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When I saw this in the store, my first thought was "That makes sense." When I got it home and opened it up, I was stunned. What was inside wasn't just good, it was brilliant. Each campsite consists of two 5 x 8 tiles, for a total area of 10 x 8. The terrain variety covers almost every possible scenario, and the campsites are just about the perfect size for ambushes and pitched battles in the middle of the night. A near perfect product.

Not much to say that hasn't been said, though it's worth noting that fans of Howard will especially appreciate this book as it's one of his few novellas, and with the expanded length he delves deeper into the philosophy that motivates his characters and drives his stories. The plaintive ruminations of a man trapped in a time too civilized for his spirit can be heard rumbling throughout Howard's oeuvre, but here he lays out all his cards and makes explicit the thoughts that drive his writings. Fascinating stuff from the grandfather of modern fantasy.

It's like the author of the Book of Kells redesigned the Tarot after spending a few days in the company of Timothy Leary and Gary Gygax.

I've owned a lot of gimmicky gaming related card decks over the years. This is the only one that was actually cool.

This is a heavy, solid miniature, built to 28mm scale, with a lot of personality. I painted mine in browns and oranges to get an autumn camo look, and he's spectacular. This mini requires some easy assembly, and is pretty easy to paint.

This figure has a really nice pose and excellent detail, but is noticeably out of scale with other Reaper minis. Reaper seems to be slowly but steadily increasing the size of their figures, transitioning from 25mm to 28mm, but this figure is too much. It's scaled to 30mm at least, and towers over other figures.

I got this figure as a part of one of the Complete Encounters sets, painted him up, and use him as thug, guard, slaver, big dumb slob in a barfight, whatever. He's multi-talented! And my players think he's hilarious. Definitely one of my favorites.