Month: March 2016

‘The Devil You Know’ by KJ Parker is a Temptingly Cynical View of Humanity

“I don’t do evil when I’m not on duty, just as prostitutes tend not to have sex on their days off.” So begins KJ Parker’s new novella, The Devil You Know, a fantasy story featuring a philosopher who decides to sell his soul to a devil after making a career writing treatises on the non-existence of…


Malifaux Immerses You in Steampunk Western Horror Wargaming

This time last year, I was done with wargaming, ending 20 years of involvement in a hobby that had even included a brief stint managing my local Games Workshop, and a much longer stint working its tills and painting its models. I was finished, my enthusiasm drained by Games Workshop’s focus on younger gamers and the…