A Song of Swords Sit-Down, Part III

Two weeks ago, I spoke with Zachary Irwin and James Lacombe of Opaque Industries about their upcoming tabletop fantasy roleplaying game Song of Swords, which is now being funded on Kickstarter. In Part I of the interview, we discussed the influence of historical martial arts on the game’s combat system. Part II concerned the influence of …

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A Song of Swords Sit-Down, Part II

Two weeks ago, I spoke with Zachary Irwin and James Lacombe of Opaque Industries about their upcoming tabletop fantasy roleplaying game Song of Swords, which is now being funded on Kickstarter. In Part I of the interview, which you may read here, we discussed how historical martial arts influenced Song of Swords’s distinctive combat system. This, …

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A Song of Swords Sit-Down, Part I

Two weeks ago, I spoke with Zachary Irwin and James Lacombe of Opaque Industries about their upcoming tabletop fantasy roleplaying game Song of Swords. The game, which is being funded on Kickstarter is remarkable for its attention to history. Both its detailed combat system and the fantastical setting of draw heavily upon historical martial arts, culture and …

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A Wylde Sale Appears Yonder!

The Kindle edition of Rosaria of Venice, Book One of The Renaissance of Rosaria Adalberto, is on sale for the holidays! In the year 1491, during a steam-powered Renaissance, Rosaria Adalberto seeks a theory of electromagnetism—but finds conspiracy and intrigue instead. The Kindle ebook will sell for 99¢ on Christmas Day only, and $1.99 every day …

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Solstice

Windy howls on wintry eve muffle sounds of merriment. Snow-packed squalls wrack porch and wall; the black of Yuletide storm swallows the glow of jubilation. Midnight chimes long since sounded, echoes drown’d in frosty tempest, No dawn clutches at inky sky. morrow’s fortunes roil and churn, as do boiling thunderheads which o’er hearth and fir …

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Site Maintenance

I am in the process of migrating studiokenaz.com and rosariabooks.com to a new provider and faster server. While the transition should prove seamless, I cannot guarantee it. Temporary outages or malfunctions might occur. However, once the transfer is complete, rosariabooks.com’s and studiokenaz.com’s response times should be greatly improved, easing navigation and ensuring more pleasant browsing. …

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Website Upgrade Progress Report

As of this weekend, I have migrated Runicfire.net over to the new infrastructure. The process, however, did not transfer all of my settings and therefore parts of the website need to be rebuilt. Rosariabooks.com will be offline until Wednesday evening to ensure that everything is in working order. After Rosariabooks is transferred over, I will …

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Update On Website Upgrades

Rosariabooks.com is presently offline. Due to an unforeseen quirk of my domain setup, Runicfire will remain online until the tail end of the transition. When Runicfire transitions, this blog will still be accessible at runicfire.blogspot.com until the new site is fully operational. Thank you again for your patience.

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Website Maintenance 05/16 – 05/22

This announcement was originally posted on Rosariabooks.com. Rosariabooks.com, Runicfire.net and Studiokenaz.com will be down for maintenance beginning tonight, May 16th, circa 8PM PST as these new websites are transitioned to the new system. While I will be working to get everything up and running again as quickly as possible, there might be interruptions in access …

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