Author: Alex Lucard
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Tabletop Review Shadows of Esteren: The Monastery of Tuath
Shadows of Esteren: The Monastery of Tuath Publisher: Studio 2 Publishing/Agate Éditions Cost: $10 (PDF)/$30 (Physical)/$45 Special Edition Page Count: 50 Release Date: 05/12/2014 (KIckstarter Backers Only)TBD (Everyone Else) Get it Here: TBD (Currently Only Available to Kickstarter Backers) The Monastery of Tuath is the fourth release for the critically-acclaimed Shadows of Esteren series. Each…
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Tabletop Review: Valiant Universe RPG QSR Supplemental – Harbinger Wars: Bloodshot
Valiant Universe RPG QSR Supplemental – Harbinger Wars: Bloodshot Publisher: Catalyst Game Labs Cost: FREE Page Count: 20 Release Date: 05/17/2014 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com At the end of April, Catalyst Game Labs released the first of many free Quick Start rules sets for their upcoming Valiant Universe RPG. I reviewed it two weeks ago…
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Tabletop Review: A Single, Small Cut (Lamentations of the Flame Princess)
A Single, Small Cut (Lamentations of the Flame Princess) Publisher: Lamentations of the Flame Princess Cost: $2.00 Page Count: 11 Release Date: 05/09/2014 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com A Single, Small Cut is an adventure for Lamentations of the Flame Princess by author Michael Curtis, who I normally associate with Dungeon Crawl Classics. He’s written some…
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Tabletop Review: The Arkham Gazette, Issue 2: Innsmouth (Call of Cthulhu)
The Arkham Gazette, Issue 2: Innsmouth Publisher: Sentinel Hill Press Cost: FREE Page Count: 83 Release Date: 05/08/2014 Get it Here: Sentinel Hill Press Back in November of 2013, I stumbled across a new Call of Cthulhu gaming periodical entitled The Arkham Gazette. Not only was it free, but it was one of the best…
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Tabletop Review: Ninth World Assassins (Numenera)
Ninth World Assassins Publisher: Knowledge of the Ninth Page Count: 103 + Special (See Below) Cost: $5.00 Release Date: 04/03/2014 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com I’m always a little worried with licensed third party releases on the tabletop market. Some companies tend to have really good product control of third party releases, like Chaosium. Others tend…
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Book Review: The Herald: The Sundering, Book VI
The Herald: The Sundering, Book VI Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Page Count: 336 Pages Cost: $7.99 (Kindle)/$27.95 (MSRP for Hardcover)/$17.68 (Amazon Hardcover Price) Release Date: 06/03/2014 Get it Here: Amazon.com Well here we are. After six books and four adventures, The Sundering is completed as The Forgotten Realms have officially moved from Dungeons &…
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Anime Review: Fusé: Memoirs of a Huntress Premium Edition
Fusé: Memoirs of a Huntress Premium Edition Studio: TMS Entertainment Publisher: Nippon Ichi Runtime: 110 Minutes Cost: $39.99 Release Date: 05/06/2014 Get it HereNISA America’s Online Store Back on 10/20/2012, an anime entitled Fusé Teppō Musume no Torimonochō was released in Japan. It is based on the novel series Nansō Satomi Hakkenden, which has an…
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Tabletop Review: Mummy: The Curse: Cursed Necropolis: D.C. (World of Darkness)
Mummy: The Curse: Cursed Necropolis: D.C. (World of Darkness) Publisher: Onyx Press Publishing/White Wolf Publishing Cost: Free to Kickstarter Backers/ TBD (Everyone Else) Page Count: 119 Release Date: 04/30/2014 (Kickstarter Backers)/ TBD (Everyone Else) Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com (Eventually. Link does not work at time of review) Back in January of 2013, 1,767 people backed…
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Tabletop Review: Pathfinder Adventure Card Game: Sins of the Saviors Adventure Deck
Pathfinder Adventure Card Game: Sins of the Saviors Adventure Deck Publisher: Paizo Cost: $19.99 ($15.47 on Amazon.com) Get it Here: Amazon.com So here we are with the penultimate deck for theRise of the Runelords game. If you’re new to the Pathfinder Adventure Card Game, now that Sins of the Savior is the fifth deck for…
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Tabletop Review: Tunnels & Trolls: Adventurers’ Compendium
Tunnels & Trolls: Adventurers’ Compendium Publisher: Flying Buffalo Games Cost: $4.95 (Digital)/$14.94 (Physical)/Free (to Kickstarter Backers) Page Count: 92 Release Date: 05/01/2014 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com Although the deluxe version of Tunnels and Trolls is nearly a year late (for very understandable reasons), Flying Buffalo Games has done a great job of putting out the…
