Why I fell for Exalted
Mighty thews, wandering lawgivers, and a sense of loss without compare. What drew me to WW’s game of epic fantasy. Read More …
Tag: Clark Ashton Smith
Slim White Arms: Female Archetypes in Early Sword and Sorcery
Good, bad, and almost never ugly. Let’s talk about the agency and archetypes of women in early sword and sorcery. Read More …
The Encounter with the Uncanny
The encounter with the uncanny is a core device of sword and sorcery fiction. How does it show the shared heritage of swords with horror? Read More …
Sword and sorcery monsters in gaming
Sword and sorcery monsters represent an encounter with the uncanny. Conan doesn’t typically fight through hordes of monsters the way he does hordes of men, nor do Clark Ashton Smith’s various heroes. Even where Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser confront monsters with steel, they only once or twice battle them in a horde. Elric is Read More …