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Canyon Shadows By C.R. Langille, Book Review

When the Earth was young, a creature from the dark cosmos came to consume it and all of the creatures with chaos. The earth fought back and the Dark Tyrant was broken into many pieces and captured. Now, he who waits deep in the mountain, has located a host. And that host is coming closer. A host who can be used to free him and allow him to gather the pieces together, arising once again to reign with horrific chaos.

I picked up a copy of Canyon Shadows (a novel in the Dark Tyrant Series) for review. I did so because I have had the opportunity of reading two anthologies of horror stories written by C.R. Langille. They provided good reading entertainment and I was looking forward to seeing what his imagination would create in a longer tale. His novel stood up to the quality of his shorter works.

Plot

Garrett Porter is an antiques dealer who has recently lost his wife and daughter. He has been fighting the grief and despair through drinking and doesn't see a way to redeem himself from the loss. But a phone call and then an email about a sword gives him hope that he may be able to prove a theory of his father's had merit. Maybe he can gain some redemption through providing support to his father's ideas.

This leads Garrett to Canyon Shadows, a small town in Red Rock Country of Southern Utah. There, a Templar sword was found that could provide a piece of the puzzle that was lost. Canyon Shadows is more than what it appears on the surface. It is a place with a history, a history that goes back to creation. A time when creation was also met by destruction and was contained.

Others have been drawn to Canyon Shadows. There are people who have come at the urgings of the Dark Tyrant held captive deep within the land. There are also agents of the greater forces who contained the creature of chaos there.

The Dark Tyrant is taking the actions needed to break his bonds. He is ready to stretch forth his influence and bring even greater chaos to the world. A world that would then tear itself apart, a world it could feed on.

Style

Canyon Shadows is a horror story for adult readers. There are some graphic description of how things look, more in terms of the aftermath and in greater scope. It doesn't delve deep into the psychosis of action or in detailed descriptions of the graphic events.

 C.R. Langille gives a story that is a variation of the good versus evil. He brings some of the philosophical under bearing of Michael Moorcock (Wikipedia link) and his Elric of Melnibone series (Wikipedia link) with the concept of law versus chaos. This introduces religious aspects to the story. This includes more modern Christian biblical beliefs, Native American religion, older Judeo-Christian folklore/mythical beliefs and Cthulhu.

The story is crafted well to allow multiple points of view to come forth when needed to flesh out the framework. The narration leaves enough mystery in the characters not to know their full intentions, motivations, or understandings. What we are given is proportioned to allow us, as the reader, to know there is more, much more that is currently beyond our ability to comprehend.

The language used in Canyon Shadows goes a long way in providing the feel of the impending darkness that is seeping out of the mountain and drawing people closer to it. One sentence particularly caught my attention. "Her voice was smooth but sticky. It clung to his eardrums like tar, and he couldn't shake it from his thoughts."

Each chapter is a journal entry from an earlier time that reflects in a snippet of what happened almost a century back during the time of the crusades. The use of the duality of time works well in the development of the dualities that are played up with the setting, characters, and events.

Overall

Readers of horror will find a story that delivers the promises made at the beginning of the book. I enjoyed the roughly 350 pages that unfolded in the first story dealing with the Dark Tyrant.

The feel of the rise of chaos and mental instability rings of Cthulhu. The aspects of Lovecraft's dark mythology were played up well while giving it a unique feel within framework of Langille's own voice.

Being set in Utah, I notice an inconsistency with the liquor laws that might bother some readers. It is a minor issue that only detracts from the story if you let it. Or, you can chalk it up to the influence of he who waits deep in the mountain.

I recommend Canyon Shadows to those who enjoy horror written at the adult level. Those who prefer their horror without religious overtones (I know a few), this has religious overtones.

You can find Canyon Shadows on Amazon (link).

Here are links to my reviews to two anthologies of C.R. Langille's work

• Tales from the Storm, Volume One (review link).
• Tales from the Storm, Volume Two (review link).

About the Author (from the book)

C.R. Langille spent many a Saturday afternoon watching monster movies with his mother. It wasn't long before he started crafting nightmares to share with his readers. An avid hunter and amateur survivalist, he incorporates the Utah outdoors in many of his tales. He is the Organizer for the Utah Chapter of the Horror Writers Association, and received his MFA: Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University. Follow his exploits at: www.crlangille.com.

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T.A.C.O. (Taunt. Attack. Conquer. Obsess.), Game Review

Everyone enjoys tacos. Some like them any way they can get them. Others want them every way they can get them. There are those who want to make the perfect taco. While some will try to get you to put something on your taco you just don't want to have there (or they slip something into your taco just to get a reaction).

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T.A.C.O. (Taunt. Attack. Conquer. Obsess.) is a strategic taco building card game. You are working to build the perfect taco while working to keep the other players from doing the same. All of this is to find out, who is the "Taco Master of the Universe."

