Games – Matthew J. Constantine

Tabletop RPG Review: GM Companion for ShadowDark

Much like the Player Companion for ShadowDark, this book largely acts as supplemental material for what would be found in the core rulebook. More types of hazards,… Read more “Tabletop RPG Review: GM Companion for ShadowDark”

Last year’s “new thing” for me was ShadowDark, and I’ve since picked up several books and zines for it. The game does much of what I liked… Read more “Tabletop RPG Review: Player Companion for ShadowDark”

I was sent a review copy of this book by Bardic Inspirations RPGs. No other compensation has been provided for this review. Last year, I reviewed Reanimated… Read more “Tabletop RPG Review: Zombies of the Corn”

Pathfinder, as a rules system, has never interested me. I don’t care for Dungeons & Dragons, and specifically didn’t care for the 3rd Edition, which took an… Read more “Tabletop RPG Review: Rise of the Runelords”

Sometimes I read a roleplaying game’s rule book and come away wishing I could assemble a group of people later today and start running a game for… Read more “Tabletop RPG Review: Band of Blades”

A three zine volume adventure by J.P. Coovert, Asterlan Odyssey is a love letter to those magical 8-bit video games of the 80s. The adventure is system… Read more “Tabletop RPG Review: Asterlan Odyssey”

The seventh volume of Chris Powell’s Letters from the Dark series of zines, Lucky Stars is a fun bit of strange. I enjoy a good genre transgression,… Read more “Tabletop RPG Review: Letters from the Dark Volume VIII: Lucky Stars”

Time for the monsters. Chris Powell returns with another zine for ShadowDark. This time, he’s looking at “monstrous” folk, as PCs, NPCs, and just generally. I like… Read more “Tabletop RPG Review: Letters from the Dark Vol VII: Monster Mash”

Somewhat early in the pandemic, I got a promotion at my old job and became an “essential worker.” So, I was hopping a bus to a train… Read more “Tabletop RPG Review: Sly Flourish’s Return of the Lazy Dungeon Master”

OK. A little more ShadowDark. Letters from the Dark Vol VI is all about pirates and sea voyages. This zine by Chris Powell gives you some new… Read more “Tabletop RPG Review: Letters from the Dark Vol VI: Scallywags”