One Shot Reviews
I played a single session of this game, either as the GM or as a player
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(Header image from Jeff S. PhotoArt at HDCanvas.ca) “You all meet in a tavern…” Yes! This is exactly what I wanted, just a classic dnd experience with some new designer philosophies. I had in front of me a classic ranger character sheet, with interesting abilities that I chose myself by applying stickers from a wide
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(Header image by Bogle, one of our great players) Not every game is for you (or for me for that matter). In an industry where the biggest fish avoids making any interesting choices in favor of offending the fewest number of tastes, Jay Dragon is making games that are unapologetically about something. Sleepaway plays out
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“I didn’t have time to write a short letter, so I wrote a long one instead.“(Header image by the esteemed Johan Nohr for Into the Odd) Deep in my hot OSR summer, I came across this particularly bad take on Reddit, paraphrased below. “As much as I LOVE the idea of Into the Odd, the
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(Header image is from The Grand Budapest Hotel, a Wes Anderson Film. The connection to Troika will become apparent.) How do I put this? Troika by Daniel Sell is groundbreaking, surreal, and unhinged. The settings and adventures are topnotch. It is so unique, but I don’t recommend you play it. Well, not using its system
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(Header image from the beloved children’s novel, Redwall by Brian Jacques) Redwall was my childhood. Most people I know (nerds) had some form of exposure too. If you are reading this blog you probably read at least one of these glorious books, but I think I may have been one in the top 1% of
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(Header image from the hyper-violent Eat the Reich vampires vs facists rpg, written by Grant Howitt and illustrated Will Kirkby) Disclaimer: I am writing this post from the beautiful rocky mountains of Denver, Colorado, which is about 6,000 feet in elevation higher than my home at sea level. The air is thin and the sparse
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(Header photo by Nick Fewings on Unsplash) Historically I have been a skeptic of playtesting games. Early on in my college days I had a game designer friend that often would rope us in to play his bafflingly complex card games. You know the game: “It’s just like ‘hand and foot’ but you remove all
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(Header image from the Salvage Union Quickstart by Aled Lawlor & Panayiotis Lines, published by Leyline Press) Salvage Union is about 2 things: Mechs and resource management. MECHS Ahhh yeaahh this is why you get into this game. Everyone wants to play a big ass robot running around a post-apocalyptic wasteland. It is an innate
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(Header image from the Need to Know quickstart for Delta Green, written by Shane Ivey and Bret Kramer, with art by Dennis Detwiller) You hear sirens in the distance as you see the flames continue to rage, pushing towards you. The truck has flipped from the explosion and is completely crushed. The few bits of
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(Header image from the Hogwild Playtest of Pico. Words by Felix Isaacs and artwork by zkarab) I really wanted to make my header image an HD image of a real life bug because I thought that would be fun and cute, but unfortunately I am learning right now that I have severe bug-o-phobia if the
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