A.R. Knight

These are fantasy novels, but of the character variety. They have heart, they have adventure, and they sprint along at a rapid clip without bogging down in minutiae and grand table-setting.

Expansions add flavor, but thwarting villains with spell-casting prowess has never been easier in Harry Potter: Hogwarts Battle

Harley Quinn, an animated show on HBO Max, throws out the grim table setting and revels in the ridiculousness of the DC Universe.

For most of the last decade, Chicago's oddball football team, the Bears, has been a franchise adrift. We've shuffled through players, coaches, and management like a politician at a party, shaking hands with anyone and everyone, hoping that some might work out.

You might picture, as you idly dream about your island-home-to-be, a multi-story manor flush with majestic windows and breezeways, with nooks for every child to escape and spend an afternoon alone with their imagination.