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Thursday, 24 February 2022

More encounters from the City of Spires: the desert

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 A year ago I posted tables of  72 encounters from the City of Spires , as a convenient means of recycling material from my ongoing campaign...
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Saturday, 19 February 2022

Race, gender, and 1990s comic books 3: Ghost

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Malcolm Svensson asked for more of these, so blame him for this. Previous posts on Shi and Warrior Nun Areala here and here . Ghost was part...
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Friday, 4 February 2022

Drunken incompetent regional magnates: the purpose of aristocracies

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First up, a brief announcement: the kickstarter for Knock! issue three has now gone live, packed with material from the old-school blogosphe...
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Tuesday, 1 February 2022

Race, gender, and 1990s comic books 2: Warrior Nun Areala

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[Advance warning: this post will probably be of interest to no-one but myself and a handful of pop culture historians.] Researching my post ...
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Thursday, 27 January 2022

Major injuries: what doesn't kill you makes you stranger

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In yesterday's game, one PC was rescued from captivity by the party, but not before undergoing some pretty severe torture. This presente...
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Tuesday, 28 December 2021

Remnants of the Nameless Empire: more monsters from City of Spires

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More monsters that my players have run into during my current City of Spires campaign. These ones lean further into science fantasy, as one ...
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Friday, 10 December 2021

That's what Shi said: race, gender, and 1990s comic books

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Who here remembers Shi? I certainly didn't until recently. As my dalliance with Mutant Chronicles demonstrates, however, there are few ...
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