Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


A Dungeon for Bibliophiles

The Stygian Library by Emmy Allen

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Another RPG sourcebook! I’m slowly emerging from the month-long frenzy known as midterms, but RPGs are still pretty much the only thing that can hold my attention. I heard of The Stygian Library when I was browsing some DnD forums, looking for cool homebrew ideas. Everyone who mentioned it recommended it realllly strongly, so I figured I’d pick it up. They were right! The Stygian Library is a collection of rooms, details, and encounters based in a labyrinthian library. In play, the DM rolls dice […]

Never Tell Me the Odds

Cypher System Rulebook by Monte Cook

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This is one of those reviews where my original write-up got erased when my computer unexpectedly updated and the autosaved version was from the draft of my previous book review, so I’d really like to just type “I WROTE IT ALREADY” with a bunch of crying/angry/head explodey emojis and move on. 🤯😠😡😖😫😭🤬🤬🤬☠     🤬 However, this doesn’t really feel like it should count as a review, so here goes nothing. (I just feel like I’m forgetting so much of what I originally wanted to […]

Less Frog Demons Than Expected

What Ho, Frog Demons! by Chris Kutalik, Luka Rejec

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What Ho, Cannonballers! It’s been nearly two months since I posted a review or, indeed, read a book. My last semester of school is truly kicking my ass. I have plenty of books to choose from, but school takes so much of my mental and physical energy that reading anything seems like just another item on the task list. One thing I have enjoyed, though, is thinking about and reading tabletop RPGs. There’s something so low pressure about RPG books, which are often just a […]



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