Adventures in Fiction: Fritz Leiber
Our Appendix N Archeology and Adventures in Fiction series are meant to take a look at the writers and creators behind the genre(s) that helped to forge not only our favorite hobby but our lives. We invite you to explore the entirety of the series on our Adventures In Fiction home page.Adventures in Fiction: Fritz LeiberBy Michael CurtisWe’ve talked a lot about Fritz Leiber, whose birthday we’re celebrating...
New to DCC? Here’s Where to Start With Appendix N!
Our Appendix N Archeology and Adventures in Fiction series are meant to take a look at the writers and creators behind the genre(s) that helped to forge not only our favorite hobby but our lives. We invite you to explore the entirety of the series on our Adventures In Fiction home page.New To DCC? Here’s Where To Start With Appendix N!by Jeff GoadSo you’re new to DCC RPG and you might have heard that...
Classic Covers: Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser
From the magazine covers of Fantastic, to endlessly reprinted mass market paperback collections, and comics and role playing game supplements by the score, Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser have long proven an irresistible subject for artists and illustrators. The giant, tawny-haired barbarian and his nimble-limbed roguish companion make for a striking contrast not only narratively, but visually as well. Of course, there are more than a few...
Sifting Through a Sword-and-Sorcery Definition
Sifting Through a Sword-and-Sorcery Definitionby Brian MurphyWhen Michael Moorcock asked readers in the May 1961 issue of Amra to “put a tag” on the style of fantasy he was writing with his Elric stories, he cast a wide net, letting it drag through a sea of stories that readers today would likely consider heroic fantasy, high fantasy, or sword-and-sorcery—or all of the above:We have two tags, really — SF and “Fantasy” —...
Short Sorcery: Fritz Leiber’s “Bazaar of the Bizarre”
The Monsters and Magic of Lankhmar Indiegogo campaign is currently live over on Indiegogo, and what better way to help celebrate it than to take a look at the world from which they originate? Enjoy!Short Sorcery: Fritz Leiber’s “Bazaar of the Bizarre”by Bill WardIf I had to describe Fritz Leiber’s Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser stories in one word, that word would be ‘fun.’ Not the dismissive ‘fun’...
Where to Start With Fritz Leiber’s Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser
Where to Start with Fritz Leiber’s Fafhrd and the Gray Mouserby Bill WardAside from Conan the Cimmerian, there can be no more iconic image in all of sword-and-sorcery fiction than the dynamic duo of “the Twain.” Fafhrd, towering Northern barbarian, and Mouser, weaselly little thief, form a wonderfully visually complementary whole, and that’s even before you get to their actual personalities. Bawdy and reckless,...
Hear Michael Curtis on the Podcast “So I’m Writing A Novel”
Did you know that we are one month out from the birthday of Fritz Leiber? The man behind Lankhmar was born on December 24th and then went on to change our lives.One life in particular that Leiber impacted was that of our director of DCC RPG, Michael Curtis. Michael was the lead developer on the DCC Lankhmar line and even spent a week down at the Leiber Library in Houston to research the man and his work. And that kind of work draws...
Some of My Favorite Sword-and-Sorcery Monsters
Some of My Favorite Sword-and-Sorcery Monstersby Bill WardWhere would hulking barbarians and fantastic swordsmen be without monsters to pit their steel against? Sword-and-sorcery, that delicious combination of adventure fiction and supernatural horror, is as famed for its weird foes as it is for its self-reliant protagonists. And while it isn’t locked into strict adherence to formula, every writer of sword-and-sorcery since the...
Ten Sword-and-Sorcery Tales For the Haunting Season
Ten Sword-and-Sorcery Tales For the Haunting Seasonby Brian MurphyOn a blog such as this, I doubt I’m alone in my irrational love of Halloween, a holiday for me that, more than Thanksgiving or Christmas, evokes a Ray Bradbury-like level of nostalgia and anticipation. Here in New England, I find that as the leaves begin to turn and October shadows lengthen, so too do my thoughts drift from my natural sword-and-sorcery bent toward the...
Short Sorcery: Fritz Leiber’s “Thieves’ House”
Short Sorcery: Fritz Leiber’s “Thieves’ House”by Bill WardMore than any other classic sword-and-sorcery series, Fritz Leiber’s Lankhmar tales of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser are associated with thievery. It isn’t just that the twain, the dynamic duo of tall Northerner Fafhrd and shifty little Mouser, are themselves consummate rogues of wild daring and tremendous fame, but that the world they usually inhabit, the crazy mazey...
Michael Curtis Visits Leiber’s Legendary Lankhmar Library in Houston
To celebrate the release of DCC Lankhmar: The Greatest Thieves in Lankhmar and the new stories featuring Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser appearing in Tales From the Magician’s Skull #6, we are re-posting this article about Michael Curtis’ trip to research the Fritz Leiber Papers in Houston. Our Appendix N Archeology and Adventures in Fiction series are meant to take a look at the writers and creators behind the genre(s) that...
DCC Lankhmar Boxed Set Headed for 2nd Printing
The two greatest thieves in Nehwon couldn’t have emptied our warehouse of DCC Lankhmar Boxed Sets any quicker than our fans did — which is why we’re pleased to announce a second printing! The DCC Lankhmar Boxed Set should once again be available from both retailers and in our online store starting in July. Based on the classic series of stories by Fritz Leiber, DCC Lankhmar is officially licensed by the Leiber...
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