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Tussle in the Tavern and off to Land of the Dinosaurs

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 The tavern after the first meteor strike:  You may recall from this entry that Les Freres Corses had commandeered my tavern set for their game. The photo above is how things looked when we ended after the first meteor strike. I say "first" meteor strike, because when we resumed play the time was again set and a second meteor crashed into the board. The tavern comprises one-quarter of the board. The first meteor struck the quarter by the front door and the associated devastation was thoroughly disclosed in that previous post.  The second meteor crashed to earth next to the north side of the tavern (to the right of the picture). The building took some serious damage with part of the north wall, including the stairway, collapsing. A section of the roof also fell into the tavern. It was havoc amok and a torrent of saving throws. Ultimately, the Darth Vader figure sprang to the back of the large healer bird beneath the chandelier, swung from the chandelier to the balcony, a...

Interview with Dave Dobson

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  Interview with Dave Dobson Author of: The Inquisitor's Guild Series     Please tell me a little about your current work in progress. I’m just finishing up The Woeling Lass , the fourth book in my Inquisitors’ Guild series. These stories follow different members of the Inquisitors’ Guild, a set of investigators in a medieval city. In this story, Gueran Declais, an inspector of noble birth, suffers a brutal attack at a festival. Left for dead, he is spirited away and hidden by his allies, and he has to work under an assumed name far from home. Meanwhile, back in the city, it is clear that the attack on Gueran was part of a systematic campaign of assassination directed at four noble houses. All of them have been completely exterminated save one, House Declais. An apprentice inspector Urret Milton, becomes involved in the investigation of these crimes and embroiled in uncovering the secret plot behind them. As the two characters, Urret and Gueran, separately piece togethe...