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Contents: In our world, it would have been the year of Our Lord 476. In the magical world of the Empire without end, it is the year 1229 Ab Urbe Condita, from the Founding of the City; no ridiculous questions about which city that is. The Roman Empire never fell. Christianity never took the hold it did in the real world, and how could it, when the Romans had the gods on their side? Through powerful auguries and other magic, the Empire purposefully stopped expanding 350 years ago, after it decided that it had reached its peak and concentrated upon enlightening its own lands and conquests. Today, the omens are sinister. Confronted with inexplicable portents that the Empire's augurs cannot understand, Emperor Theodomirus renews the quest of knowledge that stopped more than 300 years ago. The outermost provinces are invigorated, the policies that lasted for hundreds of years are changed, most importantly however, the Cohors Auxiliaria Arcana is formed out of 600 handpicked individuals with extraordinary qualities and skills. Their mission? 'To act in small groups, study the most inexplicable phenomena, investigate in city alleys, infiltrate forbidden cults, cross valleys in search of the sources of knowledge'.

The world of Lex Arcana is presented in 27 pages. It covers a swathe of subjects like the history of the Empire, the Cohors Auxiliaria Arcana, the Custodes' equipment, the Empire's organization, communication routes, the economic and social situation (I hadn't heard the word latifundia in decades!), the empire's official, tolerated and forbidden cults, magic, as well as the Empire's provinces.

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I don't know what adjectives or expletives to use without raving about both the effort that has been put into this, as well as the results it produces. Excellent? Bloody fantastic? Incredible? Motherfucking masterful? This iteration of the Roman Empire is drool-worthy, and if you look past the dressing, it is in many ways similar to today's world. There's a fantasy element, but it is nowhere near overbearing. Magic is about knowledge and understanding. Only rarely does it abruptly change the physical world around you, even though supernatural phenomena exist. The gods are real, and the Pax Deorum proves it. Tough luck, Christians, or anybody else, unless you can bring a divine arsenal of your own in the field. In many ways this is a recognizable Roman Empire, while in others its society is more mature, more progressive. The balance between historical accuracy, calculated projection due to the altered timeline, and the fantasy elements is sublime. There are still slaves; some of ancient Rome's practices cannot be side-brushed. Look however at the pre-generated Custodes: men and women from different ethnic backgrounds, Greeks, Egyptians, Germans, Arabians, all of them proud Roman citizens working to protect the enlightened Empire. Look at their demeanour, their colourful clothing, their backstories, and how they managed to enter the most prestigious corps in the Roman military. The place of women in society is another great example: good enough to participate or even lead in one of the most distinguished Cohortes of the Empire, send them however to the fringes and the backwater villages and they need to pretend subservience to the men they accompany, lest the region rebels in indignation. This is bone-breaking social commentary, if you can read between the lines.

I understand how the Custodes are an integral part of an elite military corps, yet I find it bizarre that the game blacks out between adventures. This is not modern design. It also runs contrary to the freedom and flexibility that the setting awards to the Custodes. One doesn't need to look too far. Francesco Nepitello's The One Ring had laid a lot of work on such mechanics, and that's before I mention games with a similar theme like Vaesen. If restricting the interaction of the Custodes with the world was a conscious design choice, I fail to see the merit.

Elden Ring is deep and wide, a game of massive scale, with equal amounts of intelligence and mystery. This is the rare open world that never feels like a checklist of things to do. Instead, it manages to feel like a world of possibility, waiting to be explored. Whether you find Wally or not.

Genre Open-world RPG Format PS5 (tested) / PS4 / XB S/X / XBO / PC Developer FromSoftware Publisher Bandai Namco Price 49.99 Release Out now

Apocalyptic fiction is a subgenre of science fiction that is concerned with the end of civilization due to a potentially existential catastrophe such as nuclear warfare, pandemic, extraterrestrial attack, impact event, cybernetic revolt, technological singularity, dysgenics, supernatural phenomena, divine judgment, climate change, resource depletion or some other general disaster. Post-apocalyptic fiction is set in a world or civilization after such a disaster. The time frame may be immediately after the catastrophe, focusing on the travails or psychology of survivors, or considerably later, often including the theme that the existence of pre-catastrophe civilization has been forgotten (or mythologized).

Apocalypse is a Greek word referring to the end of the world. Apocalypticism is the religious belief that there will be an apocalypse, a term which originally referred to a revelation of God's will, but now usually refers to belief that the world will come to an end very soon, even within one's own lifetime.[1]

Every issue of The Rifter is an idea factory for players and Game Masters to generate new ideas, and find new avenues of adventure. It provides useful, ready to go, source material you can just drop into your ongoing games. A doorway to new possibilities and numerous Palladium role-playing worlds. And the many new characters, O.C.C.s, powers, magic, weapons, villains, monsters, adventures and ideas for one setting can be easily adapted to any Palladium setting. Every issue has material for Rifts and at least 2-3 other Palladium game lines.

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The Wheel of Time is one of the most popular and influential fantasy epics ever written. It puts the epic in epic fantasy, a hugely ambitious undertaking that redefined a genre. This skillfully written fourteen book series is filled with unforgettable characters and set in a world steeped in rich history and legend.

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Emotionally shocking moments, intricate and otherworldly fight scenes, and lots of loyalty, honour and tradition. Jade City is an epic, unique and often unforgiving gangster fantasy narrative intertwined with glimpses of hope and goodness. The haunting nature of the world is also mixed with betrayals and a huge death toll. Recommended.

I once read an interview with Guy Gavriel Kay where he explained his approach to writing. He said that he wrote what he needed to write and then went over it a second time, adding layers and textures, making improvements, rather like a painter. And then he repeated the process for a third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh and then eighth time. And this is why his writing is so good, it's not just natural talent, which he has in abundance, but attention to detail and hard, painstaking work. It pays off and in Tigana he wrote a book that influenced me as much as The Lord of the Rings when I was a youngster. It is a book I hold very dear. But Kay is the second Canadian on this list and although they may appear the nicest, politest people on the planet I secretely fear plans for world domination, so I'll keep on eye of the Empire of Canadia's ratio.

If you want to see how the Pern saga began, and indeed see how a young writer converted two Hugo winning novellas to form her first steps into a historical world of alien dragons, Dragonflight is for you. Wonderfully descriptive narrative, impressive world building and above all a great story.

Long ago, the world of the Four Lands was torn apart by the wars of ancient Evil. But in the Vale, the half-human, half-elfin Shea Ohmsford now lives in peace - until the mysterious, forbidding figure of the druid Allanon appears, to reveal that the supposedly long dead Warlock Lord lives again. Shea must embark upon the elemental quest to find the only weapon powerful enough to keep the creatures of darkness at bay: the fabled Sword of Shannara.

Take your standard noir detective with a sarcastic frame of mind and a weakness for helping damsels in distress, add in wizardry, vampires, werewolves, talking skulls, pizza loving fairies and all things paranormal and this is what you get. A quirky, fast paced and thrilling ride through a Chicago you never thought possible. Great characters, a mystery that twists and turns like a corkscrew and above all, Harry, a wizard with a world weary sense of humour, who takes life on the chin. 2ff7e9595c