Status report - December 2012

Like last month, December was a relatively quiet one - a dozen or so bigger posts and a reorganisation of the blogrolls to turn the spotlight on those people really pushing things.

As ever though, here's the pick of the bits and pieces I think were the most useful of all.

• The braner idea - the noö-braner, six aspects to blend and two weapons

• The Tail'ngs, a source of energy and a power for Gorgonmilk's latest table

• On Tom Bombadil, with thoughts on how the LotR franchise could develop

• Reflections on GW, the Open Game License, new media and D&D's OSR

• The first in a series of excerpts from John Ruskin's "The Nature of Gothic"

The video to sum up the mood this time is a look at a symbol of the 'Renaissance of the 12th century', Chartres Cathedral, reminder of a natural solidarity in our time and space.

 
And one more, as a bonus for today, a famous passage from Orson Welles' F For Fake.


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