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Tabletop Review: The Big Book of Little Spaces: Haunts
The Big Book of Little Spaces: Haunts Publisher: Moebius Adventures Cost: $3.99 Page Count: 19 Release Date: 04/29/2014 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com This nineteen page PDF is a collection of six previous Little Spaces releases that have come out intermittently over the last year or so. All six (Abandonded Places, Creepy Copses, Ghostly Effects, Gruesome…
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Tabletop Review: The Mummy – A Dungeon World Playbook
The Mummy – A Dungeon World Playbook Publisher: Awful Good Games Cost: $2.50 Page Count: 17 and 2 (See Below) Release Date: 04/25/2014 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com I’ve been a big fan of Dungeon World since it started. Heck, I was even one of the original kickstarter backers. It’s a great game that deserves more…
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Tabletop Review: Shadowrun Missions 5A-02: Critic’s Choice
Shadowrun Missions 5A-02: Critic’s Choice Publisher: Catalyst Game Labs Cost: $5.95 Page Count: 32 Release Date: 04/30/2014 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com Feetal’s Gizz! Has it really been seven full months between Chasin’ the Wind and the next installment of this season’s Shadowrun Missions? It sure has, but worry not, for it has been worth the…
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Tabletop Review: Valiant Universe RPG Quick Start Rules Featuring Unity
Valiant Universe RPG Quick Start Rules Featuring Unity Publisher: Catalyst Game Labs Cost: FREE Page Count: 28 Release Date: 04/30/2014 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com Although a lot of gamers got their start with Dungeons & Dragons, my first tabletop RPG was actually a different TSR game – Marvel Super Heroes. The FASERIP system was a…
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Tabletop Review: Dreams of the Red Wizards: Dead in Thay (Dungeons & Dragons Next)
Dreams of the Red Wizards: Dead in Thay (Dungeons & Dragons Next) Publisher: Wizards of the Coast: Cost: $17.99 (PDF Only) Page Count: Special (see text) Release Date: 04/29/2014 Get it Here; DriveThruRPG.com Dead in Thay is the four adventure and ninth overall release (out of ten) for Dungeons & Dragons, “The Sundering,” which transitions…
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Tabletop Review: Taking the Narrative By the Tail: GM Intrusions & Special Effects (Numenera)
Taking the Narrative By the Tail: GM Intrusions & Special Effects (Numenera) Publisher: Monte Cook Games Cost. Ninety-Nine Cents Page Count: 7 Release Date: 04/28/2014 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com Taking the Narrative is the latest in a line of short supplements for Numenera by Monte Cook Games The PDF page count clocks in at seven…
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Tabletop Review: Against the Cult of the Bat God (Pathfinder)
Against the Cult of the Bat God (Pathfinder) Publisher: Raging Swan Press Cost: $8.99 Page Count: 63 Release Date: 04/24/2014 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com Against the Cult of the Bat God is an adventure for 5th Level Pathfinder characters, although the adventure does not say what the ideal party size should be. The adventure is…
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Tabletop Review: The 11th Hour (Pathfinder)
The 11th Hour (Pathfinder) Publisher: Tricky Owlbear Publishing/Fat Goblin Games Cost: $4.95 Page Count: 19 Release Date: 04/23/2014 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com Contrary to what you might think, The 11th Hour is not based off of the old Trilobyte sequel to The Seventh Guest. It’s actually got more in common with the old Bill Murray…
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Tabletop Review: RPG Background Loops MP3: 1890s Train Station Plateform
RPG Background Loops MP3: 1890s Train Station Plateform Publisher: Plate Mail Games Cost: $1.50 Length: 10:00 Release Date: 04/16/2014 Get it here: Drivethrurpg.com I usually don’t review audio tracks for RPGs, but I’m making an exception for this one, mainly because it fits the one campaign that I DO use audio tracks for, and that’s…
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Book Review: Sail Away, Sweet Sister (Shadowrun)
Book Review: Sail Away, Sweet Sister (Shadowrun) Publisher: Catalyst Game Labs Cost: $1.99 Page Count: 33 Release Date: 4/22/2014 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com Sail Away, Sweet Sister is the latest piece of “enhanced fiction” for Shadowrun. Enhanced Fiction simply means that at the end of the short story you get stats for the characters you…