For a certain kind of person, this book is a source of great joy. Fortunately, I am that kind of person, and I have kept coming back to it since I bought it in February. I first became aware of Art & Arcana when I flipped through an electronic version that came as part of …
Tag: Dungeons and Dragons
Nov 06 2021
Dungeons & Dragons Art & Arcana: A Visual History by Michael Witwer et al.
- By Doug Merrill in Art, Doug, Fabulous Ones, Fantasy
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November 6, 2021
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Nov 05 2014
Of Dice and Men by David M. Ewalt
- By Doug Merrill in Doug, Fantasy, History, Review
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November 5, 2014
Ewalt gives his slender volume the subtitle “The Story of Dungeons & Dragons and the People Who Play It,” at which point my inner copyeditor immediately reaches for the red pencil to change it to “A Story…” and “Some of the People…” There are a lot of stories of Dungeons & Dragons, and Ewalt surely …
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Feb 15 2010
The Elfish Gene: Dungeons, Dragons, and Growing Up Strange by Mark Barrowcliffe
This was a delightful memoir of growing up with D&D that brought back many memories of my own. Some of the author’s anecdotes are frankly hilarious, as when he recounts his adolescent attempts to pick up girls with lines like, “Did you know that trolls have five hit dice and regenerate?” Even more interesting is …
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