Jack Vance’s Dying Earth is set in the twilight of existence, where history has faded into myth, and the sun hangs low and dim in a moonless sky.
The (undying) Dying Earth RPG bundle from Pelgrane returns with the iconic Jack Vance setting
Vat-grown beauties, charming rogues, and boastful magicians stage their final acts on a sun-scorched, dying Earth.
Jack Vance’s Dying Earth RPG is out for Dungeon Crawl Classics
The sky is painted weird colours by the light of the dying red Sun, and strange plants and animals exist.
The aftermath of DCC Day: Dying Earth, Glowing Dice and deals
Goodman Games has wrapped DCC Day for the year, but the legacy of the Dungeon Crawl Classics event will live on.
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #94
In this week’s RPG news round-up, we have pre-orders on a giant dragon “mini”, the Fallout 2d20 RPG, a Scion RPG TV series and Free League Publishing converting Symbaroum to D&D’s 5e.
The entire Dying Earth RPG series is in the Bundle of Holding
The sun is almost out of power, the moon is gone, and magic is dominant.
The Design Mechanism shows off the Jack Vance RPG Lyonesse
Mythras publisher The Design Mechanism has been working on a Lyonesse RPG.
Competition: SF Masterworks collection
The SF Masterworks series is so important it has its own Wikipedia page. Back in 1999 Millennium started to pick the very best of sci-fi from the 1950s for reprint. It’s now run by Victor Gollancz and continues on its mission. The original list was described as amazing by Ian M Banks. In this competition […]
Now I Suspect You of Weaselry: A Review of The Gaean Reach
I must admit to having only a fleeting exposure to the works of Jack Vance, though I’m currently seeking to correct that by reading more of his work. For many, Vance has a strong link various editions of Dungeons & Dragons, where the mechanisms for spell-casting owe a debt to his Dying Earth books. Pelgrane […]
Five fantastic novels worthy of any Bibliomaniacs library
In this post L. Meridian taps in to the beating heart of the book buzz and shares five great books that’ll interest native geeks around the web. From High Fantasy, to slap stick Science Fiction and morbid Comedic Horror, there is something here for everyone. The Sad Tale of the Brothers Grossbart Author: Jesse Bullington […]
