Category: Tabletop Gaming

  • Unboxing the Castles & Crusades Leatherbound Castle Keeper’s Guide

    Back in June of 2014, Troll Lord Games ran a Kickstarter for the Sixth printing of Castles & Crusades. 685 of us raised over $63,000 for the game and have been getting physical and digital releases ever since. Well, as of this weekend, the final part of my leatherbound pledge arrived. In the package was…

  • Tabletop Review: White Dwarf, Issue #77 (Warhammer: Age of Sigmar, Warhammer 40,000)

    White Dwarf, Issue #77 Publisher: Games Workshop Cost: $3.99 Page Count: 32 Release Date: 07/18/2015 Get it Here: The Black Library (Or your local Games Workshop retailer) Okay, The Age of Sigmar has been out for about a week and people are having extremely polarized reactions to it. It’s no wonder considering it’s not a…

  • Tabletop Review: Deluxe Tunnels & Trolls Core Rulebook

    Deluxe Tunnels & Trolls Developer: Flying Buffalo Games Cost: $14 (PDF)/$28 (Softcover)/$60 (Hardcover) Page Count: 385 Release Date: 07/09/2015 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com (Eventually) What a long strange road trip it has been for the newest incarnation of the longest running fantasy RPG (under the same system) out there. Back on January 3rd, 2013 Flying…

  • Book Review: The Gates of Azyr (Warhammer: Age of Sigmar)

    The Gates of Azyr (Warhammer: Age of Sigmar) Publisher: Games Workshop Page Count: 128 Cost: $7.99 (ebooK)/$15 (hardcover)/$30 (limited edition hardcover)/$23.99 (Audiobook) Release Date: 7/11/2015 Get it Here: The Black Library The first Age of Sigmar fiction is here. The Gates of Azyr is a novella that details the canonized version of the battles and…

  • Tabletop Review: White Dwarf, Issue #76

    White Dwarf, Issue #76 (Warhammer: Age of Sigmar, Warhammer: 40,000 Publisher: Games Workshop Cost: $3.99 Page Count: 32 Release Date: 07/11/2015 Get it Here: The Black Library (Or your local Games Workshop retailer Another week, another review of White Dwarf. This week continues the look at the brand new version of Warhammer Fantasy – Warhammer:…

  • Miniature Review: Stormcast Eternal Liberator (Warhammer: Age of Sigmar)

    Well, the Age of Sigmar is upon us. If you read my review of last week’s White Dwarf, then you already know that each copy netted you a free Liberator figure for the Stormcast Eternal army. There are still issues available here and there, so if you’re lucky, you can still get a Liberator of…

  • Tabletop Review: The Lost Dungeons of Xon, Episode 1, The Crucible (Pathfinder/Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, First Edition/D&D 5e)

    The Lost Dungeons of Xon, Episode 1, The Crucible (Pathfinder/Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, First Edition/D&D 5e) Publisher: Burning Yeti Studios Cost: Varies (see below) Page Count: Varies (See Below) Release Date: 06/30/2015 Get it Here: TheLostDungeons.com The Lost Dungeons of Xon is truly a strange piece. When fully finished, it will be a set of…

  • Tabletop Review: Bad Moon Rising (Iron Kingdoms)

    Bad Moon Rising (Iron Kingdoms) Publisher: Privateer Press Cost: $9.99 Page Count: 75 Release Date: 06/30/2015 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com Privateer Press’ products are extremely hit or miss for me. I can’t stand Warmachines or Hordes, but that’s mainly due to the mechanics, the fact I find the models unaesthetically pleasing and that the culture…

  • Tabletop Review: Penny Dreadful One Shot: Recruitment Drive (Through the Breach/Malifaux)

    Penny Dreadful One Shot: Recruitment Drive (Through the Breach/Malifaux) Publisher: Wyrd Miniatures Cost: $5.00 Page Count: 29 Release Date: 07/01/2015 Get it here: DriveThruRPG.com Although my primary skirmish choice is the Batman Miniature Game, I’ve picked up a few Malifaux pieces here and there just for the sculpts. I have three War Wabbits, a Pygapult…

  • Tabletop Review: White Dwarf, Issue #75 (Warhammer Fantasy, Age of Sigmar)

    White Dwarf, Issue #74 (Warhammer: The Age of Sigmar, Warhammer Fantasy) Publisher: Games Workshop Cost: $4 Page Count: 44 Release Date: 07/04/2015 Get it Here: The Black Library (or your local Games Workshop store Man, what a difference a week makes. Issue #74 of White Dwarf was terrible. It was a third rate send off…

