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Author: Justin Jeffers

  • Tabletop Review: Dominant Species (3rd edition)

    Dominant Species (3rd edition) Publisher: GMT Games Designer: Chad Jensen Release Date: May, 2012 Number of Players: 2-6 Playing Time: 3-4 hours Cost: $79.00 (GMT Games) or $55.30 (Thoughthammer.com) Get it here: GMT Games or Thoughthammer.com Dominant Species is a board game by designer Chad Jensen, who has also designed Urban Sprawl, both published by…

  • Tabletop Review: Only War (beta)

    Only War (Beta) Publisher: Fantasy Flight Games Page Count: 265 Release Date: 6/21/2012 Cost: $20.00 (PDF) Get it here:DrivethruRPG.com (PDF) ‘Join the Imperial Guard’ they said… “ËœSee the universe’ they said… Fantasy Flight, those magnificent masters of game production, have put out a “beta test” set of rules for a game that is meant to…

  • Tabletop Review: The Play’s The Thing

    The Play’s The Thing Publisher: Magpie Games Authors: Mark Truman Page Count: 124 Release Date: 03/02/2012 Cost: $9.99 on sale, $19.99 standard (PDF) Get it here: DrivethruRPG.com (PDF) This game, as you might have guessed, is about putting on a play. One person is the Playwright (the GM), and everyone else is going to play…

  • Tabletop Review: City Builder

    City Builder Publisher: Cerberus Games Release Date: June 7, 2012 Cost: $4.99 (PDF) Get it here: RPGNow.com (PDF) City Builder is an Excel spreadsheet that is designed to be used as a tool to calculate the statistics of a settlement based on some variables entered by the user. As a fan of Excel I thought…

  • Tabletop Review: The Rifter #52

    Rifts: The Rifter #52 Publisher: Palladium Books Inc. Page Count: 98 Release Date: October 2010 (added to DriveThruRPG on 5/31/2012) Cost: $5.99 (PDF) Get it here: DriveThruRPG This issue, as with #51, shows Palladium dealing with basically the same issues: the Rift MMORPG lawsuit, the movie, and some personal things with Kevin Siembieda. The meat…

  • Tabletop Review: The Rifter #51

    Rifts: The Rifter #51 Publisher: Palladium Books Inc. Page Count: 98 Release Date: July 2010 (added to DriveThruRPG on 5/31/2012) Cost: $5.99 (PDF) Get it here: DriveThruRPG Rifts is a bit of a sore subject for some people, and I have seen instant dismay upon its mention, to the point where I am actually quite…

  • Tabletop Review: Captain’s Logs from the Sandbox 003: The Mining Colony at Elkos IV

    Captain’s Logs from the Sandbox 003: The Mining Colony at Elkos IV Publisher: Occult Moon Games Page Count: 7 Release Date: 6/5/2012 Cost: $1.99 (PDF) Get it here:DrivethruRPG.com (PDF) The Mining Colony at Elkos IV is #3 in the “Captain’s Logs” series for Occult Moon Games. Unlike the fantasy-based series that started off the Toys…

  • Tabletop Review: Captain’s Logs from the Sandbox Report 002: The Broken Omnicrys

    Captain’s Logs from the Sandbox: The Broken Omnicrys Publisher: Occult Moon Games Page Count: 8 Release Date: 06/03/2012 Cost: $1.99 (PDF) Get it here: DrivethruRPG.com The Broken Omnicrys is #2 in a new series from Occult Moon games, publishers of the

  • Tabletop Review: Virgin Queen

    Virgin Queen: Wars of Religion ~ 1559 – 1598 Publisher: GMT Games Designer: Ed Beach Release Date: 5/1/2012 Number of Players: 2-6 Playing Time: 4-8 hours Cost: $89.00 (GMT Games) or $62.30 (Thoughthammer.com) Get it here: GMT Games or Thoughthammer Virgin Queen is the “sequel” to Here I Stand, a game also by designer Ed…

  • Tabletop Review: Destiny Beginner

    Destiny Beginner Publisher: Ace of Dice Page Count: 52 Release Date: 04/22/2012 Cost: $9.00 (PDF) Get it here: DriveThruRPG Destiny Beginner is a role-playing game in the style of traditional fantasy that is geared toward either beginning role-players or experienced players who want a simple, straightforward system. You’ll find familiar tropes here: elves, dwarves, dungeons,…

