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(All art in this post is by Tania Herrero from the unbelievably generous Fomoria Quick Start) Fomoria is pitched as epic horror. Epic. Horror. Horror The horror bit is clear, the setting includes all the trappings of a horrid existence: All society has been forced into an endless labyrinth deep underground where true sunlight never
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(Header image is the real life old folks home that I grew up going to for Christmas caroling and Easter egg hunts) I think maybe the best introduction to this RED style nursing home system is the resolution mechanic: As I started writing this review I realized that I couldn’t remember the exact resolution mechanic,
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(Content warning: Imagined self harm) Before we begin this review, let us engage in a meditative exercise. If you cannot remember the following sequence of instructions, you may need someone you trust to read this to you while you ponder. This should be treated as a solo journey, but companionship may increase its value. Turn
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(Header image is a pond on the smallest inhabited island in the Netherlands, taken by Zee, one of my players) Big Dog, Big Volcano is capital “R” Rest.
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(I talk quite a bit about my relationship to MCDM and the first Draw Steel crowdfunder up top, skip to the section titled “The Game” if you just want the review.) I made a really stupid goal to write 13 reviews in 14 days at the beginning of my winter break. Three days ago, I
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(Header image by Michael Afonso on Unsplash) “I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter.” – Blaise Pascal I think about this quote often. So often, in fact, that this isn’t even the first time I have used it to open a blog post. Brevity is
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That’s right, baby! It’s time for a lightning round of reviews! These are all the games I played this year before I started blogging, and I think they still deserve some memorialization. Some games I want to give a full review of, but I wasn’t taking notes back then and I think trying to wing
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(Header image is The Wild Swans by Arthur Joseph Gaskin from Birmingham Museums Trust) Get in loser, we doing fairy-tales. Perils & Princesses is a strong contender for the best of my hot OSR summer (HOSRS), which surprised me. I had the (incorrect) assumption that this was somewhat of a family game: Built from the
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(Header image is the enchantingly beautiful cover art of Electric Bastionland, illustrated by Alec Sorensen) The cover art shown above played a significant part in my departure from DND 5e, and the subsequent luminous adventure into the world of amazing rpgs that exist outside the Wizard’s gravitational pull.
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Disclaimer: I am real life friends with the designer, Matthew Ayers. I stayed in his house for Dragon Con and it was truly legendary. That said, this is one of the games I have played the most this year. I got the pleasure of GMing it at Dragon Con, and it is one of only
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