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Stealing Cthulhu review

Jan 232012

One of the most interesting things to happen to the publishing industry in general in the last few years, is how self-publishing has become a more viable option for individuals who, for whatever reason, don’t want to, or can’t get to, a publisher.

Crowdfunding websites are all the rage in the games publishing business at the moment and we are seeing more and more games and books that would never see daylight otherwise.

However those funding websites are not always available everywhere, are not always the best option for some people, or simply authors and designers prefer a closer contact with the buyers.

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The Nomad: A Tribe of One Book 3

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Jan 202012

By Paco Garcia Jaen

If you have read any of my reviews (if?) you should know by now that I pay a lot of attention to the relationship of the characters in the books, the places where the action takes place and the plot itself. If they don’t match, then I don’t enjoy the book. I feel it’s a wasted chance of taking full advantage of the dynamics, or simply assume it’s been very lazily written and edited.

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A House of Ashes

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Jan 012012

By Paco Garcia Jaen

If you follow at all the website, the podcast or our Twitter account, you must be aware that The Mistborn Adventure Game is one I am very, very keen on. The whole premise of the game is just very appealing, and the fact that it was written by Brendan Sanderson, it’s kind of all anyone should need to know the setting will be teeming with imagination.

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The Seeker

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Dec 182011

41JylLPvfJL._SL500_[1] By Paco Garcia Jaen

The test of time is probably the best test there is. If something looks, feels, reads or plays well 15 or 20 years after it was first published, you can tell you have something special there. Of course, waiting 15 or 20 years to find out if your work is any good is a bit too much to ask.

But just in case anyone asked, I am reviewing the second of a trilogy, The Seeker, a Dark Sun novel by Simon Hawke published by TSR in 1994.

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Designers & Dragons

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Nov 192011

96077[1] By Paco Garcia Jaen

For some reason, Role Playing Games fascinate me. Ever since I got started, I just can’t get enough.

Ever since I started with so many many years ago with AD&D, Call of Cthulhu, Vampire: The Mascarade, Rolemaster, Paranoia and anything else I could get my hands on. I couldn’t get enough!

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Mindjammer–A new kind of Science Fiction

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Oct 242011

MindjammerTEE By Paco Garcia Jaen

I will make this clear. I am not much into Science Fiction. I am a Fantasy guy. Tolkien, Feist, Weis, Martin… I like my dragons, magic, armours and all sort of fantasy things. I haven’t read a Science Fiction novel since I read “The Weavers of Hairs” (or however it was published in English… I read it in Spanish) and, quite frankly, I was as impressed with the concept as I was disappointed with the execution. Not inspiring.

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