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In today's blog, we dig into the donestre - a manipulative monstrosity found in medieval bestiaries.

Dungeons and Dragons has shifted dramatically in terms of tone over the years. The very first editions of the game were effectively direct lifts of popular fantasy fiction, from Tolkein and Moorcock to Lovecraft and Howard. As the series went on, its tone shifted through space-faring science-fantasy, gothic horror, surrealist planepunk, before settling on its current cosy, fairy-tale, Winds in the Willows by way of Lord of the Rings vibe.  But occasionally, amongst all those

[TW: This post contains discussions of domestic violence, racism, and homophobia.] [SPOILER WARNING: This post contains spoilers for Stephen King’s IT, and as such may reference upcoming plot points in HBO’s IT: Welcome to Derry.] In light of the recent IT: Welcome to Derry TV show, I have decided to go back and re-read the iconic doorstop novel that started it all. Stephen King’s IT is quite possibly the prototypical Stephen King text: A writer protagonist, a small town in M

The year is 1990, and Steve Jackson Games, Inc. is set to publish its debut sci-fi GURPS expansion GURPS Cyberpunk . The genre is still at its zenith: Just two years earlier, Mike Pondsmith’s legendary Cyberpunk TTRPG was published by R. Talsorian Games, which was shortly followed by Iron Crown Enterprise’s Cyberspace and FASA’s Shadowrun ; Test screenings of the Blade Runner director’s cut were in the ether, ultimately leading to a renewed excitement in the franchise; and, w