The time has come to face Crom. It’s been a long journey. I could keep reading Appendix N entries and #IronAge offerings until I’m blue in the face, but the same answers keep bubbling to the surface. I now climb the hill to stand before his judgmental eyes, wearied, palms sweaty, my first and onlyContinue reading “The Riddle of Iron: The Answer”
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The Riddle of Iron Part 2: The Tower of the Elephant
Part 1 here. This is a continued exploration to help move the great genre of Sword and Sorcery forward to the #IronAge. In our effort, it’s probably a good idea to look back to the genre’s past. Exhibit A: The Tower of the Elephant (1933) Easily my favorite of the Robert E. Howard Conan yarns.Continue reading “The Riddle of Iron Part 2: The Tower of the Elephant”
The Riddle of Iron: How to move Sword & Sorcery forward to a new era
I came away from GenCon 2023 with a realization: No one seems to know how to move the Sword & Sorcery genre forward. To me, this is the new “Riddle of Steel”. A riddle for the #IronAge. A tough nut I want to crack. I believe Robert E. Howard was already showing us the wayContinue reading “The Riddle of Iron: How to move Sword & Sorcery forward to a new era”
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