From Amber’s Sketchbook
Meet Shadow....
Game Night – Red Dragon Inn 1 & 2
Red Dragon Inn
Designers: Geoff Bottone, Colleen Skadl, Cliff Bohm
Manufacturers: SlugFest Games, Paizo
Year: 2008
Players: 2 - 4
Time: 30 - 60 minutes
Ages: 13 and up
You and your adventuring companions have spent all day slogging through the Dungeon, killing monsters and taking their stuff. Now you're back in town, healed up, cleaned up, and ready to party at the Red Dragon Inn.
Drink, gamble, and roughhouse with your friends. But don't forget to keep an eye on your Gold. If you run out, you'll have to spend the night in the stables. Oh... and try not to get too beaten up or too drunk. If you black out, your friends will continue the party without you... after they loot your body for Gold of course!
The last conscious adventurer with Gold wins the game!
Take on the role of one of four heroic fantasy adventurers -- Dierdre the Priestess, Fiona the Warrior, Gerki the Sneak, or Zot the wizard -- and enjoy an evening at the Red...
Giveaways in Blogland
I thought I’d let you know some of the giveaways I ran across this week. As always, my current giveaway is listed on my sidebar and make sure you check out West of Mars- Win a Book! where there's always a ton of links to great contests, interviews and guest posts.
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows, at Bookish Ruth (ends September 3, US and Canada)
Water Witch by Deborah LeBlanc, at Jenny Loves to Read (ends September 8, US and Canada, no PO boxes)
National Geographic Kids Almanac 2010 and a backpack full of school supplies, at Booking Mama (ends September 8, US and Canada)
The Greatest Knight by Elizabeth Chadwick, at A Reader's Respite (ends September 10, US and Canada)
The Greatest Knight by Elizabeth Chadwick, at Booking Mama (ends September 10, US and Canada, no PO boxes)
The Widow's War by Mary Mackey, at The Tome Traveller's Weblog (ends September 12, US)
The Day the Falls Stood Still by Cathie...
My Life, according to the books
I found this over at Walking on Sunshine and it looked like fun.
Using only books you have read this year (2009), answer these questions. Try not to repeat a book title. It's a lot harder than you think!
Describe Yourself: I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti by Guilia Melucci
How do you feel: Lucky Man by Michael J. Fox
Describe where you currently live: The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom
If you could go anywhere, where would you go: Midnight Bayou by Nora Roberts
Your favorite form of transportation: She Walks These Hills by Sharyn McCrumb
Your best friend is: The Dragon of Doom by Bruce Coville
You and your friends are: Companions of the Night by Vivian Vande Velde
What's the weather like: Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi Barrett
Favorite time of day: Lie by Moonlight by Amanda Quick
If your life was : Casting Spells by Barbara Bretton
What is life to you: The Mystery on Stage created by Gertrude Chandler Warner
Your fear: A Night at the...
Nine Princes in Amber by Roger Zelazny
Nine Princes in Amber by Roger Zelazny
Exiled to the Shadows for centuries, a man more than mortal awakens in an Earth hospital with no memory of his past and is surrounded by enemies who hunger for his destruction. For Corwin is the rightful successor to the throne of the real world. But to rule, he must conquer impossible realities and demonic assassins . . . and survive the most insidious malevolence imaginable wrought by his own family.
My thoughts:
This is a fun, quick fantasy. It also features one of the most dysfunctional families I've ever met.
Having Corwin wake up with amnesia is an interesting technique. It allows us to learn about his world and family at the same time he does. As he figures out how walking in the Shadows works, so do we. As he tries to figure out who he can trust and who he can't, so do we. Of course, he can't trust anyone. When your siblings can...
C is for Collision
Vicki of Reading At The Beach hosts A-Z Wednesday. Today's letter is C.
This one has been sitting on my shelf for a while, just waiting for me to get around to it.
Collision of Angels by Michael Carver
When Tony Campbell accepts his father-in-law’s invitation to chat, he braces himself for yet another of Silas Jackson’s ambitious business schemes. But even in his wildest imagination, Tony couldn’t have prepared himself for what Silas proposes this time: a run for the United States presidency. In the wake of recent controversial elections, Silas and his colleagues fear America is being run by the few and has turned it’s back on God. Their remedy: attempt to put a man of faith into the White House. This crusade proves to be the ultimate challenge however, and Tony finds himself facing his greatest test of faith ever. What appears to be a battle between church and state in the human realm is gradually revealed to have far higher...