool [escape the room with RPG elements].
https://truedungeon.com/what-is-it
Anyone try these events?
I need to touch base with Howard Andrew Jones again on eBook options (especially for overseas/ non US folk where shipping is prohibitive). Backers of the KS got the PDF, but it is unclear if non backers can get them (the Goodman Games website highlights the paperbacks).
Three cheers for snacking on fluorescent dyes! Hear hear!
Order the paperback from Good Man games:http://goodman-games.com/store/produc...
Notice that #2 is coming in JUNE!
Jack wrote: "Great job on masthead S.E., yet again!"Thanks Jack! Lime Green and Yellow emerged as catchy colors... I think I need a Mountain Dew now!
May June 2018 Groupread Topics:
(1) Tales From the Magician's Skull - Link to Discussion Folder
(2) Brak the Barbarian - Link to Discussion Folder
Masthead Banner Art Credits
(a) Tales from the Magician's Skull #1 edited by Howard Andrew Jones / cover art by Jim Pavelec 2018
(b) John Jakes's Brak the Barbarian / cover art 1977 by Charles Moll
Looking for a dose of "Clonan"?Before the civil war caught John Jake's muse, he wrote Brak the Barbarian!
Got some nice covers from Frazetta too.
http://www.gemmellawards.com/2018's GEMMELL AWARDS
Friday 20th April
The shortlists are now open for voting.
Voting on the shortlists will close on Friday 1st June.
The winners will be announced, and the trophies presented, at a ceremony as part of Edge-Lit 7 in Derby, UK, on the evening of Saturday 14th July.
Welcome, W E!
Apr 20, 2018 05:30PM
S.Wagenaar, follow that muse! I’ve an outline for Crazy Town completed. Need a few months to transform it.
Sword And Sorceresshttp://www.mzbworks.com/guidelines.htm
“The reading period for Sword & Sorceress 33 will begin on MONDAY, APRIL 23, 2018. It will end on SUNDAY, MAY 13, 2018.
If you wish to submit a story to the anthology, please follow the Guidelines below.(on the website)”
I watch a Vlogger who covers editing movies, and stumbled across an older one on the Earthsea adaption by ScyFy. It covers the books too as a foundation. 30 min of decent commentary:https://youtu.be/ETVdtRvfhvQ
Folding Ideas
