Author: Alex Lucard
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Tabletop Review: For Rent, Lease or Conquest (Pathfinder)
For Rent, Lease or Conquest (Pathfinder) Publisher: Adventure a Week, LLC Cost: $7.99 Page Count: 45 Release Date: 09/18/2014 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com With third party releases for Pathfinder, the bad tends to outweigh the good. Because so many companies just throw out things for Pathfinder without any sense of balance or quality control, the…
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Board Game Review: Space Hulk (Warhammer 40,000)
Space Hulk, Fourth Edition Publisher: Games Workshop Cost: $125 Release Date: 09/20/2014 Get it Here: Secondary Market Only. The print run is completely sold out. I’ve always been more of a Warhammer Fantasy fan than a Warhammer 40K fan. I’ve had Bretonnia and Lizardmen armies since Fifth Edition and Tomb Kings since Sixth, but I…
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Tabletop Review: Horror on the Orient Express – Digital Edition (Call of Cthulhu)
Horror on the Orient Express – Digital Edition (Call of Cthulhu) Publisher: Chaosium Cost: $499.95 (THIS WILL DROP – SEE BELOW) Page Count: Special (See Below) Release Date: 09/26/2014 Get it Here: Chaosium.com After more than TWO YEARS since being funded, a final version of the Horror on the Orient Express remake has been sent…
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Tabletop Review: Tribebook: White Howlers (Werewolf: The Apocalypse 20th Anniversary Edition)
Tribebook: White Howlers (Werewolf: The Apocalypse 20th Anniversary Edition) Publisher: Onyx Path Publishing Cost: Free to Kickstarter Backers/TBD for Everyone Else Page Count: 95 Release Date: 09/24/2014 (Kickstarter Backers)/TBD (Everyone Else) Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com (Eventually) Before they were the Black Spiral Dancers, before they were devoted servants of the Wyrm, before they were the…
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Tabletop Review: Castles & Crusades: Monsters & Treasure
Castles & Crusades: Monsters & Treasure Publisher: Troll Lord Games Cost: $15 (PDF current version)/$8.39 (Previous printing’s PDF) Page Count: Release Date: 09/22/2014 (PDF to Kickstarter backers)/TBD (Everyone Else) Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com Back in June, 685 gamers contributed to the Castles & Crusades Kickstarter, allowing Troll Lord Games to put out a Sixth printing…
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Tabletop Review: Abandoned Keep
Abandoned Keep Publisher: Toxic Bag Productions Cost: $1.50 Time: 10:01 Release Date: 09/03/2014 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com Every so often I review an audio track for tabletop gaming because I have time or our site is in need of filler. It generally has to have an interesting title or pertain to something else I am…
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Tabletop Review: Warhammer: The End Times – Nagash Books I & II
Warhammer: Nagash (Warhammer: The End Times) Publisher: Games Workshop Cost: $85 (Regular)/$165 (Limited Edition)/$79 (iPad) Page Count: Special (See Below) Release Date: 08/30/2014 Get it Here: Games-Workshop.com If you’ve been reading Diehard GameFAN over the past few weeks, you’ve probably already seen a lot of our Warhammer: The End Times coverage – from issues of…
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Ten Monsters I Want to See in Monster Manual II! (Dungeons & Dragons)
I know, right? For most gamers, the Dungeons & Dragons, Fifth Edition Monster Manual isn’t even out yet! I’ve already reviewed it though and honestly – I want more. Now, no Monster Manual is perfect, because there is only so much room and so some monsters, even very popular ones, get left on the cutting…
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Tabletop Review: Alternate Dungeons: Haunted House (Pathfinder/d20)
Alternate Dungeons: Haunted House Publisher: Raging Swan Press Cost: $2.45 Page Count: 12 Release Date: 09/10/2013 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com Unless characters are very low level, it’s pretty hard to pull off a proper haunted house in Pathfinder or Dungeons & Dragons, Third Edition. After all, Paladins, Clerics and Necromancers all have special abilities versus…
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Mighty Monster Manual Mummies!
