Cellular Smoke Signals

an idea that has been kicking around for a very long time... it floats in and out of my vision. I have no idea what to do with this.

--A Treatise On The Coin--
"We have found The Clockwork Angels text on when the gears started, it was short and I will recreate the entire text here, for reference.

"The gears started. The Machine now begins its great work. What does The Machine do? It does what all machines do. It does what it was built to do." ...

before it fades from my head. Must get this out.

--Hell Hath No Fury Like My Kind--
When I dream, I dream of fire.

I've lost track of the years, of the steps behind me as I walk this long road. Lost track of the blood on the ground.

The embers fall slowly in my dreams. Like bright red snowflakes. The heat comes across as a summer breeze that brings heartache and memories.

His body is in my arms, the arrow piercing his heart. His ...

I can get to HeroCentral from work (Dan - thanks for that alternate Domain, bypasses that work filter excellently); so naturally I decided to sign up and play there.

First campaign I saw was an Urban Fantasy Monster Hunter campaign. Things That Go Bump.

The thursday night online group had a short diversion towards that genre, but the GM for that doesn't have time to GM fulltime so it looks like it won't come back. It was fun but I like the character.

...

Finally.

Finished the Atlantean Age review. I just couldn't get my thoughts out on that one coherently. The edit ended up being a rewrite, and the whole thing is a monster sized piece of text. I try and keep reviews well under 2000 words, often as close to 700-1000 as possible. I like the setting, not sure if it's my style of fantasy though.

Monster Island was a pretty easy review. The book caught my imagination, but the MMO foundation gave me a eh? moment of pause. ...

I've had Atlantean Age and Monster Island since GenCon, and hav just now started to read Monster Island and write the Atlantean Age review.

5 Months of them sitting around. I have been given a few freebies from a few other people to review. A Review-Copy sent my way puts it at the top of the list automatically.

But still, five months. I've been slacking.

Some off the cuff thoughts - Atlantean Age is really well done Epic Fantasy. High Powered, but doesn't ...