All images were taken from the Forgery game Among the many indie games and zines that came out in Zine Month there was Forgery. This is a solo journaling experience that has you painting a cursed painting while creating a story, created by Banana Chan, and with a small team behind her. I’ve...
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In addition to creating RPGs that leverage IP like Aliens and Blade Runner, Free League has also been translating and revamping RPGs previously known to the European market. The game we’re looking at today, Dragonbane, has a storied history. Drakar och Demoner came about in 1982, originally as a...
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All images were taken from the O’ Captain game After catching a glimpse of Leon Barillaro and Scott Bullock’s game last Big Bad Con I was astounded by the huge amount of dice it seemed to require to play it. I mean, any game that allows me to use most of my dice arsenal will always be...
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My first memories of fantasy stories come from my sisters and my mother reading me stories from Howard Pyle’s stories of King Arthur. This was my introduction to magic and wizards and knights in armor carrying swords. Those stories lodged themselves deep in my psyche, and to this day, despite the...
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Horror Is Not My Thing It used to be when I was younger. The thought of someone killing you in your nightmares terrified me. Being possessed by a demonic entity who could cause you to projectile vomit was as horrific as it was gross. The thought that a malevolent spirit was haunting my TV gave me...
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Like most people, there is a sharp contrast between my life before 2020 and after 2020. If you happened to read any of my articles before that time, you’ll notice several times where I mention that I wasn’t comfortable with VTTs and wasn’t likely to run games using that technology. Even before...
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This year has been moving fast, and your humble review gnome has really been having a hard time scheduling reviews for some of the really big projects out there. Turns out, while trying to keep up with life as well as multiple playtests for major projects, as well as major company faux pas that...
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One of my favorite developments in Dungeons & Dragons 4th edition was formalizing concepts from other editions and settings into the Shadowfell and the Feywild. The concept of these “funhouse mirror” versions of the prime material plane added several adventuring options. The Shadowfell made...
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Alice is Missing is a game Kickstarted back in 2020 by Hunters Entertainment, designed by Spenser Starke which I fell in love with from the moment I read its pitch. Even though it wasn’t planned to be a game for the pandemic, it came out during that time. Being a game solely played via text...
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Disclaimer: This first impression is based on access to the Demiplane Nexus Vampire Ultimate Bundle, which I received for review from Adam Bradford of Demiplane. The Bundle, as of this writing, is $179.94, which includes the preorder of the upcoming Vampire Player’s Guide. Before this, I purchased...
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