Told by a former adventurer whoâs seen it all go wrong. In advance of Bardic Planetâs review of The Light Fanatics by A_Morningstarâknown to some as the Wandering Bard âI thought it prudent to prepare my dear readers with tales from my own past adventures. The Light Fanaticsâa fantasy novel hewn from the real-world tabletop…
We all wish life was more like a video game. In games, the rules are clear: level up, save the princess, save the world, or just get the cute guy with the freckles to ask you out on a second date. You know heâs not the canon pick, but Love-Love Princess 4 is all about…
Catalogue #1 in our Proud Partnership Programme with Bardic Planet. Here at Dubious Derivatives⢠Limited, your wellbeing is our⌠third priority. (Right behind profit margins and plausible deniability.) Still, we know that being a protagonist is hard workâwhat with all the reincarnations, cursed contracts, and suspiciously convenient power-ups. Thatâs why, in a proud partnership with…
Weâre all the main characters in our own lives. Only you can live your story. When you passed off that loud gas as squeaky trousersâ All you, buddy. When you asked your crush out and the whole school laughed? Probably shouldnât have cried, but you still commanded centre stage. Even now, while youâre reading instead…
How to avoid heartbreak, dismemberment, or becoming someone’s magical catalyst Once upon a time, it was simple. You met someone you fancied. The wedding was set for June. And theyâd make it too. You knew they would. Call it a hunch. Call it intuition. Call it what it was: a positive test and her fatherâs…
If youâre reading this, youâre probably at least a bit familiar with status ailments in video games. From poison and bleed that drain your hit points, to slow, stun, and sleep that leave you open to combo attacks. We like to think status effects are just game mechanics. But what if theyâre not? What if…
It knows when you are sleeping. It knows when youâre awake. It knows when youâve been bad or good, and if youâve been just the right amount of pathetic, congratulationsâyouâre the new chosen one. I speak not of Santaâthat red-suited pervert who watches children sleep and breaks into homes for milk-based offerings. I speak, of…