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Apocalypse World: An Introduction
As an RPG GM I like to think of myself as a jack-of-all-trades rather than a one-trick-pony. Not that there’s anything wrong with only playing or running one system, if nothing else it allows for a great deal of system mastery that can be utilized to run great games, but for myself I like to [...]
Review: Neverwinter Campaign Setting
The Forgotten Realms setting is the darling of D&D. It’s far and away the most popular setting in the game right now, with both a majority of players as well as the developers, and it has been for some time. The majority of D&D novels are set there, most of the D&D video games are [...]
Review – Worldbreakers: Etherkai, the Nightmare Dragon
Worldbreakers: Etherkai, the Nightmare Dragon, written by Quinn Murphy of the Ennie nominated At-Will website, is a short 6 page PDF detailing an unusual type of solo encounter intended for your D&D4e game. The first question that I, or anybody, might ask is “What is a Worldbreaker?”.
Review – Black Rock Bandits
Black Rock Bandits is a new, 30 page, adventure written by Tracy Hurley, aka the infamous Sarah Darkmagic, and intended for a group of up to six level 1 PCs. This adventure is part of the 6 Pack Adventure series from Postmortem Studios. 6 Pack Adventures are apparently intended to give a DM everything he [...]
Monster Vault: Threats to the Nentir Vale – Almost a Campaign Guide
I run my D&D campaign in my own homebrew world. Even so, I like to steal ideas from other places and incorporate them into my world. That includes other published campaign settings. In fact, I am a setting and map junkie. As such, I often buy setting supplements or products aimed at specific settings if [...]
Opportunity Actions: Misery Loves Company – A Fiasco Companion Review
So here it is. The long-awaited companion (dare I say sequel?) volume to Fiasco is here, and it’s ready to make several bad situations a whole Hell of a lot worse. (Believe it or not, this is a favorable review!)
Opportunity Actions: A Fiasco Review
“I don’t care if you’re the Pope of Rome, President of the United States or Man of the Year; something can all go wrong.“ This quote, from Blood Simple, is on an early page of Fiasco, by Jason Morningstar, from Bully Pulpit Games. I’d say it’s more than fair warning for what you’re about [...]
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