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Category: Tabletop Gaming

  • Tabletop Review: Alien Module 4: Sword Worlds

    Traveller: Third Imperium: Sword Worlds Publisher: Mongoose Publishing Pages: 126 Price: $24.99 ($14.99 PDF) Release Date: 09/16/2011 Get it here: DriveThru RPG So, you want to play some Traveller, but you’re not too keen on the usual tropes. Not a merchant ship plying trade across the Imperium – not enough macho. Not really interested in…

  • Toys for the Sandbox: The Druids Grove

    Toys for the Sandbox: The Druids Grove Publisher: Occult Moon Games Authors: Quinn Conklin Page Count: 7 Release Date: 2/24/2012 Cost: $0.99 (PDF) Get it here: : DrivethruRPG.com (PDF) The Druid’s Grove is #8 in the Toys for the Sandbox series, a short supplement involving a high-ranking collective of druids, their mountain retreat, and their…

  • Tabletop Review: Coins of the Realms: A Game Supplement of Fantasy Coins

    Coins of the Realms: A Game Supplement of Fantasy Coins Publisher: Fat Goblin Games Pages: 5 Size: 3.76 MB Cost: $1.00 Release Date: 8/18/2011 Get it Here: RPGNow.com As a GM, sometimes I like to use little props in my game to spice things up a bit. One prop I’m currently working on is creating…

  • Tabletop Review: Toys for the Sandbox #5: The Secret Library of Ethos

    Toys for the Sandbox: The Secret Library of Ethos Publisher: Occult Moon Games Authors: Quinn Conklin Page Count: 5 Release Date: 02/03/2012 Cost: $0.99 (PDF) Get it here: DrivethruRPG.com (PDF) The Secret Library of Ethos is #5 in the Toys for the Sandbox series, a short supplement about, as you may have guessed, a secret…

  • Tabletop Review: Fantastic Maps: The Watchfire Keep

    We take a look at the Watchfire Keep map and see how it stacks up.

  • Tabletop Review: One Dollar Dungeon: Paladin’s Secluded Citadel Map Pack

    We put the Paladin’s Citadel map pack through its paces here.

  • Tabletop Review: 1001 Spells

    As it says on the cover, this supplement contains 1001 spells for a variety of classes and situations.

  • Tabletop Review: Command & Colors: Napoleonics Expansion #1: The Spanish Army

    Command & Colors Napoleonics: Expansion Nr.1 The Spanish Army Publisher: GMT Games Cost: $55.00 Release Date: December 2011 Get It Here: GMTGAMES.com This expansion is the first for the basic Command & Colors Napoleonics game and introduces the Spanish Army, which is one of many armies utilized in the Command & Colors series as a…

  • Tabletop Review: Shadowrun: Another Rainy Night

    Shadowrun: Another Rainy Night Publisher: Catalyst Game Labs Pages: 19 Cost: $4.95 Release Date: 02/25/2012 Get It Here: DrivethruRPG.com Another Rainy Night is what Catalyst Game Labs refers to as “enhanced fiction.” The phrase is basically fiction based on a game with a little something extra thrown in. We’ve seen this before. Remember the Magic:…

  • Tabletop Review: Toys for the Sandbox: The Cursed Catacombs

    Toys for the Sandbox: The Coachman’s Inn Publisher: Occult Moon Games Authors: Quinn Conklin Page Count: 7 Release Date: 2/10/2012 Cost: $0.99 (PDF) Get it here: DrivethruRPG.com (PDF) Booklet #6 in the Toys for the Sandbox series is The Cursed Catacombs, a short supplement for adventuring underneath an abandoned monastery. As with the others in…

  • Tabletop Review: Random Marsh Encounters

    Random Marsh Encounters Publisher: David Posener (Ragingswan.com) Pages: 23 pages Cost: $3.99 Release Date: 02/09/2012 Get It Here: DriveThruRPG.com INTRODUCTION: Random Marsh Encounters is a twenty-three page Pathfinder compatible supplement for GameMasters to implement within their campaign. Even though it is compatible for the Pathfinder RPG, this supplement can be easily inserted into D20 fantasy…

