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finished reading Mörk Borg by Pelle Nilsson

Pelle Nilsson: Mörk Borg (Swedish language, 2019) 5 stars

"A doom metal album of a game. A spiked flail to the face. Light on …

I've been wanting to discover this game ever since I heard of OSR RPGs : "Old School Renaissance", or "Old School Revival" depending on who you ask.

I'm planning on using the system for a game soon, but as far as reading this book, this was one of the best TTRPG books layout I've experienced so far !

Ursula K. Le Guin: The Lathe Of Heaven (Paperback, 2008, Scribner) 4 stars

“The Lathe of Heaven” ; 1971 ( Ursula Le Guin received the 1973 Locus Award …

The Jellyfish doesn't swim, but floats.

4 stars

Full spoiler free review here : system-failure.trbn.xyz/lathe-of-heaven-wip/ [...] “Reality is an odd choice of word, when all that shapes it is a dream”, thinks the jellyfish.

We meet George Orr in the middle of an overdose. Whilst society deems him an addict, his issue is one much greater than that : he is a Dreamer.

His bed is a boat with no helm to speak of, and as he catches odd things shift in the world behind his eyes, so too does reality shape itself anew. The change terrifies him.

Should Orr attempt to swim ? Should Orr dream with intent, for the betterment of humankind, to become the Lathe of a heaven of his own making ? Or should Orr rid himself of this terrible and frightening power ? “Worse…” he thinks. “if my dreams have such potency… what will come with my nightmares ?”