Alien 5e: A review of Stargate SG-1 roleplaying game
Geek NativeIt wasn’t until I played a game, then another, and really got into the mechanics that I increased my overall rating to, “Hey, this is different, and we have Stargate-flavoured games here!”
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A resolute miss: 👎 Crom the GameBook review
Sorry to say, I do not think $4.99 is a fair price to have paid for Crom the GameBook. I don’t normally begrudge costs, but this Crom RPG feels incomplete, written in a fever dream, or just taking the mickey.
Genre Police: Meta-Lurgy
Sometimes people talk about characters as ‘meta’. It’s almost always used in a negative context. But one survey shows that people don’t use ‘meta’ in the same way, and sometimes it can be good to ‘meta game’.
D&D transformed: A review of Matthew Colville’s Kingdoms & Warfare
Kingdoms & Warfare made over $1.3m on Kickstarter, and very few RPGs have crossed the six-figure line. Is it any good?
Free to Download: Radial Commune RPG – we’ll survive if we work together, but we won’t
Radial Commune is unlike almost any other roleplaying game I can think of. There are conditions for one player winning the game, beating other players. Yet, this is a collaborative storygame.
Mythos World: Cowboys and Cthulhu
The American Old West covered in Down Darker Trails from Chaosium presents a rich historical setting and a supernatural one. Putting that together with the rules options in the book creates a unique Mythos setting of mesas and mi-gos that shouldn’t be missed.
The deep dark world: A review of Sigil & Shadow by Osprey Games
The world is not as we know it. Ghosts, demons and scary things are real. Characters are those people who have discovered this, accepted this and been changed by this. Sigil & Shadows is a game of urban fantasy and occult horror. Characters are either the Illuminated or the Shadowed. The first defy the odds to protect the innocent from these dangers, and the second, the Shadowed, accept the darkness and, at best, become anti-heroes.
A review of the Avatar Legends RPG quickstart
The quickstart also says true to the ethos of the series, noting that it is intended to be a family-friendly game (to indicate the game is suitable for many ages) and encourages the use of safety tools.
Genre Police: Keep On Marching
Professional GM Ben Jackson-Ellery shares some wisdom and practical tips for anyone hoping to set up and run tabletop RPG campaigns “West Marches” style.
9 years of adventure: A review of Jackals – The Fall of the Children of Bronze
The Fall of the Children of Bronze is a campaign for Jackals, except it isn’t.