fantasy

Game/Life Balance U.S. Podcast #054: Gen Con 2018 Board Game Review Special

In a special solo episode, Cody discusses his favorite games from Gen Con 2018 and offers some buying recommendations if you’re looking for the latest and greatest in strategy board games. Plus, learn a little about…

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Game/Life Balance U.S. Podcast Episode 25: Fantasy writing and board games of Gen Con 2016

Cody and Jon discuss the fantasy writing workshops, board games, and other geek culture they experienced at the world’s largest gaming convention: Gen Con 2016! Show Notes: Learn how to connect with us on the GonnaGeek Network, syndication on WGN Plus, our YouTube channel, and more! Podcast theme song intro/outro credit: ‘Subterranean Kamikaze‘ by Sixto Sounds,zircon, via OverClocked…

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Bachman’s Best – Birthright #8

The best thing I read last week was Birthright #8. Written by Joshua Williamson Lines by Andrei Bressan Color Art by Adriano Lucas and Letters by Pat Brosseau Month in and month out this title continues to be one to look forward to and a highlight each month in my pull list. Birthright is the…

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Wednesday’s Webcomic: Guilded Age

Guilded Age is a long-running, intricate, and hilarious high fantasy webcomic that surprises you with its depth and cleverness at nearly every turn, and one enormous plot twist you will not,  and I repeat not see coming. Billed as “the Saga of the Working Class Adventurer,” Guilded Age tells the story of a small group of ne’er-do-wells…

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Wednesday’s Webcomic: The Order of the Stick

This week’s recommendation is a big name, but I would like to reiterate that if at least someone hasn’t read a fantastic comic then it is worth my time to recommend it.  I am also hesitant to give any plot details whatsoever, as I believe it should all be experienced first hand. The Order of the Stick is a long…

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Wednesday’s Webcomic: Battlepug

Sometimes a webcomic is born from a strange place. In this case, an established mainstream print comic artist designed a t-shirt on the fly. The characters on the silly t-shirt became so wildly popular that a weekly webcomic had to follow, because the clamors of internet could not be denied. I mean really, who could…

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Wednesday’s Webcomic – Gunnerkrigg Court

Gunnerkigg Court is the long-running story of a young woman and her close friends discovering their boarding school is much, much more than it seems. Quiet, polite Antimony Carver begins her first-year studies at the eponymous court and begins to notice the strange goings on and begins to investigate despite the obstacle of the tight-lipped…

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