Way of the Samurai was an important game during my youth. I would play it and its sequel over and over again trying to unlock every ending and cosmetic item. It was the first game that I ever encountered that changed so much based on the players decisions. I am not sure why it connected …

Perhaps no other book has influenced my thinking about freedom of expression and the power of art as much as The Merro Tree. Yet when I tell people that, I get blank stares.  It’s positively criminal that this book isn’t up there with Fahrenheit 451.  Then again, Fahrenheit 451 is the kind of book that you …

The off season is here listeners, and we have many goodies to keep your thoughts dreadful all year round.  We played a fantastic game of Bully Pulpit’s “Fiasco” with a Penny Dreadful theme, and this is the first part!  Creatures are raised, accents are attempted, and loins are stirred! Your hosts are: Ashleigh Shadowbrook (@ShadowbrookAsh), …

People complain that they’re sick of vampires, that they’re overdone or just done, and I can understand that. There have been a lot of (ahem) pale imitations of Stoker and Rice, far more than good and original vampire fiction. But I’ll never really get tired of vampires, the same way I’ll never get tired of dragons …

Full disclosure: I am a librarian. (Among other things.) Librarian stereotypes are largely mild, often going so far as a severe, buttoned-up woman who shushes people and no further. But of course, then we have the Sexy Librarian, most notable for nearly breaking up Troy and Abed that one time… …and the eager naïf, perhaps …

Michael is a bad person who does bad things to good people which leads to them crying in a darkened bathroom. The adventure continues with Titus Harper (Tim Lanning), Thom the Dragonborn (Mike Bachmann), Aludra (Jennifer Cheek), Jaela (Nika Howard) and your Dungeon Master (Michael DiMauro). Don’t forget to follow our editor Steph Kingston (@stephokingston)! Subscribe …

Welcome back to Magic Gatherings! Last Sunday I attended the Magic Origins Prerelease at my Friendly Local Game Store: Pandemonium Books and Games in Cambridge, MA, a lovely institution where you are as likely to find a pickup game of Warhammer or My Little Pony as you are to find Max Gladstone and Elizabeth Baer playing D&D together. With me …

Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in. Aim at earth and you get neither. Aim at Typhon and Typhon aims back. If you like SAYER, and want to help us make it even better, please consider contributing to the show through Patreon. Learn more at patreon.com/sayer. SAYER is voiced and produced by Adam …

Does your skin tingle when you hear the words “Neverwinter” or “Purple Dragon Knight”? Well, congratulations – Wizards of the Coast is launching the Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide on November third! Explore your favorite locations located all along the Sword Coast with your D&D 5e party. Now, it isn’t just the new maps or the locations that have …

One of the most common ways to build a fantasy setting is to base it on some certain aspect of the real world and then make as many–or as few–tweaks as possible. For a long time, all we got were variations on medieval England.  Then, slowly, other times and cultures began to trickle in. We’re …