Love is one of the greatest forms of magic, right? The Love Interest in a fantasy novel can fulfill many narrative purposes: they can help humanize the Hero by showing a more vulnerable side to them, or they can help raise the stakes when they’re threatened or in danger. That being sa...
The Lord of the Rings: Tales of Middle-Earch Jumpstart Vol. 2 (really, volume one or two is good) is my pack because Tolkien provides a great starting point in magic and fantasy themes, it is classic MTG all around and includes some nice reprints. Jumpstart boosters are a different produ...
“We find a model for learning how to live in stories about heroism. The heroic quest is about saying yes to yourself and, in so doing, becoming more fully alive and more effective in the world. For the hero’s journey is first about taking a journey to find the treasure of your true...
Something between a prop in a fantasy novel and a horror movie, the hilariously named Chicken of the Woods mushroom is found throughout the world. It’s tougher consistency and strange, chicken-like flavor make it an excellent vegetarian replacement for chicken in many dishes. Some caution shoul...
“Blobbers” as they’re known to hardcore gamers, are dungeon role-playing games (dungeon RPGs) where a player leads a party of adventurers in first-person perspective. Games likeMight and MagicandBard’s Talefall into this category because the player moves the entire party as a single uni...
Fantasy books take place in a magical or mythical setting, but they don’t have a fairy godmother to save the day like a fairy tale. Magic and mythical creatures are a central part of the story, however.Harry Potterby J.K. Rowling is a popular example as are the works of Brandon Sand...
Prospero inThe Tempest:Though the rightful Duke of Milan, Prospero's use of magic for manipulation and control illustrates his status as an antihero. Historical Antihero Examples While the term “antihero” didn't come into popular use until the 18th century, the concept has been around for much...
As you can imagine, with a whole new part of the world – including the vast stretches of the Chaos Wastes – come new maps, with new art and areas and new types of terrain. “Compared to what we’ve had in the past, we’ve had a lot more freedom to do crazy magic stuff. In ...
InThe Lord of the Rings, the ring that Bilbo found inThe Hobbitis revealed to be the One Ring, as Gandalf discovers—having become even more curious and concerned about the nature of Bilbo’s magic ring after seeing Bilbo’s behaviour here. The ring isn’t merely a tool of evil but has...
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