A Cat of Tindalos

A Cat of Tindalos

Wednesday, December 26, 2018

Berlin

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1770463267/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

“With its rich sense of time and place, nuanced portrayal of individual destinies, precisely rendered imagery, and poetic expression of themes, Jason Lutes’s Berlin is truly a masterful narrative.”―Amor TowlesA Gentleman in Moscow
“A watershed achievement―Berlin charted new territory for the graphic novel and comics at the same time, at once a story about artists trying to make art during the rise of the Nazis in Germany, and a bildungsroman of the first order. This landmark collection returns this story to us now when we need examples of how to stay human to each other in the face of a politics that turns friends into enemies―a newly necessary book.”―Alexander CheeThe Queen of the Night
“Lutes covers the cabaret scene, the struggles of the press and riots as the Nazis rise, and lives that seemed full of possibility are twisted by the grasping arms of the state… A modern classic.”The Guardian Best Books of 2018
Berlin reads like not just a masterwork but also a life’s work.”The Washington Post, 10 Best Graphic Novels of 2018

““Recommend” isn’t a strong enough verb for conveying how badly you need to read Berlin… The stories that play out between those two bookends sway from the romantic to the apocalyptic and back again, and the intricate linework and oft-mind-blowing layouts are incomparable. For a reader who’s white-knuckling it through our present period of social collapse, Berlin is a beacon of both warning and hope.”Vulture
“One of the most ambitious, important and fully-realized works of graphic literature yet created, a real masterpiece of both story and art.”Forbes

Jason Lutes was born in New Jersey in 1967 and grew up reading American superhero and Western comics. In the late 1970s he discovered Heavy Metal magazine and the tabletop role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons, both of which proved major influences on his creative development. Lutes graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design with a BFA in illustration, and in 1993 he began drawing a weekly comics page called Jar of Fools for Seattle’s The Stranger. Lutes lives in Vermont with his partner and two children, where he teaches comics at the Center for Cartoon Studies.







Secrets of the Old City Classic Conversion

Secrets of the Old City Classic Conversion  


"Almost every inhabitant of The City has heard that it was built upon the ruins of an older place – indeed, evidence of the Old City is everywhere. And rumors of its hidden treasures persist, even now.
The histories recount that the Old City was buried by cataclysmic ashes long before The New City grew up to resume the industry of these parts.


However, few among the wisest scholars know that the Old City was itself founded upon an even deeper ruin –a far more ancient and treacherous place. None now recall who the Ancients were, or what disaster befell them…"

A Dungeon World adaptation by Mark Tygart

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1wdUN5KReJGx-BlAmeNejx_cv6QM8_vek


Based on the classic 2009 one page dungeon by Simon Bull





To Star Trek fans in California


A note of interest to Star Trek fans in California:

The Memorial Service for John D.F. Black, associate producer and story editor on the original Star Trek, will be held this coming Sunday, December 30, at 2 p.m. at Bastian Perrott, Oswald Mortuary Chapel, 18728 Parthenia St., Northridge, CA 91324. 

This celebration of John's life and work is open to the public.


John's widow, Mary Black, who had served as his secretary while he worked at Star Trek, has requested this celebration of John's life and work be open to Star Trek fans. It is her hope that those who were touched by his work as a writer, who took his words, "Space ... the final frontier," into their hearts, can have an opportunity to say farewell and send him wishes for a happy journey into John's own final frontier. For those who live in the Los Angeles area, this service will provide you with that opportunity.


Saturday, December 22, 2018

Happy Holiday Delving!

Grom’s Undoing  for Dungeon World!

Conversion Notes for Dungeon World by Mark Tygart 

Of The Ruination of Tenamen a classic one page dungeon by Simon Bull 

                                                                                                                                   


Monday, December 10, 2018

Stellarium of Vinteralf, Snow Elf Version

Despite my annual flu shot I'm down with a nasty bug presently.

I should be working on the cool new project my Sword breaker friends have agreed to publish but I can barely manage daytime TV and essential eldercare for Mom.

I did manage to go through a few files for a grand reorganization of my website next year sometime and I did find something like the latest Tower of Zenopus conversion I recently posted that might be of interest to Dungeon World fans.

This is my latest conversion of the Stellarium of Vinteralf in which I changed the Vinteralf (seal men) to "Snow Elves" and which I quite like. Sort of a arctic Hobbit with a Lonely Mountain Observatory quest!. Anyway, change the snow elves back to seal people if you prefer, but I did think of a few minor conversion tweaks which I hope helped play....

https://drive.google.com/open?id=1NJFIVH6dd-Uloz7E7TgRUyMntP_df0Az


Wednesday, December 5, 2018

Tome of Mysteries 2019!

From an Evil Hat press release (https://www.evilhat.com/home/refocused-resized-hat-mode-activated/)

Projects that remain with us from now through 2019 include:

  • Monster of the Week: Tome of Mysteries: Michael Sands from Generic Games, designer of Monster of the Week, has been working on a supplement for the game for a while now. We’re happy to confirm that we will publish this as well. Layout is currently underway.