Category: Books

Roleplaying and board games reviews, podcasts, videos and interviews

Temple of the Yellow Skulls

By Paco Garcia Jaen Fantasy novels based on D&D are extremely common. There are a lot of them, but I think it’s fair to say not many of them are that good. They make good reading for teenagers into RPGs, but it is rare to find one that will captivate the imagination of people who’re…
Read more

Dark Sun novel: City Under the Sand

The plot is fairly straight forward. Aric, a half-elf with a psionic talent that allows him to communicate with metals of all kings, is sent on a mission to the dessert by Nibenay, ruler of the city of the same name.

Review – The Stolen Throne

I decided to have a go and bought one of the novels. It has been written by David Gaider, lead writer for the video-game, so at least I knew the guy would have a thorough knowledge of the plot, characters and the setting. He didn’t disappoint… at all!

The Art of H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos

The Art of H.P. Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos is a journey into the dark and haunting images inspired by the books and stories of the Cthulhu Mythos. Within its nearly 200 pages, some of today’s most talented artists give you a glimpse of the haunting and macabre images inspired by author H.P. Lovecraft. From the sanity-destroying Great Old Ones to the mad cultists who worship them, from the gangsters of the Roaring ’20s to the terrors of the 21st century, this book brings to life the dark and compelling images of the Cthulhu Mythos.

Mission: La Glaciere

GSGT “Mike” Ortega and his squad of US Space Marines barely survived the liberation of Station Arcturus. Now they’ve been shanghaied into finding a hidden alien airbase on La Glaciere, the ice-locked end of Aurore, with one additional task: Capture, alive, the first Kafer prisoner of the war.
“Mission: La Glaciere”, an official 2300AD novel from Game Designers Workshop, available only from DriveThruRPG.com.