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Why Fantasy Is So Often About Lost Golden Ages

Fantasy is full of ruins. Ancient towers stand on lonely hills. Broken roads cut through forests that have forgotten the

Local Warhammer 40,000 player Jason K. insisted his army list was “purely narrative” Saturday afternoon, moments before completely tabling his

There is a beautiful lie that a campaign begins when the first die hits the table. A campaign begins before

Loke Battle Mats, longtime friends of the blog, have announced they are releasing a Big Book of Battle Mats for

Every long RPG campaign needs an ending that feels like the world has changed. That doesn’t always mean the world

Moria is often remembered as one of the great dungeon sequences in fantasy literature. The Fellowship enters through a hidden

Whenever we talk about roleplaying in Middle-earth, the obvious answer is The One Ring. It was designed specifically to capture

The Nazgûl are some of the most frightening figures in fantasy because their horror runs deeper than their black cloaks,

The One Ring is usually understood as an object of power. It tempts, corrupts, dominates, and destroys. It offers invisibility

The One Ring: Adventures over the Edge of the Wild, was first published by Cubicle 7 in 2011, designed by