Ashton MacSaylor

So, something I like to do once in a while is grab some friends, usually geeky types who I happen to be hanging out anyway, and read one of ...

Today I'll be reviewing (to the extent of my abilities) Matthew R. Webber's "The Thing that Crawls." I hate to say it, b...

Alright guys, time for my next review. Sorry for the delays; I've got them all outlined, but I still need to type them up as I go along-...

I've been following Kieran's work with interest for years now, and it's interesting seeing how it's changed over that time. ...

Merchants of the Spice Islands is an interesting gamebook, one which I would describe as a near miss. It starts out strong, with a very comp...

Today I'll be reviewing Tipping Point by Andy Moonowl. As discussed previously, this year I'm going to be going through my reviews i...

Whoops! Forgot to put this up yesterday >.<  Scheduling them in advance might not be a bad idea. This will be the first of my review...

Hello all, the Windhammer competition this year is almost over! My feelings around this are very bittersweet this year, as on the one hand, ...

Ah, my own Legacy of the Zendari. I was so proud of it when I had completed it, and it did serve me well. But I think it also has some weak...

Emancipation was a very interesting entry with a lot of experimental elements, which I strongly approve of. Like the other "false re...

I have to say something about the Evil Eye, by S. J. Bell. When I was reading through the introductions to all of them to get a feel for wh...

This was an interesting and fun gamebook. Like many others, I didn't make it all the way through due to the preponderance of blind choi...

I had mixed reactions to Trial of the Battle God. For my own purposes, I was extremely impressed by the time tracking system and the multip...

I'm sorry to say that Swordplayer didn't really do it for me. I could see it really appealing to a certain type of player, but that...

Aether was hard for me to get into on the first pass, and I think it is because (like MANY of this year's gamebooks) I did not feel tha...

I've seen Kieran Coghlan's work in each of the prior Windhammer competitions, and always been impressed by it. He has a stronger se...

Call of Khalris is an entry that received a lot of mixed reviews this year, but I really liked it. My perceptions were colored by the fact t...

Instead of a normal review, for Call of Khalris I have something rather special planned ;) Please enjoy below the journal entries chroniclin...