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 At the outset, let us tip our hat to those who have gone before, those who have particularly captured our imagination and ignited a fire in our chest for adventure. With respect to Gary Gygax and the long tradition of acknowledging one's influences, here is artsword's Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Just Good Books appendix N : Bradbury, Ray- Something Wicked This Way Comes Card, Orson Scott- The Ender Quartet (Ender's Game, Speaker for the Dead, Xenocide, Children of the Mind) Clarke, Susanna- Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell Crouch, Blake- Dark Matter, Recursion, Upgrade Dahl, Roald- Short Stories Dick, Philip K.- Short Stories Dostoyevsky, Fyodor- Crime and Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov Fforde, Jasper- Thursday Next Series (The Eyre Affair, Lost in a Good Book, et al), Shades of Grey Haig, Matt- The Midnight Library Herbert, Frank- Dune Homer- The Iliad, The Odyssey Howey, Hugh- Silo Series (Wool, Shift, Dust) Ishiguro, Kazuo- The Buried Giant Joyce, James- Dubliners King,...

Salve, fidelium! artsword, here. This is my blog where I can get my head around all things gaming, art, and life. Like many, I discovered TTRPGs during the pandemic, and have been voraciously consuming since then. Thought it was about time to start creating, or at the very least, reflecting on this hobby that has me in its thrall. I also have long harbored the desire to write and create... something. In a former life I was a classically trained musician, and still get much joy from playing and performing. But over the past 15 years, the urge to create with the written word has been very strong, but I have been met with Resistance at every turn. When it's not normal life stuff, it's that internal voice of fear, self-doubt, and self-disqualification... Well, no more! I'm here to practice the art of writing using the vast landscape of TTRPGs, game design, and Sci-Fi/Fantasy art of all kinds. Whether or not that results in anything of note is yet to be seen, but for now, I'...