  • Tabletop Review: Command and Colors Ancients Expansion #6: The Spartan Army

    Command & Colors ANCIENTS: Expansion Nr. 6: Spartan Army Publisher: GMT Games Cost: $55.00 Release Date: 12/16/2011 Get It Here: GMTGAMES.com This expansion is the sixth for the basic Command & Colors ANCIENTS game introducing the Spartan Army which is one of many armies utilized in the Command & Colors series as a whole. It…

  • Tabletop Review: Cosmic Patrol

    Cosmic Patrol – Core Rulebook Publisher: Catalyst Game Labs Pages: 135 Cost: $24.99 ($4.99 on Drivethru RPG) Release Date: 08/19/2011 Get it Here: Drivethru RPG Here’s a bit of character dialogue you’re likely to hear in a session of the new RPG Cosmic Patrol by Catalyst Game Labs, just to set the mood: “Engage the…

  • Tabletop Review: Marvel Heroic Roleplaying Basic Game

    The Marvel Heroic Roleplaying Game isn’t as good as the old TSR one – that’s for sure.

  • Tabletop Review: Toys for the Sandbox: The Coachman’s Inn

    Toys for the Sandbox: The Coachman’s Inn Publisher: Occult Moon Games Authors: Quinn Conklin Page Count: 7 Release Date: 02/17/2012 Cost: $0.99 (PDF) Get it here: : DrivethruRPG.com From the title page: “A coach from the North arrives at The Coachman’s Inn at Grillina crossroads. The inn is a nefarious place known for politics and…

  • Tabletop Review: 2e Adventure Tiles: Dungeon Expansion 02

    2e Adventure Tiles: Dungeon Expansion 02 Publisher: SkeletonKey Games Pages:23 Cost: $5.99 Release Date: 07/27/2011 Get it Here: RPGNow.com Mapping out a detailed dungeon for your players to maneuver their minis on can be a chore. With a good gridded battlemat and a handful of wet erase markers, straight rooms and corridors are easy enough…

  • Tabletop Review: Qin: The Tournament of Scarlet and White

    Qin: The Tournament of Scarlet and White Publisher: Cubicle 7 Entertainment Ltd. Page Count: 28 Release Date: 01/17/2012 Cost: $4.99 (PDF) Get it here: DrivethruRPG.com (PDF) Qin: The Tournament of Scarlet and White is the latest offering for Qin: The Warring States RPG from Cubicle 7 Entertainment. This is the first official module for the…

  • Tabletop Review: Shadowrun Missions: 04-07: Burn

    Shadowrun Missions: 04-07: Burn Publisher: Catalyst Game Labs Pages: 32 Cost: $3.95 Release Date: 02/20/2012 Get it Here: DrivethruRPG.com Shadowrun Missions consists of a set of interconnected adventures that take place across a specific city. This season, Shadowrun Missions take place in the city where it all began – Seattle. If you’ve been reading my…

  • Tabletop Review: Isle of the Unknown

    Isle of the Unknown Publisher: Lamentations of the Flame Princess Pages: 128 Cost: $28.99 (Hardcover)/$15.30 (PDF) Release Date: 12/14/2011 Get It Here: Troll and Toad/DrivethruRPG.com I fucking hate Tolkien. More concisely, I fucking hate the role-playing game legacy of Tolkien. I have no use for grandiose magic hurling wizards, polymath elves, and stand-offish rangers with…

  • Tabletop Review: CLASSifieds: Striker (Pathfinder)

    Classifieds: Striker Publisher: Fat Goblin Games Pages: 11 Cost: $1.99 Release Date: 02/09/2012 Get It Here: DriveThruRPG.com The Striker, a class produced by the company Fat Goblin Games, excels at the art of “specialized killings.” They move silently to recover and steal assigned items from highly guarded and protected organizations and strongholds. Many Strikers act…