The Canyon Speaks

I “They’re a nice ride,” Hos says, his slitted, half-dragon eyes sparkling from the light of the badlands. He pats the mount, a sturdy quarter horse packed down with supplies for the trip, while his guide: a swarthy, grinning Spirakandrin, swings off his own horse and takes up the reins in one hand in a […]

Dirty, Rotten Thievery! -Part 6–

“There, we’re here,” Order says with a finalized tone, ushering the minions through the coalesced portal, one that took her ten times as much time and effort as it would Chaos. Her and the rescued minions step back into the Center Tower’s main plaza, replete with the mania of a raid. “Bro, there’s some over […]

Dirty, Rotten Thievery -Part 5-

A twinkling of starlight, all warning sensors pinging off, a wide, white grin… and then death. That was the experience of Staff Sergeant Extine Avarta in the seconds it took Chaos to vault through the quarter-kilometer distance between him and the block guard. He doesn’t need a weapon, let alone magic, to kill enemies that […]

Wrecked, bedraggled, and utterly slammed by The Great Entropy, The Last Analyst continues boldly forward to bring fiction to the weeping masses (Or, the Delirious December 2020 update)

First, some truly lovely music. Eastshade is a recently-released game about painting various things for animals – what a novel concept! It’s exceptionally calm, captivating, and satisfying. I played it on a curious fluke, but I can assure you it’s a grand time for anyone looking for an immersive, combat-free experience. Also, as I hope […]

Desolation Scope: 4th Edition

A calm, late-night tea room in Towerne is the host to a brutal murder. A die is cast from within the scope of the gameboard by a player far, far away, probably another dimension. “Nat 20, the overlord draws his epic blade through the knight and-“ “NOOOOOOOOOO!” Shorts Minion screams at the top of his […]

Dirty, Rotten Thievery! – Part 4

The deep-tech whir of a subsystem hums through the helm chamber. A high-speed dimensional coalescence cuts through the air, handily complying the intersecting of dimensions in only a matter of seconds. From the emptied out interstellar tunnel, a single, resplendent figure emerges. Like a cross between a priest and a savant of technology, Ywn enters […]