If you’ve ever visited a different country, or are thinking about visiting one, you may like this listing of Tyler Cowen’s recommendations of the best books about 19 countries. To count, the book must have some aspirations to be a general survey of what the country is or to cover much of the history ofContinue reading “The “best” book about each country”
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Five incredible artists
Art is a meritocracy. It amazes me how good some people are. Here are some of my favorites: Otto Schmidt Rudy Nebres Phillippe Druillet Xi Zhang Hiroshi Yoshida
Five RPG links of the day
Disco Elysium RPG. Navigate the secrets of Revachol West. A review of Storm King’s Thunder. Classic D&D Modules Ranked. Everyone has their favorite list like this, this one is mine. Tom Moldvay comes out on top, with a lot of modules. Best supplements for city design. (should include heartwizardgames.com!) The business of Dungeons & DragonsContinue reading “Five RPG links of the day”
Diving deep into the bin: RPGs from 2012
Why 2012? It’s not clear. But this is a good list. Good in the sense that I’ve heard of none of these RPGs, and I like that. It feels like discovery. It’s easy to imagine playing this one: Broken Rooms – A huge (460 page) modern multiversal rpg. And I’d barely heard of it despiteContinue reading “Diving deep into the bin: RPGs from 2012”
Interesting Wikipedia articles of the day
The Fermi Paradox. Or, “why haven’t we seen aliens?” Wikipedia’s list of unusual articles. There are Wikipedia holes; this is THE black hole. Toynbee Tiles. Strange appearances in cities. Also the subject of a documentary. The Count of St. Germain. Time traveler? Battle of Los Angeles. What happened over Los Angeles?
Links of the day
Zenobia, warrior queen of Syria. National symbol, cunning warrior who fought Rome, mentioned by Chaucer in The Canterbury Tales. The story behind that Great Gatsby cover. Fitzgerald liked the illustration so much, he rewrote part of his book to match it. Looking for clothing hacks? Try SNL. The 27 most beautiful towns in America. PulpContinue reading “Links of the day”
Basement Whatever 