L. Sprague de Camp's "The Fallible Fiend"
About this episode
The episode discusses L. Sprague de Camp's 'The Fallible Fiend' and various aspects of fantasy literature and game mechanics.
Our Patron Book Club joins us to discuss L. Sprague de Camp's "The Fallible Fiend", futtering spouses, the maps in front of fantasy novels, fleshed-out characters, missile weapons, Dave Arneson's rules, picking spells other than Fireball, flavorful book titles, historical fiction with magic, older styles of writing, fantasy novels as reflections of their time, and much more!
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