Books… Bundle of Holding: Arcana of the Ancients 21 Feb 2023 Monte Cook Games created the much-acclaimed Numenara, the first implementation of their Cypher system. The thing is, and this is much to my chagrin, nobody wants to play anything that…
Books… Bundle of Holding: The One Ring Starter Collection 15 Feb 202315 Feb 2023 Some time ago, Cubicle discontinued their successful The One Ring and Adventures in Middle-earth roleplaying games and the license transferred over to Free League. I feel that Cubicle 7 handled…
Books… Bundle of Holding: Worlds of 2D20 7 Feb 20237 Feb 2023 Yesterday, I took a look at a Pathfinder bundle from Humble Bundle. It was definitely pretty solid in terms of value, but I'd question why anyone who doesn't want to…
Books… Humble Bundle: Pathfinder 6 Feb 2023 There's a wise observation, often applied to print media, that seems apt here. It is the observation that, when faced with a headline that contains a question, they answer is…
Books… Humble Bundle: RPG Worlds 30 Jan 2023 Right, this is more like it! It's no secret that certain recent Humble Bundles have left me underwhelmed and, frankly, annoyed. A good bundle is usable no matter what tier…
Books… Bundle of Holding: Wicked Ones 9 Jan 20238 Jan 2023 John Harper's Blades in the Dark was released in 2017, following a successful Kickstarter in 2015. Since then, it's been taken on as a core system for lots of different…
Books… Bundle of Holding: Fate Worlds and Toolkits 3 Jan 20233 Jan 2023 Let's just dispense right away with any pretense of being neutral or unfazed by this bundle. I'm stoked about this bundle! FATE is a really good system and Evil Hat…
Books… Humble Bundle: Wrath & Glory; More Bad Bundle Construction 20 Dec 2022 I really like Cubicle 7 as a company. They produce good games. I'm growing increasingly bemused by their approach to bundles, though. The last time Cubicle 7 ran a Warhammer-related…
Books… Bundle of Holding: Heart: The City Beneath 11 Dec 20226 Dec 2022 Heart is another game by Grant Howitt, and it is set in the same world - heck, the same city - as his other RPG, Spire. I wrote about a…
Books… Bundle of Holding: The Spire 6 Dec 20226 Dec 2022 I really like Grant Howitt's work. I've used his Honey Heist game with a couple of groups in the past and it went down very well. The simple, fun little…
RPGs… Bundle of Holding: Shadowrun 1E-2E MEGA 29 Nov 202229 Nov 2022 Shadowrun is a conundrum. I really love the idea of it. I find it hard to get to the table, and I find it quite a bit crunchier than I…
Books… Bundle(s) of Holding: Traveller Explorations & Great Rift 13 Nov 202213 Nov 2022 The Mongoose edition of Traveller is pretty fantastic. As an RPG that is both fun and pragmatic, I really appreciate it. I've run one game of it and played in…