A #TuesdayTeaser An Unconventional chat with Dr. Tof Eklund

 The 131 Preview Review is pleased to Welcome Back Dr. Tof Eklund,

 Series Editor of 

The Unconventional Dwarf!! 

Tof Eklund is a gender-queer writer, critic and scholar. After a bookish childhood obsessed with Tolkien and The Muppets, ze went on to complete zir Doctorate in English at the University of Florida with a dissertation on visual narrative in Comic Books and Video Games. Tof Now teaches Creative Writing at Full Sail University  while continuing to work on both scholarly and creative projects. Zir interests include feminist and gender theory, strategy games, and line art. Tof lives in Orlando with zir amazing wife, crazy-cute toddler, and aging cat.

The 131 Preview Review takes on something a wee Bit Different... The Unconventional Dwarf With Dr. Tof Eklund for #MondayBlogs

The 131 Preview Review Presents

    The Unconventional Dwarf is the first in a series of books intended to bring role playing into the 21st century by taking it back to its roots and questioning its fundamental assumptions. The Unconventional Dwarf will show some of the ways to make a game unique, to re-ground fantasy in real-world myths and logical consistency, while also renewing that lost sense of wonder. Each of the Dwarven societies presented herein have familiar traits, but in new contexts and they all overturn certain aspects of Dwarves a you know them in favor of an original and consistent society inspired by everything from Ancient Sparta, Imperial Rome, and the Amazons to cave-diving, celebrity culture, and even the naked mole rat. Whether looking for a concept for the next character, working on developing a world for the next session, seeking inspiration for a game design project, or simply looking for a good read, it is our hope that these pages will inspire, amuse and maybe challenge you. 

     Well That should wet the palette..... 

A belated Birthday...

Happy Birthday to me and the 131 Preview Review

That's captain obvious for you! 

So January 31st 2014 marked my 32nd birthday and the 1 Year Anniversary for The 131 PR. It went by without much notice as I've been really rather sick. Damon Flu caught my entire household and we seem to keep passing it around... Grr... And SNOW!! OMFG Can mother nature PLEASE SEND SOME SUNNY DAYS!!!