Author: Justin Jeffers

Legends of Time and Space: Void Station 57 Publisher: Dark City Games Author: Bret Winters Page Count: 32 Cost: $12.95 (Booklet) Release Date: 2006 Where to get it: Dark City Games This is a space-themed adventure book, similar in style to The Island of Lost Spells by George Dew, with a fantasy theme. Where The…

Tabletop Review: Trouble Brewing (BareBones Fantasy) Publisher: DwD Studios Page Count: 12 Cost: $1.99 (PDF) Release Date: 04/25/2013 Where to get it: DriveThruRPG Trouble Brewing is an adventure for BareBones Fantasy, a simple fantasy role-playing game. This adventure is for 3-5 characters of rank 1, or higher rank characters if the GM ups the strength…

Ultimate Roman Legions Guide (Legend) Publisher: Mystical Throne Entertainment Cost: $3.95 (PDF) Page Count: 60 Release Date: 05/01/2013 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com (PDF) This sourcebook is an historical compendium of information on the famous Roman armies during the height of their military power, roughly 30 BCE to about 290 CE. This version of the book…

Autorun: Generic Cyber-hacking for D20 Modern Publisher: Skortched Urf’ Studios Cost: $2.99 (PDF) Page Count: 19 Release Date: 01/08/2013 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com I have a confession to make: I don’t play enough cyberpunk games. Still, I am familiar with the whole issue of one player (the “decker” generally) entering the realm of cyberspace while…

One Shot (w/ a Soundtrack) Publisher: Sand & Steam Productions Author: Tracy Barnett Composer: Tim Morris Cost: $12.50 (PDF + MP3 Bundle)
 Page Count: 26 Release Date: 03/31/2013 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG (PDF) One of the delightful things about reviewing role-playing games is getting to see what is out there and, sometimes, finding a gem…

The Laundry: License to Summon
 Publisher: Cubicle 7 Ltd. Authors: Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan, Andy Klosky, John Snead, Jay Stratton, Jason Durail Cost: $24.99 (Physical + PDF)/$14.99 (PDF)
 Page Count: 128 Release Date: 09/25/2012 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG (PDF) or Cubicle 7 Store (Book + PDF) This book is a supplement for The Laundry, a role-playing game…

Tammany Hall (2nd edition) Publisher: Pandasaurus Games Designer: Doug Eckhart Number of Players: 3-5 Play Time: 60-90 minutes Cost: $40-55 Release Date: February 2013 Where to get it: CoolStuffInc or Amazon.com A few years ago when I first started to get heavy into board games I scoured sites like BoardGameGeek.com constantly for information on games…

Legends of the Ancient World: The Island of Lost Spells Publisher: Dark City Games Author: George Dew Page Count: 38 Cost: $12.95 (Saddle-stapled 8.5″ x 5.5″) Release Date: 2005 Where to get it: Dark City Games As a huge fan of solo game books I am usually on the lookout for an interesting series that…

Qin: The Warring States Game Master’s Screen Publisher: Cubicle 7 Entertainment Ltd. Cost: $14.99 Release Date: October 2009 Where to get it: Cubicle 7 Store or Amazon.com When Qin: The Warring States was released in 2006, the core book mentioned some stuff about an upcoming Gamemaster’s Screen and the fact that it would contain some…

The Laundry: God Game Black Publisher: Cubicle 7 Entertainment Ltd. Page Count: 128 Cost: $14.99 (PDF) Release Date: 10/30/2013 Where to get it: DriveThruRPG God Game Black is a sourcebook for The Laundry RPG primarily based on material found in The Apocalypse Codex, another novel in the literary series the game is based on by…

Overall, this game seems like a lot of just plain fun.

Gygax Magazine Issue #1 Publisher: TSR, Inc. Page Count: 64 Price: $4.99 (PDF) Where to get it: DriveThruRPG Wow, let me just start off by saying how honored and humbled I am to review this piece. I think a lot of folks would agree with me in saying that this issue is a symbol of…

Qin: The Art of War Publisher: Cubicle 7 Entertainment Ltd. Page Count: 144 Release Date: 1/7/2013 Price: $17.99 (PDF) Where to get it: DriveThruRPG Qin: The Warring States (core rulebook) Qin: The Tournament of Scarlet and White Qin: Legends Qin: Bestiary Qin: The Art of War is the latest supplement for Qin: The Warring States,…

Colonial Gothic: Gazetteer Publisher: Rogue Games Page Count: 108 Price: $6.99 (PDF) Where to get it: DriveThruRPG –New France –Colonial Gothic Rulebook Second Edition –The Ross-Allen Letters –Organizations: The Templars –The French-Indian War Of all the Colonial Gothic material to review, this is an odd one to do later in the series because it is…

How To Spice Up Your Game Publisher: Avalon Games Authors: Tim Horegott Page Count: 23 Price: $5.99 (PDF) Where to get it: DriveThruRPG How To Spice Up Your Game is a short book about using techniques to better play tabletop role-playing games. If that sounds horribly dumb and dry to you, trust me it’s not,…