Tag: Dungeon Samurai
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Dungeon Samurai is Funded!
It is my great pleasure to announce that DUNGEON SAMURAI is fully funded! My deepest thanks to all backers and everyone who supported the campaign from the start. This being my first crowdfunding campaign, I am extremely pleased with the result. Nonetheless, with 4 days to go, there’s still time to purchase the Dungeon Samurai trilogy in…
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Writing Faith in Fiction
It is fashionable in modern SFF to denigrate religion as oppressive and outdated superstition. Priests are corrupt hypocrites, gods are dead or evil or both, religious doctrine is a lie — and the worst offender is always Christianity in fantasy dress. Science fiction goes one step further, portraying technologically advanced societies that have outgrown religion…
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Fantasy Monsters, Realistic Fights
Almost every fantasy story I’ve read deal with fight scenes in one of two ways. The first is to make it a spectacular show, with special moves, acrobatics, magic, powers and other feats thrown around to dazzle and impress the reader. The second is to describe the battle in broad strokes, seeking to capture the…
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The Art of Designing Nontraditional Monsters
When I began work on Dungeon Samurai, I challenged myself to employ only non-traditional monsters. They would not be orcs, goblins, or other such fantasy mooks seen in anime, manga and RPGs the world over; they would be monsters worthy of the name, dangerous and horrifying and bloodthirsty man-slayers that roam the dungeon seeking souls. Why…
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Dungeon Samurai Kickstarter is Live!
Yamada Yuuki is an ordinary Japanese college student with an extraordinary hobby: the classical martial art of Kukishin-ryu. One evening, a demon rips through the fabric of space-time, abducts everyone in his dojo, and transports them to another world. To return home, Yamada and his friends must join forces with other abductees to conquer the…