With the release of the Dungeons & Dragons, Fifth Edition Monster Manual, I thought it might be fun to do a look back at all five editions of the venerable tome. Of course, how to do such a thing – especially since my 4e Monster Manual is a digital one, while all my other versions…
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Tabletop Review: Monster Manual (Dungeons & Dragons, Fifth Edition/D&D Next)
Monster Manual (Dungeons & Dragons, Fifth Edition/D&D Next) Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Cost: $49.95 ($29.97 at Amazon.com) Page Count: 352 Release Date: 09/30/2014 Get it Here: Amazon.com Another month, and another fantastic entry for Dungeons & Dragons, Fifth Edition. So far Wizards of the Coast has brought us a Starter Set, free downloadable Basic…
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Tabletop Review: Of Gods & Heroes
Of Gods & Heroes Publisher: Green Fairy Games Cost: $14.95 Page Count: 162 Release Date: 08/14/2014 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com Earlier this month, the core author and creator of this particular RPG sent me an email and asked me if I reviewed his game. I said sure and now that I’m mostly caught up with…
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Tabletop Review: Servants of the Cinder Queen (Dungeon World)
Servants of the Cinder Queen (Dungeon World) Publisher: Lampblack & Brimstone (in association with penny lantern) Cost: $3 (PDF)/$6 (Physical) Page Count: 24 Release Date: 09/11/2014 Get it Here: Kickstarter Exclusive (for Now) Like a lot of OSR style tabletop gamers, I’m a big fan of Dungeon World. I backed the original Kickstarter for the…
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Book Review: Warhammer: The End Times – The Return of Nagash
Warhammer: The End Times – The Return of Nagash Publisher: Games Workshop/The Black Library Cost: $30 (Physical)/$15.99 (Digital) Page Count: 448 Release Date: 08/30/2014 Get it Here: The Black Library If you’ve been reading my White Dwarf reviews, then you know The End Times are here. Games Workshop has given the fantasy side of Warhammer…
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Tabletop Review: White Dwarf, Issue #33 (Space Hulk, Warhammer: The End Times)
White Dwarf, Issue #33 Publisher: Games Workshop Cost: $3.99 Release Date: 09/13/2014 Get it Here:The Black Library (Digital)/Your local Games Workshop store (Physical) SPACE HULK RE-RELEASE. That is pretty much this issue of White Dwarf in a nutshell. By the time you are reading this, this new version is probably completely sold out, so you’ll…
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Tabletop Review: White Dwarf, Issue #32 (Warhammer: The End Times/Warhammer: 40,000)
White Dwarf, Issue #32 Publisher: White Dwarf Cost: $3.99 Release Date: 9/6/2014 Get it Here: The Black Library (Digital)/Your local Games Workshop store (Physical) Well, here we are with the third issue in a row focusing on The End Times and the new Undead Legions, led by the return of Nagash. The previous two issues…
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Tabletop Review: No Salvation For Witches (Lamentations of the Flame Princess)
No Salvation For Witches (Lamentations of the Flame Princess) Publisher: Lamentations of the Flame Princess Cost: $9.99 (PDF)/Pay What You Want (Limited Edition Hardcover) Page Count: 68 Release Date: 08/29/2014 (PDF)/TBD (Physical) Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com Back in August, Lamentations of the Flame Princess ran an IndieGoGo campaign for an adventure entitled, No Salvation for…
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Tabletop Review: The Secrets of Cats (Fate Core System)
The Secrets of Cats (Fate Core System) Publisher: Evil Hat Productions Cost: Pay What You Want Page Count: 52 Release Date: 08/26/2014 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com It’s been a good year for Evil Hat Productions and Cat based RPGs. Atomic Robo: The Roleplaying Game is one of the best new titles of 2014 and by…
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Tabletop Review: The Curse of Hallas Reach (OGL)
The Curse of Hallas Reach Publisher: Assassin Games Cost: $2.99 Page Count: 30 Release Date: 08/24/2014 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com The Curse of Hallas Reach is an OGL adventure, meaning it can be used with Dungeons & Dragons 3.0/3.5 and Pathfinder. It’s a fairly straight forward adventure consisting of two dungeon crawls and a decent…
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Tabletop Review: White Dwarf, Issue #31 (Warhammer: The End Times)
White Dwarf, Issue #31 Publisher: Games Workshop Cost: $3.99 Release Date: 08/20/2014 Get it Here: The Black Library Warhammer: The End Times continues! After how great last week’s issue was I’ve decided to buckle down and get the magazine for the next few weeks as I’m really enjoying the content. I’m sure once the focus…