So, as I write this in September of 2020, I’m slowly starting to assemble a (hopefully) ongoing Dungeon Crawl Classics game, and I’m leaning toward more nautical… Read more “Tabletop RPG Review: The Sea Queen Escapes!”
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Book Review: David Falkayn: Star Trader
Straddling the border between Space Opera and Hard Science Fiction comes Poul Anderson’s Technic Civilization. This second volume is made up of five novellas, a novel, and… Read more “Book Review: David Falkayn: Star Trader”
Tabletop RPG Review: DCC Quick Start 2019
I reviewed the Free RPG Day Quick Start rules for Dungeon Crawl Classics from 2020 already. This edition from 2019 contains all the usual stuff you can… Read more “Tabletop RPG Review: DCC Quick Start 2019”
RPG a Day 2020: Final Week
Wrapping up 2020’s RPG a Day. Day 22: Rare. I have a few rare gems among my books. The Book of Ebon Bindings, Delta Green: Countdown, both… Read more “RPG a Day 2020: Final Week”
Tabletop RPG Review: Sailors on the Starless Sea
Apparently, this was the first adventure written for the Dungeon Crawl Classics rules. Up to that point, Goodman Games had been producing adventures for use with Dungeons… Read more “Tabletop RPG Review: Sailors on the Starless Sea”
RPG a Day 2020: Week Three
I could keep this up for another couple months. Day 15: Frame. I often stumble over game mechanics. The more simulationist, the more the mechanics try to… Read more “RPG a Day 2020: Week Three”
Tabletop RPG Review: Doom of the Savage Kings
Mix in The Hound of the Baskervilles, Beowulf by way of “The 13th Warrior,” and a few dashes of “Brotherhood of the Wolf,” and you’ve got a… Read more “Tabletop RPG Review: Doom of the Savage Kings”
RPG a Day 2020: Week Two
Even when I’m not actively participating in my chosen hobby, it’s nice to think about. Day 8: Shade. Crom knows I’ve been guilty of throwing shade… Read more “RPG a Day 2020: Week Two”
Tabletop RPG Review: DCC Quick Start 2020
Part of the greater renaissance of tabletop gaming that’s been going on lately is Free RPG Day. Modeled after Free Comic Book Day, it’s a sort of… Read more “Tabletop RPG Review: DCC Quick Start 2020”
Tabletop RPG Review: Creep, Skrag, Creep!
Another Dungeon Crawl Classics “Horror” module, this level zero “funnel” adventure seems like a real meat grinder. According to author “Spooky” Stephen Newton, it led to a… Read more “Tabletop RPG Review: Creep, Skrag, Creep!”
