Ten Sword-and-Sorcery Tales For the Haunting Season
Ten Sword-and-Sorcery Tales For the Haunting Season by Brian Murphy On 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...
Erol Otus Sits In On the Next Keep Crawlin
Legendary artist Erol Otus sits in with Mike and Brendan tonight for a very special episode of Keep Crawlin! 8:00 p.m. EST, Wednesday, July 28 Keep Crawlin’ with Mike and Brendan Hosts: Brendan LaSalle and Michael Curtis This week on Keep Crawlin’ it’s time to straighten up the basement and wash Brendan’s Tam. Their special guest this week will be none other than fantasy illustrator extraordinaire, Erol Otus!...
It’s The Final Day for DCC Dying Earth Kickstarter!
Today is your last chance! The DCC Dying Earth kickstarter continues to rack up the pledges and, with only a few hours left before it comes to a close, now is the time to take the plunge into the world of the Dying Earth. The huge support we’ve been getting means that, in addition to all the amazing content already included in the DCC Dying Earth boxset, fans will be showered with tons of extras from our many stretch goals. In...
The Other Cugel’s Saga: Michael Shea’s A Quest for Simbilis
The Other Cugel’s Saga: Michael Shea’s A Quest for Simbilis by Fletcher Vredenburgh At the end of The Eyes of the Overworld (1966), Jack Vance’s rogue, Cugel the Clever, found himself once again stranded in the very same distant part of the Dying Earth to which he’d been sent at the beginning of the book by Iucounu the Laughing Magician, on a mission to retrieve a magical lens. And that’s where he remained for over a...
It’s The Final Week for DCC Dying Earth Kickstarter!
Only a few days remain for this epic value The DCC Dying Earth kickstarter continues to rack up the pledges and, with only a few days left before it comes to a close, now is the time to take the plunge into the world of the Dying Earth. The huge support we’ve been getting means that, in addition to all the amazing content already included in the DCC Dying Earth boxset, fans will be showered with tons of extras from our many...
Back DCC Dying Earth for Exclusive New Rulebook Cover
It’s ‘Talk like Jack Vance Week’ all this week at Goodman Games in honor of DCC Dying Earth! With our kickstarter in its final days, we’re kicking things into linguistic overdrive with a week-long celebration of the stylishly unique language of Jack Vance. The Dying Earth is growing brighter beneath the light of the fading sun, thanks to those substantiating it! And for those valiant, we are bringing a supernumerary...
DCC Dying Earth Trivia Show Airs Tonight on Twitch
It’s ‘Talk like Jack Vance Week’ all this week at Goodman Games in honor of DCC Dying Earth! As our kickstarter enters its final week we’re kicking things into linguistic overdrive with a week-long celebration of the stylishly unique language of Jack Vance. A challenge is brought forth to test your knowledge of those things arcane and wondrous. Every circumstance shall be scrutinized until a true prizeman arises on display. This very...
Talk Like Jack Vance Week
It’s ‘Talk like Jack Vance Week’ all this week at Goodman Games in honor of DCC Dying Earth! As our kickstarter approaches its final week we’re kicking things into linguistic overdrive with a week-long celebration of the stylishly unique language of Jack Vance. Do not fret at the seeming out of sortness of the language employed sitewide at Goodman Games this week. No, we did not over-clamp our collective Lobes...
Today on Twitch: An Interview with John Vance!
Join our Special Guests to Discuss the Undying Legacy of Jack Vance! Sanctum Secorum does it again! If last night’s discussion on The Dying Earth wasn’t enough Vancian goodness for one weekend, this afternoon on Twitch at 2:00 pm EST we have the very special honor of interviewing John Vance, son of Jack and Norma Vance, about his father’s enduring legacy and the special appeal of Jack Vance’s many worlds of...
Interview with John Vance to Air on Twitch Sunday Night!
Sanctum Secorum is bringing you an amazing weekend of Jack Vance shows—including one that we haven’t announced until this moment! On Sunday afternoon on Twitch at 2:00 p.m. EST the crew of Sanctum Secorum will be interviewing John Vance, son of Jack and Norma Vance, about his father’s enduring legacy and the special appeal of Jack Vance’s many worlds of imagination. In addition to John, we’re thrilled to have...
Special Guests Visit Keep Crawlin Tonight on Twitch
Mike and Brendan welcome in a second pair to their madcap basement world tonight on Twitch! Keep Crawlin’ is taking a trip to The Dying Earth! 8:00 p.m. EST, Wednesday, July 7 Keep Crawlin’ with Mike and Brendan Hosts: Brendan LaSalle and Michael Curtis We’re moving the couches out of the basement to make room for the cloning vats! This week on Keep Crawlin’ with Mike and Brendan, we bring you two of the...
A Personal Look at Jack Vance’s Dying Earth: The Eyes of the Overworld
A Personal Look at Jack Vance’s Dying Earth: The Eyes of the Overworld by Fletcher Vredenburgh I’m uncertain as to when I first read Jack Vance’s The Eyes of the Overworld (1966). It was sometime during high school I’m sure, but an unapprehended brush with the story came several years earlier. The first roleplaying book I ever bought was the Gods, Demi-Gods & Heroes supplement for D&D. Under the section titled “The New...
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