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Playing with your Inner Villain

Editor-in-Chief | December 6, 2011

Just about a week or so ago, I took part in and “won” my first NaNoWriMo, or National Novel Writing Month.  Winning the contest is easy: simply start a novel on any topic on November 1st and complete and complete 50,000 words on it by November 30th.  It’s only about 1700 words per day, and [...]

EN World Review – The Wise Man’s Fear by Patrick Rothfuss

Editor-in-Chief | June 22, 2011

It is Wednesday once again, and I’ve posted another review on EN World News.  This time, I thought I’d take a bit of a break from all the fantasy gaming material, and offer up a review of a fantasy novel instead. Based upon my own experiences, I think that for us fantasy role-players, reading good [...]

Shades of Gray: Four Things I Learned About Evil From “The Black Company”

Editor-in-Chief | May 3, 2010

“There are no self-proclaimed villains, only regiments of self-proclaimed saints.  Victorious historians rule where good and evil lies.” ~ Croaker (Glen Cook, The Black Company)
I recently mention I had picked up and re-read Glen Cook’s The Black Company Trilogy.  The main reason I did this was due to the fact that I found out that [...]

Friday’s 4e Freebie: Combat Advantage #14: “Savages”

Editor-in-Chief | November 20, 2009

Hawkwood: Bless you Martin, your reward is in Heaven.
Martin: I’d rather be paid sooner if you don’t mind. ~ Flesh+Blood (1985)
If you’ve never seen the movie Flesh+Blood, well then you may want to pick it up and see it at least once, assuming you are of appropriate age, of course. [...]

Friday’s 4e Freebie: “The Goblin Hulk”

Editor-in-Chief | November 13, 2009

“Commandeer.  We’re going to commandeer that ship.  Nautical term.” ~ Jack Sparrow

So everyone likes Pirate Movies, right?  I mean, c’mon, after Johnny Depp starred in Pirates of the Caribbean, all I saw the following Halloween were little Capt. Jack Wannabes running all over the place.  Pirates are fun, and they can add a lot to [...]