One Shot Reviews
I played a single session of this game, either as the GM or as a player
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“The conversation that you have with the other players and with the rules create a story that couldn’t have existed in your head alone.”– Avery Alder, Monsterhearts 2 I think the reason many of us cling to dice in RPGs is so we can ensure the story is fluid, that there are twist and turns…
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(Header art is a Legend of Zelda illustration for Nintendo Power from Katsuya Terada) HEROISM. Spencer Campbell has done something very special with WYRM. During my extended stay in the OSR-sphere I have truly enjoyed being a dirty little guy going into a hole in the ground to get treasure. There is something charming about…
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Look. Like many of you, my brain has problems. And I can never, ever, ever say the name of this absolute banger of a game from Rowan, Rook and Decard without the supergroup also named Royal Blood popping into my head. I think it’s a feature not a bug, but the constant loop is important…
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(All art in this post is by Tania Herrero from the unbelievably generous Fomoria Quick Start) This blogpost has been transformed into audio by Ben McKenzie as a part of the extraordinary “We Read the Bloggies” effort. Listen here. Fomoria is pitched as epic horror. Epic. Horror. Horror The horror bit is clear, the setting…
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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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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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