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When I started the Mirarion, I was trying to write something similar to the war diaries that were left by Australian participants in the First World War. Generally, they did not see the great turning points of the War. They don’t describe things which they think are obvious to the people reading the diary. Generally their…

My little team had no name initially, although our commanders began to call us the Foolish Fires. We went out into the area through which our enemies would approach and filled it with inexplicable phenomena. The sillier the better, in some ways. We did rains of fish, talking scarecrows, ghosts, dreams leading to treasure, black…

I knew the war was turning our way when my father handed me a necklace, from which depended ten tiny pearls. Its presence seemed so incongruous I asked him “What is this?” “It is Imaginem vis.” he answered. “The War Council thought you could make the best use of it.” Then he dropped it into my…

So, I’m in as a backer for the new version of Chill. Chill is epically fantastic. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/playattentiongames/chill-3rd-edition-a-horror-roleplaying-game/widget/video.html

A little medieval love magic, to test reblogging

Let me tell you about an illusion called the thimblerig. It’s not a spell: it’s a piece of con artistry done on fairgrounds. A group of men pretend to have a gambling game going, and they entice others to part with money by moving around thimbles with a pea supposedly hidden under one. In truth,…