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Midgard is a fantasy world filled with wizard colleges, dragon lords, humanoid ravens, and masked gods. Yet it's…
Fantasy and sci-fi are replete with underground cities: Ember, Zion, Menzoberranzan, Khazad-dûm and more. But are…
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Despite not having brains, slime molds are able to remember where they've been. They avoid oozing back over paths…
The world record for the hottest recorded temperature of 58°C (136.4°F) was set at Al Azizia, Libya, in 1922. This…
Star Trek: Catan is basically Settlers of Catan with a thin sheen of Star Trek painted over it. Normally I'd…
Fly the Millenium Falcon. Undermine the Lannisters. Destroy the One Ring. Here's a look at the new Star Wars RPG,…
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Wizards of the Coast held an elaborate keynote address at games convention Gen Con this year to promote the big…
Gen Con is the biggest game convention in North America, held each August in Indianapolis — this year, it set a new…
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Computer simulations have already massively transformed our ability to study complicated situations and events. We…
Could zombies actually exist? What would it take for human corpses to rise up and hunt the living? We often think…
Every summer, Wizards of the Coast releases a new core set for Magic: the Gathering. This year's set, Magic 2013 (or…
In Chuck Wendig's new novel Blackbirds, protagonist Miriam Black is a young woman with a superpower. Only, it's a…
If you cried over the sick Triceratops in Jurassic Park, or just loved this horned dinosaur as a kid, there's one…
Obviously, an erupting volcano can kill you in several direct ways — typically via heat and/or explosive force. But…
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A massive new storyline will creepy-crawl across every aspect of the Dungeons & Dragons landscape this year, as the…
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In 1984, Ronnie James Dio's eponymous band followed up the success of Holy Diver with their second album, The Last…
When you're crafting the setting of your fantasy opus, it's tempting to layer on impossibilities like islands…
Today's mediums and psychic detectives are nothing new – people have been claiming the ability to see the future,…
There hasn't been a Marvel roleplaying game in print for almost seven years, but the release of Margaret Weis…