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Fandom Promo!
Welcome to the Fandom Promo post, everyone!
Here's where you get those eyes on your fandoms for sign ups!
Share what makes your Yuletide fandoms the shiniest and why you love them. A big part of Yuletide is how small our fandoms can be, and this is a good way to make sure other people know what gems there are out there!
Suggested form to use:
<b>FANDOM NAME</b>:
<b>WHAT MAKES IT GREAT</b>:
<b>WHERE CAN I FIND IT?(optional)</b>:
Campaign, Blades in the Dark, Seven Kingdoms Trilogy
WHAT MAKES IT GREAT: Do you like Star Wars, but a mixture of silly and sincere? Found family, complicated family, three-men-and-a-baby-in-space? Come sit down with Campaign Podcast, which is nearing the end of its (now years-long) Star Wars campaign. The main run of the campaign is about a kimono-wearing scoundrel, a bounty hunter with a penchant for wigs and makeup and a little bit of a dark side, a sad-dad (uncle) former clone trooper, and an Indiana Jones-style archaeologist who does not want to talk about her exes, thank you. Together, they are raising a five-year-old Force sensitive and a space wolf and trying to get back into contact with the Rebellion (and mostly running into scrapes along the way). There's also Evil Campaign side-arcs, about the antagonists, who are their own weird found family; and a Patreon-only Side Trip (pre-series shenanigans with the archaeologist, her best friend Tap, Thrawn, and assorted ridiculous other Chiss). I have just realized I've nominated two characters from the Patreon-only part. I'm sorry. I love them.
WHERE CAN I FIND IT?(optional): A podcatcher near you, or here. The Patreon, if you're so inclined for extra story, is here.
FANDOM NAME: Blades in the Dark (Roleplaying Game)
WHAT MAKES IT GREAT: In such a small book, there's a lot of world and character hooks that get my brain going. It's a dark industrial fantasy world, like a post-apocalyptic Victorian London but with more ghosts and other eldritch beings. The sun is broken. The dead no longer rest; their spirits must be burned away by the Spirit Wardens, or else their ghosts will return to feed on the life essence of the living. The great lightning barriers protect the citizens of Duskwall from the horrors in the Deathlands and the Void Sea. And inside, a pressure cooker: various factions vying for power, from covert machinations of Duskwall elite to warring gangs in Crow's Foot to restive Skovlanders, still bitter about the Unity War in which they were defeated and viewed with suspicion by their neighbors. There's stories everywhere, and a hell of a lot of atmosphere. (Player characters are part of a gang of criminals trying to carve out their own place with daring heists and maneuvering with the other factions).
WHERE CAN I FIND IT?: There's some basic world info towards the back of the free-to-download player's kit, but if you're into RPGs and this sounds up your alley, the rulebook is fantastic. Also, there's a good handful of actual plays out there, including one run by the game's designer.
FANDOM NAME: The Seven Kingdoms Trilogy - Kristin Cashore
WHAT MAKES IT GREAT: Lots of strong women with lots to reckon with, exploration of the harm the last generation did and young characters finding their place in the world, and finding people to trust when that can be rare. A lot about families, and some interesting tension within those when politics gets involved.
WHERE CAN I FIND IT?: Your local library or fine bookseller. There are three books, Graceling, Fire and Bitterblue. Most of my nominations are from Bitterblue, and that stands okay on its own, but I enjoy all of them.
Re: Campaign, Blades in the Dark, Seven Kingdoms Trilogy
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Re: Campaign, Blades in the Dark, Seven Kingdoms Trilogy
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