Continuing my annual tradition, here are some of my favorite things from the last year. I think this is the first year where I've had to decide not to shout out things I'm re-reading or re-watching, even if they're very good. I want to applaud the things that thrilled me for the first time. The Best Things I Read Fiction - The West PassageMy favorite book last year was The West Passage by Jared Pechacek, and fortuitously, it was also the book that's probably of the most interest to readers of this blog about D&D and fantasy roleplaying. Pechacek sets his entire story inside a megadungeon, a giant palace with color-coded regions, ruled by goddess-like Ladies who are each the size of a tower. The human inhabitants survive as best they can amidst the maze of passages, the proliferation of magical items, the traditions governing every facet of life, and the slow decay of all the things people actually need to live. We follow two young protagonists with urgent missions as they attempt to…
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