  • Miniature Review: Dragons Don’t Share (Reaper Bones)

    Dragon’s Don’t Share Publisher: Reaper Miniatures Cost: $74.95 ($35 to Kickstarter Backers) Release Date: 03/16/15 (Feburary 2015 for Kickstarter backers) Get it here: Reaper Miniatures Reaper Bones and their related Kickstarters are by far the best in miniatures today. You get a ton of pieces for a fraction of what they would otherwise cost and…

  • Tabletop Review: Dread Names, Red List (Vampire: The Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition)

    Dread Names, Red List (Vampire: The Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition) Publisher: Onyx Path Press Cost: $14.99 (Free to Kickstarter Backers) Page Count: 128 Release Date:06/24/2015 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com Dread Names, Red List is a remake/update of both The Kindred’s Most Wanted and bits of other books like The Storyteller’s Handbook to the Sabbat. Dread…

  • Book Review: Shaken: No Job Too Small (Shadowrun)

    Shaken: No Job Too Small (Shadowrun) Publisher: Catalyst Game Labs Cost: $12.95 (Physical).$8.99 (Digital) Page Count: 280 Release Date: 7/1/2015 Get it Here: Nowhere Yet (I’ll provide Amazon and DriveThruRPG.com links once they are available) I try to never mention an author by name when I review something, just in case a piece is negative…

  • Tabletop Review: White Dwarf, Issue #74 (Warhammer Fantasy/Warhammer 40,000/The Age of Sigmar)

    White Dwarf, Issue #74 Publisher: Games Workshop Cost: $3.99 Page Count: 32 Release Date: 06/27/2015 Get it Here: The Black Library (Or your local Games Workshop store) Well, this is the last issue before the new White Dwarf hits issue #75 and where the ninth edition of Warhammer Fantasy gets its Age of Sigmar setting.…

  • Tabletop Review: Castles & Crusades: Elemental Spells

    Castles & Crusades: Elemental Spells Publisher: Troll Lord Games Cost: $9.99 (Free to Kickstarter Backers) Page Count: 52 Release Date: 6/24/2015 (Kickstarter Backers)/TBD (Everyone Else) Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com (Eventually) As I said in my Gaxmoor review, the Castles & Crusades Sixth Printing Kickstarter continues to roll out a ton of free stuff. Sure I’m…

  • Tabletop Review: White Dwarf, Issue #73 (Warhammer 40,000, Dark Angels)

    White Dwarf, Issue #73 Publisher: Games Workshop Cost: $4 Page Count: 32 Release Date: 06/20/2015 Get it Here: The Black Library (or your local Games Workshop store) It’s been two months since I picked up an issue of White Dwarf. I’m not really a Sci-Fi person, so when the mag heavily or exclusively focuses on…

  • Book Review: The Poison Tree (Werewolf: The Apocalypse 20th Anniversary Edition)

    The Poison Tree (Werewolf: The Apocalypse 20th Anniversary Edition) Publisher: Onyx Path Publishing Cost: TBD (Free to Kickstarter Backers) Page Count: 180 Release Date: 06/11/2015 (To Kickstarter Backers)/ TBD (Everyone else) Get it Here: Eventually More than two years after its release, Werewolf” The Apocalypse 20th Anniversary Edition is still the gift that keeps on…

  • Tabletop Review: The Lost City of Gaxmoor (Castles & Crusades)

    Castles & Crusades: The Lost City of Gaxmoor Publisher: Troll Lord Games Cost: $10 (Digital)/$25 Print Page Count: 120 Release Date: 05/28/2015 (to Kickstarter backers)/TBD (Everyone else) Get it Here: It’s not for sale – yet. Most Kickstarters run for thirty days. Troll Lord Games however decided to run a very short campaign (only 17…

  • Tabletop Review: Nameless Horrors (Call of Cthulhu)

    Nameless Horrors Publisher: Chaosium Cost: $14.97 (PDF)/Free (To Kickstarter Backers) Page Count: 228 Release Date: 05/07/2015 Get it Here: Chaosium.com While we are close to the two year past due date anniversary of Horror on the Orient Express to fully ship and the one and a half year late anniversary of 7th Edition Call of…

  • Book Review: Shadowrun: Borrowed Time

    Shadowrun: Borrowed Time Publisher: Catalyst Game Labs Cost: $8.99 (digital)/12.99 (Physical) Page Count: 296 (approximately) Release Date: TBD (Was supposed to be 5/25/15 but it was pushed back) Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com. Unlike a lot of tabletop games, Shadowrun has had a ton of fantastic fiction released for it. Whether you’re talking the original Robert…