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”
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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!”
Tabletop RPG Review: Nephilim
This was a tough one to review. On the one hand, I think it’s a solid book and an RPG that would be great for the right… Read more “Tabletop RPG Review: Nephilim”
Tabletop RPG: Rapture: The Second Coming
Rapture: The Second Coming is a product of its time. If this came out today, it would be a setting book for a successful ‘generic’ system, like… Read more “Tabletop RPG: Rapture: The Second Coming”
Tabletop RPG Review: 1990s Handbook
In my previous reviews of the Cthulhu Now supplements Secrets, A Resection of Time, and At Your Door, I’ve probably made it clear that I don’t actually… Read more “Tabletop RPG Review: 1990s Handbook”
Tabletop RPG Review: At Your Door
This is the third Cthulhu Now (Call of Cthulhu set in the 1990s) book I’ve read and it’s definitely the best. It’s the first one that actually… Read more “Tabletop RPG Review: At Your Door”
Matthew J. Constantine 