Month: April 2026

Having failed to take the world by storm with GiantLands: The 5th Age (5th Age),¹Stephen Erin Dinehart IV & James M. Ward GiantLands: The 5th Age (2021, Wonderfilled Inc, Lake Geneva WI) [5th Age] The Broken Road,²Stephen Erin Dinehart IV & James M. Ward The Broken Road (2025, Wonderfilled Inc, Lake Geneva WI via Amazon Print-On Demand) or Tuskaloosa’s Reckoning: The Sun Sword: Book One³Stephen Erin Dinehart IV & James M. Ward Tuskaloosa’s Reckoning: The Sun Sword: Book One (2025, Wonderfilled Inc, Lake Geneva WI via Amazon Print-On Demand) — Stephen Erin Dinehart IV (Dinehart) has released yet another product he attributes development of to dead men with most prestigious names than his.

So, what is GiantLands: The 3rd Age (3rd Age)?⁴Stephen Erin Dinehart IV & James M. Ward GiantLands: The 3rd Age (2026, Wonderfilled Inc, Lake Geneva WI via Amazon Print-On Demand) [3rd Age] How does it stand up on the world of table top role-playing games?(TTRPGs)

Essentially its a stripped down version of 5th Age which seems to be set during an ice age. No more alien races, robot people, energy weapons* or familiar geography.

Technology is pre-historic but many of the other elements remains – indicating that the 4th Age (ie the world we live in) is an aberration where nobody gets magic powers or 3 bonus lives. Kind of depressing to think about.

The book stresses that this is is not a prequel, but a foundation. So, with that in mind, let’s look into what the foundation is. The game does use its own terminology, so instead of Game Master we have a Bone Keeper (BK) – that term is never explained, player characters are Spirits and non-player characters are… well they’re non-player characters (NPCs).

Inside the book it claims it was Printed in California, and in the back of mine Amazon says it was Made in Sydney, Australia. This basically sets the tone for the entire thing perfectly. Also, given he recently accused me of a “ongoing defamation” in (of course) a now-deleted-Facebook comment I sent him a right of reply over what I consider the most serious issues raised in this and other posts.

To date, he has not responded.

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  Stephen Erin Dinehart IV & James M. Ward GiantLands: The 5th Age (2021, Wonderfilled Inc, Lake Geneva WI) [5th Age]
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  Stephen Erin Dinehart IV & James M. Ward The Broken Road (2025, Wonderfilled Inc, Lake Geneva WI via Amazon Print-On Demand)
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  Stephen Erin Dinehart IV & James M. Ward Tuskaloosa’s Reckoning: The Sun Sword: Book One (2025, Wonderfilled Inc, Lake Geneva WI via Amazon Print-On Demand)
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  Stephen Erin Dinehart IV & James M. Ward GiantLands: The 3rd Age (2026, Wonderfilled Inc, Lake Geneva WI via Amazon Print-On Demand) [3rd Age]