  • Tabletop Review: Enter the Shadowside

    Enter the Shadowside Publisher: FableForge Author: Marco Leon Page Count: 74 Release Date: 04/16/2012 Cost: $4.99 (PDF) Get it here: DriveThruRPG Enter the Shadowside is a horror/thriller RPG about encountering the mysterious and frightening thought world known as, you guessed it, “The Shadowside”. This world is where paranormal entities exist, and where the living might…

  • Tabletop Review: The One Ring: Tales from Wilderland

    The One Ring: Tales from Wilderland Publisher: Cubicle 7 Entertainment Ltd. Author: Gareth Hanrahan, Francesco Nepitello Page Count: 160 Release Date: 4/3/2012 Cost: $29.99 (PDF) Get it here: DriveThruRPG Tales from Wilderland is the first supplement for Cubicle 7 Entertainment’s recent RPG release The One Ring: Adventures Over the Edge of the Wild and contains…

  • Tabletop Review: The Tome of Manly Things (Pathfinder)

    The Tome of Manly Things (Pathfinder) Publisher: Little Red Goblin Games Author: Little Red Goblin Games Page Count: 8 Release Date: 4/1/2012 Cost: FREE (PDF) Get it here: DriveThruRPG Have you ever wanted to create a Pathfinder character that was fit to be in a Ye Olden Spyse commercial? Ever made a character that was…

  • Tabletop Review: Early Dark RPG

    Early Dark Role-Playing Game Publisher: Anthropos Games Authors: Calvin Johns and Chuck Wendig Page Count: 400 Release Date: 7/10/2011″¨ Cost: $36.95 (PDF) Get it here: DriveThruRPG Early Dark is the first game released by Anthropos Games, an Austin, TX-based outfit headed by Calvin Johns. Currently only a PDF version of the core book is available,…

  • Tabletop Review: Once Upon a Time in the Far West (Music Review)

    Once Upon A Time in the Far West Publisher: Adamant Entertainment Composer: Sam Billen Track Count: 5 Release Date: 3/19/2012 Cost: $5.00 Get it here: DrivethruRPG.com (MP3 download) Once Upon a Time in the Far West is an aural companion to Far West, a role-playing game, book (graphic novel?), comic, what have you that blends…

  • Tabletop Review: Toys for the Sandbox: The Hamlet Under the Waterfall

    Toys for the Sandbox: The Hamlet Under the Waterfall Publisher: Occult Moon Games Authors: Quinn Conklin Page Count: 7 Release Date: 03/9/2012 Cost: $0.99 Get it here: DrivethruRPG.com #10 in this series is called The Hamlet Under the Waterfall and is about a village called Waterkeep, let’s take a look at it. Overview The booklet…

  • Tabletop Review: Toys for the Sandbox: The Dormant Volcano

    Toys for the Sandbox: The Dormant Volcano Publisher: Occult Moon Games Authors: Quinn Conklin Page Count: 7 Release Date: 3/2/2012 Cost: $0.99 Get it Here: DrivethruRPG.com (PDF) This module is called The Dormant Volcano, but on the title page the name is The Nodelith Caldera and it is #9 in the Toys for the Sandbox…

  • Tabletop Review: Toys for the Sandbox: The Wizard’s Tower

    Toys for the Sandbox: The Wizard’s Tower Publisher: Occult Moon Games Authors: Quinn Conklin Page Count: 7 Release Date: 03/07/2012 Cost: FREE Get it here: DrivethruRPG.com The Wizard’s Tower is number…zero? Yes folks, it’s #0 in the Toys for the Sandbox series. A prequel, if you will, to #1… I suppose. Overview The booklet consists…

  • Tabletop Review: Seeker: the Role Playing Game

    Seeker: the Role Playing Game Publisher: Vajra Enterprises Authors: Brian St. Claire-King Page Count: 188 Release Date: 02/19/2012 Cost: $22.95 (PDF) Get it here: DriveThruRPG (PDF) Seeker is an independent role-playing game about characters who are finding their own way in the world, without clinging to any one ideology or religion. In this game, your…

  • Tabletop Review: Qin Bestiary

    Qin Bestiary Publisher: Cubicle 7 Entertainment Ltd. Authors: Romain d’Huissier Page Count: 109 Release Date: 05/02/2010 Cost: $24.99 (Book), $14.99 (PDF) Get it here: