Licorne de Pâques?

Cette licorne en chocolat vient de Lidl. Un chocolat pour ma femme, qui aime les affaires cute. J'avoue que je ne suis pas un fan. Les animaux de la basse-cour et dela forêt, oui, ça fait sens pour Pâques, enfin tous ceux qui de près ou de loin peuvent représenter la fertilité. J'imagine que la licorne représente parfois le Christ (dans l'imagerie médiévale notamment), mais ça fait quand même un peu bizarre à Pâques. C'est moins pire qu'un tracteur, j'imagine.

Monstrum on Unicorns

Monstrum has recently released a YouTube video on unicorns. They are maybe one of the most popular mythical creatures today, especially the fluffy and colourful kind. Unicorns are often, too often, sickeningly cute. Monstrum sets the record straight and shows a darker side of unicorns, sometimes an even downright sinister one. Personally, I prefer the unicorns of old, those we can find in heraldry, both majestic and mysterious. What about you?

D&Dr during summertime

As I blogged last Christmas, my brothers have scanned every character sheet and maps of our Dungeons & Dragons campaign and have put them into Dropbox. So we can play in our campaign wherever we are. We have not started doing so just yet, except briefly when we met in Montreal, but I consult sometimes the material and recently it reminded me of the games we played during summertime. During the season, we played our games mostly during rainy days and evenings, for obvious reasons, roleplaying being an activity done mostly inside and in basemen. Although we did, sometimes and to my parents chagrin, played on a sunny day. if autumn and winter are the two seasons I consider best for an atmospheric game of D&Dr, the Summer holidays gave us plenty of time to play. If it was not the most fertile time for inspiration, we've had a few nice moments. Wandering through a forest during summertime, sometimes under a bright sun, other time under the shadows of old trees, make for great encounters and brilliant atmosphere. Like the Dragon Magazine number 110 cover by Kevin Davies, called The Vanquished Cavalier. This image is to me the perfect embodiment of a summertime D&Dr story. Revealed by the light of the season, tragedy and danger.