Some twenty years ago, I was approached at a comic convention by a skinny teenager with black-rimmed glasses. He said “I’m Luke Crane! I love the Iron Empires! I want to do a role playing game based on your comics!” I don’t remember what I said. I hope I was polite and encouraging. I know I shared his enthusiasm [...]
Continue ReadingThe singers of songs will remember me. I am Most Devout Count Sekaman Comor Udulor, Forged Lord of Valabham, Lion of Lasyé, Blessed of Ahmilahk. My father, cherish his memory, was a great and noble lord, but he was obsessed with the details of governance. Diplomacy, finance, law and policy are necessary to good governance, but are [...]
Continue ReadingTHIS THE WAY THE WORLD ENDS – NOT WITH A BANG BUT A WHIMPER We are the lesser sons of greater fathers. There was a time, ten thousand years ago, when explorers leapt from world to world like wildfire. There was a great age of discovery, when our scientists wrested secret after secret from the cosmos. There were telepaths to look inside [...]
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