The Seafaring Man With One Leg

Daddy Grognard reviews Long John Silver, a novel by Bjorn Larsson.

There are a couple spoilers, but nothing major. This is sitting in my Amazon queue, and I think I should probably get it this week, before we go on vacation.

One for the Pathfinder Fans

Obiri at Roll for Initiative has a post on the Duelist class in Pathfinder - fans of fantasy swashbucklers should take a look.

Zorro and Shadow and Green Hornet . . . Oh, My!

Sean B at Wine and Savages spotted the Comic Con announcement of a crossover comic featuring Zorro, the Green Hornet and Kato, the Spider, the Black Bat, and the Shadow from Dynamite Entertainment. The release says Masks will be out "later this year."

I'm a fan of Matt Wagner's earlier Zorro books from Dynamite, so this looks groovy.

Illo copyright Dynamite Entertainment. Included here under Fair Use.

Cinematic: Le Bossu

Phillipe de Broca's 1997 Le Bossu - released in the US as On Guard - is one of my favorite swashbucklers; Daniel Auteil, Vincent Perez, Fabrice Luchini, Marie Gillain, and Yann Collette are brilliant.

If I had to choose between this and the Lester Musketeers movies, I'd probably end up like the dog in the Roman poem.

DVR Alert

Monday, 30 July, is the last "Classic Adventure" Monday of the month on Turner Classics, and features a selection of 'fairy tale' adventures; my DVR is set to record The Golden Arrow, Sinbad the Sailor (with Douglas Fairbanks Jr.), and A Thousand and One Nights.

Also, coming up on Tuesday night's tribute to Leslie Howard is The Scarlet Pimpernel - not to be missed.

As always, check your local listings for times.

Field Test

During the course of our game today, the adventurers found themselves on the road, travelling from Turin to Milan, so I decided to give the event table I created a couple of months ago a try.

First, the adventurers were stranded for a few days at a Milanese inn when their horses took ill from some bad feed (26), then they were hit by a sharp snowstorm (66) which forced them to find shelter and cost them another travel day at least - and probably more as the roads turn to mud when the snow melts. The delay at the inn also resulted in one of the adventurers seducing the innkeeper's wife and a near-brawl with the woman's brothers.

The players realized that their characters are unlikely to be crossing the Alps on their way home to France after their mission to Milan is done.

So, event table actual play field test? Success!

Phoning It In Phriday

Yeah, I've just been absolutely hammered this week with contractors and insurance adjusters and baseball camp and dance recitals and science fair project data collection, and tomorrow our Flashing Blades campaign resumes after a three-month hiatus, so nothing new here 'til next week.

Have a great weekend!