Tag Archives: High Fantasy

Beast Quest

A bridge too far?

Summer Reading: So over the summer, in order to keep his reading skills sharp, my son’s been reading out-loud to the family. One of the set of books he’s been working his way through is the Beast Quest series which … Continue reading →

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Brave

How low level should be presented

So I took the kids to see Brave on Friday and really enjoyed it. Granting that it is as predictable as any other Disney|Pixar film, the kids obviously found it a fun movie and they had a great time. All … Continue reading →

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D&D Next and Me Me Me

Looks like the shoe is firmly on the other foot now.

Maybe I’ve been tainted with by 37Signal’s design methodology Getting Real. Maybe I’m seeing the writing on the wall. Maybe I’m tired of arguments about scope and default stance. Maybe I’m just not as much of a lazy/selfish grognard as … Continue reading →

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Love is not about accepting the things you like

Love is about accepting the things you don't like

I like it, but I’m not sure I like that I like it Love does some wonderful but strange things to a man… I’ve been struggling with something about D&DNext; something I didn’t expect. For starters, I love D&D… but … Continue reading →

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D&D Next – initial thoughts

Impressed, not impressed; that is the question

Play-test! So I finally got the play-test materials downloaded after apparently having something wrong with my account – my guess is that, because I created the account last night (during the initial play-test download deluge) it didn’t get created fully … Continue reading →

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