SEAN: We're in the home stretch for Christmas buying. Let's see what we've got. ASH: I suspect plenty. SEAN: Airship has two print titles, as we see Modern Dungeon Capture Starting with Broken Skills 3 (the final volume) and A Tale of the Secret Saint 7. And three early digital titles: I Swear I Won’t
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