Ingredietns

I first saw TACO. at ProtoCon 2020 (link to website) (link to review). The last picture in the review is TACO being played. I was able to have a good discussion with Ammon Anderson about his game. Now the game is getting ready to launch and I have been able to play a prototype for review purposes.

Super Ingredients

The goal in TACO is to collect the Mini-Tacos by making a taco. Everyone starts with a taco shell and a hand of five cards. On your turn you draw a card and play a card, you can also keep the card, but you can only have a total of seven cards at a time.

Every time you add an ingredient you collect the number of mini tacos the card indicates. There are only a limited number of mini tacos available and when there are no more mini tacos available, the round is over. The player with the most mini tacos and a taco shells wins the round. You can play a single round, multiple rounds, and even adjust the number of mini tacos available to have your games last as long as you like.

Poison Cards

TACO plays quickly and hands can change up just as fast. There are cards to upgrade your shell, add ingredients (some are good and others aren't), take actions immediately or later, and others that make it harder for other players to make their tacos.

Ammon Anderson done a great job in developing a family friendly game that has some strategy for older players and humor and limited time for younger ones. There is even a way to track who the winner was from one game to the next.

Action Cards

When you win, you take possession of the Taco Trophy. The next time you play the trophy allows you to start out with six instead of five cards.

Instant Cards

T.A.C.O. (Taunt. Attack. Conquer. Obsess.) is designed by Ammon Anderson and published by Levity Games. It is designed for 2–8 players of ages 7+ for 15–45 minutes.

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You've created a masterpiece of culinary perfection nestled in a perfect golden taco shell. It contains the ideal amount of everything you could ask for. This is a treat for the tongue that is worth the cost of the small drip stain on the front of your shirt.

 

Mini Tacos, The coveted Taco Trophy

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Stuck At Home Looking For Some Free 4X Space Strategy Game?

Hi and welcome back to another rare post from your favorite open-source games blog :) Oh and yes I am also in quarantine due to Covid-19... stay save and stay at home!

So these days I had *some* time to check out recent developments in the probably most "just another turn" time wasting genre: 4x space strategy games.

Hot off the press is a first beta release of faithful modernization of the grand-daddy of this genre (Masters of Orion) called Remnants of the Precursors:


(Click here to watch the above video on Invidio.us instead)

Those sweet graphics come in at a hefty 1GB download and you will need Java to run it. The full GPL3 licensed source-code is available, but sadly the art assets are all under various non-libre Creative Commons licenses. The author is also asking for feedback on the beta via Reddit.

But did I say "faithful"? Yes, this is game-play wise a pretty much exact copy on the 1993 classic. Not your cup of tea? Then maybe it is time to revisit FreeOrion.

This might not be as new or flashy, but it is the real fully libre deal!
What is more? There is now a community run multiplayer matchmaking server with XMPP turn notification support for your multi-week play sessions. Our friends at #libregamenight on Freenode IRC have already organized some nice games with it.

Any other similar games to play during these difficult times? Let us know on the FreeGameDev.net forums :)

Stay save and keep those around you safe as well 😷

This post was retrieved from freegamer.blogspot.com.

Ep 36: Wiley But Not A Coyote Is LIVE (Finally)!

Ep 36: Wiley But Not A Coyote is LIVE (finally)!

https://soundcloud.com/user-989538417/ep-36-wylie-but-not-a-coyote

Jaye Wiley and I talk about the Fistful of Lead game series and his current Kickstarter.

Join the conversation at https://theveteranwargamer.blogspot.com, email theveteranwargamer@gmail.com, Twitter @veteranwargamer

Wiley Games - https://wiley-games.myshopify.com/

Galactic Heroes Kickstarter! Pledge now! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/592450292/galactic-hereos

Jaye Wiley's Blog
http://Baronvonj.blogspot.com

Oshiro Model Terrain - http://www.oshiromodelterrain.co.uk/

Chris Clucky's Blog
http://Cluckamok.blogspot.com

John Jenkins Design 54mm figures
http://www.johnjenkinsdesigns.com/

Recruits Convention
http://recruitsconvention.com/

Music courtesy bensound.com. Recorded with zencastr.com. Edited with Audacity. Make your town beautiful; get a haircut.

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If I Could Impose On A Moment Of Your Time?

As you all know DreamForge is embarking on a new path, new releases in a new format.

Although the Kickstarter platform has a lot of advantages, it only makes sense to put your best foot forward and provide your customers with the items they desire.

To that end, I have created a very short survey to get all of your feedback, not just about the StuG and Shadokesh, but about DreamForge and the general direction you would like to see.

Please... Take a moment and let your voice be heard.

SURVEY LINK

Thank you so very much for your time!