Unreal Worlds – Abominable Armies

Unreal Worlds – Abominable Armies

Nov 11

The air is cool and crisp, snow is in the air (for at least some of you dear readers), and for the Illuminerdy, the dying of the year means it’s time to talk about monsters. There are few more famous than the abominable snowman of the Himalaya — the Yeti. Also called the Meh-teh, Mi-go, Mirka, Kang Admi, and the Jobran, the Yeti has been part of the Western monstrous lexicon since at...

Unreal Worlds: King of the Wild Frontier

Unreal Worlds: King of the Wild Frontier

Oct 07

We’ve previously touched briefly on what great game fodder alternate histories can be, and noted at length that you can easily hide an alternate history in the dimly shadows of the world’s established story. Regardless, the best alternate histories need compelling characters: why not start with the King of the Wild Frontier? Almost everyone knows at least a little about Davy Crockett,...