So, the poll has run for a sufficent time to get useful data. So here we go. As a group, readers want an adventure for newbies that can be run at cons. So my first take on this is that the characters are junior magi in a covenant which is threatened with annihilation, and they…
Read MoreThe Australian experience following Gallipoli as a source for Tremere attitudes to the Schism War.
I’ve just finished the first write-up for Houses of Hermes: True Lineages. It discusses parallels between the Australian attitude to the Armenian Genocide and the Tremere attitude to rumors of Diedne human sacrifice.
Read MoreA miscellany of little faeries, left over from Realms of Power : Faerie
The section for Realms of Power : Faerie is now complete, and includes most of the little faeries cut from the book for length.
Read MoreMagi of Hermes section is up!
The section on Magi of Hermes is up. It’s not very detailed, but does contain some spells designed for a character I began to create, then did away with, during the pitching stage. I don’t recall her at all. That’s one of the virtues of this project: it makes me check my old files for things…
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Lords of Men: How Avoiding Something You Love Improves Your Writing
The section on Lords of Men is now complete, at least to the “first thoughts” stage. It talks a lot about my love of Pendragon, and how Lords differs from that earlier game, and why it suits Ars Magica better with those thematic differences.
Read MoreRival Magic table of contents is up!
Michelle has just posted a link to the Rival Magic TOC. It looks like December’s still a posibility for sale date.
Read MoreDeceptive picture on Rival Magic page
On the Rival Magic page I’ve just placed a picture, which is related to the Soqotran Sorcerers. Its presence though is deceptive: I only discovered it after the book was complete, and so the creature depicted, arguably, does not appear in the final book. Indeed, if he did, I couldn’t show you his picture until the book…
Read MoreNew Librivox read: The Autobiography of a Seaman
Thomas Cochrane was, basically, the real life Horatio Hornblower or John Aubrey. He’s the captain who stands as the foundation of the whole naval warfare genre. I’ll be reading his autobiography, and possibly his son’s biography of him as well, into audiobook format. My hope is to do one chapter a week after I attend my brother’s…
Read MoreHow Tori Amos, Nextwave and Kasey Chambers entered Mythic Europe
So, first post on the blog! The first dozen or so posts will be, like this one, little pointers indicating that parts of the site have been completed. The first pages I’ve completed are about Librivox and my magazine articles. I’ve also just finished the first run at the page for Tales of Mythic Europe,…
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Games From Folktales 