Alis Franklin's Blog

Devoured (har har) while manning the CSFG‘s booth at the Geek Markets yesterday. Some heavy themes, but good shit. Available as a zine, printed or electronic, directly from the author.

Found this randomly in the library when I was wasting time last week. In a funny coincidence, I’d heard it recced a few days before, so read the first chapter, and immediately vowed to go out to buy it. Which I tried today, except . . . the local comic store had apparently sold out […]

Dark Souls meets MÖRK BORG. Doesn’t hold together as coherently as a game as Godhusk, but if the whole “fake videogame guidebook” genre appeals in any way, a must-buy.

For everyone who enjoys reading the Dark Souls wiki more than actually playing Dark Souls, these books are for you!

Eeey! I backed this on Kickstarter a while back, promptly forgot about it, then was pleasantly surprised to get the PDF download link (and shipping notice for the physical copy) this morning.

Aa-aa-aa-and done! So I like Hualian better than the main pairings in SVSSS or MDZS (no shade on either, mostly just a personal preference thing), but the story itself I think suffered from being unfocused in places and with, honestly, a pretty disappointing villain reveal. Still a fun read, and with some parts that will […]

My actual physical TBR shelf is one of those floating IKEA LACK shelves and it, uh. Wobbled in the drywall when I tried to stack the two encyclopedias on it. So. Better read them I guess. Just through the “history recap” section (covering “prehistory” to just before Stormblood) and, okay. That did clear up a […]

I do still like 5e but this splat has the same problem Sabbat did, which is to say Renegade keeps shying away from the absolute balls-to-the-wall bonkersness of the classic oWoD. “It’s up to your group to decide!” No, fuck you. Give me more stat blocks for aeons-old monsters with ten dots in every Discipline […]

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After the last volume being such a banger, this one was a bit . . . meh? Partly because it just felt there was too much — too much plot, too many characters, too many side-stories — which I guess is very much an MXTX hallmark, but as someone who tends to prefer closer and […]