We lost a dear friend, Robert Armbruster, several months ago after his courageous battle with cancer. Robert was a beloved member of our gaming community, and we shared many joyful years of tabletop adventures together. He was also an enthusiastic participant in a book club that a few of us tabletop RPG gamers founded.

To honor Robert’s memory, we established an annual book club award to celebrate the top book from the twelve we read during our monthly Dicehaven book club meetings. This year’s winner was The Black Company by Glen Cook.

Here are our favorite books from the past year, ranked from most to least favorite.

  1. The Black Company
  2. How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying
  3. Buried Giant
  4. The Winter King (The Warlord Chronicles Book 1)
  5. Star Trek New Frontier: Books 2-4
  6. Star Trek New Frontier: Book 1 – House of Cards
  7. Skyward Book 1
  8. Excalibur (The Warlord Chronicles Book 3)
  9. Enemy of God (The Warlord Chronicles Book 2)
  10. A Fire Upon Deep
  11. Snow Crash
  12. Second Stage Lensmen