Category: Tabletop Gaming

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Tabletop Review: Dungeon Crawl Classics #82: Bride of the Black Manse

    Dungeon Crawl Classics #82: Bride of the Black Manse Publisher: Goodman Games Cost: $9.99 (Physical)/$6.99 (PDF) Page Count: 36 Release Date: 04/20/2014 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com> As a big fan of Dungeon Crawl Classics, I love it when Goodman Games gives us an adventure that is actually two in one. Similar to the Free RPG…

  • Tabletop Review: Heroes and Villains of Mega-City One (Judge Dredd)

    Heroes and Villains of Mega-City One (Judge Dredd) Publisher: Mongoose Cost: $12.99 ($7.99 PDF) Page Count: 23 Release Date: 04/11/2014 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com All good comic book RPGs have their stat block collections. These are supplements contain characters from across their respective universes. The old TSR Marvel Super Heroes Game (FASERIP FOREVER!) had the…

  • Tabletop Review: Call of Catthulhu Deluxe: Book 1: The Nekonomicon

    Tabletop Review: Call of Catthulhu Deluxe: Book 1: The Nekonomicon Publisher: Joel Sparks/Faster Monkey Games Cost: $15 (Currently on sale for $10) Page Count: 48 Release Date: 04/16/2014 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com Back in September of 2013, I reviewed an awesome rules-lite game entitled Call of Catthulhu.It was an adorable game about house cats being…

  • Tabletop Review: Advanced Sorcery (Basic Roleplaying/Magic World)

    Advanced Sorcery (Basic Roleplaying) Publisher: Chaosium Cost: $13.17 (PDF)/$23.95 (Physical) Page Count: 132 Release Date: 03/27/2014(Physical)/04/08/2014 (PDF) Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com or Chaosium.com Advanced Sorcery is the first sourcebook for Magic World, which is a remake and update of previous Chaosium fantasy releases like Elric, Runequest and Melniboné. This means some parts of both Advanced…

  • Tabletop Review: Magic World (Basic Roleplaying)

    Magic World (Basic Roleplaying) Publisher: Chaosium Cost: $38.95 (Physical)/$21.42 (Chaosium PDF)/$24.42 (DriveThruRPG) Page Count: 276 Release Date: 2/19/2013 (Chaosium PDF and Physical)/04/08/2014 (DriveThruRPG) Get it Here: Chaosium or DriveThruRPG.com Magic World is over a year old, but we’re just reviewing it now as it got a soft re-release on DriveThruRPG.com, which provided me with a…

  • Tabletop Review: Astounding Adventures (Basic Roleplaying)

    Astounding Adventures (Basic Roleplaying) Publisher: Chaosium Cost: $20.95 (Physical)/$11.52 (PDF) Page Count: 116 Release Date: 6/10/2013 (Physical)/09/11/2013 (PDF)/4/10/2014 (DriveThruRPG) Get it Here: Chaosium or DriveThruRPG.com Usually I review stuff right when it comes out, but Astounding Adventures has been out for almost a year now. I didn’t get a review copy when it first was…

  • Tabletop Review: Accursed: Long Dead and Twice Slain (Savage Worlds)

    Accursed: Long Dead and Twice Slain (Savage Worlds) Publisher: Melior Via Cost: $2.50 Page Count: 10 Release Date: 03/27/2014 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com Long Dead and Twice Slain is another short adventure for the Accursed campaign setting, which uses the Savage Worlds rules system. Unlike Half-Light which was more a story seed than an adventure…

  • Tabletop Review: Shadowrun: Run & Gun

    Shadowrun: Run & Gun Publisher: Catalyst Game Labs Cost: $24.99 (PDF)/$49.99 (Physical) Page Count: 218 Release Date: 04/10/2014 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com Run & Gun is our second major Shadowrun release of 2014, with the first being the awesome Digital Tools Box. Usually Shadowrun has several small PDF releases a month, but Catalyst Game Labs…

  • Tabletop Review: Accursed: The Banshee of Loch Finnere (Savage Worlds)

    Accursed: The Banshee of Loch Finnere (Savage Worlds) Publisher: Mellior Via Cost: $6 Page Count: 21 Release Date: 04/02/2014 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com Unlike the short story seed, Half-Light, which I reviewed a little bit ago, The Banshee of Loch Finnere is a full length, fully plotted out adventure featuring an exciting plot and some…

  • Tabletop Review: Achtung! Cthulhu Dossier: Tales From the Crucible (Call of Cthulhu/Savage Worlds)

    Achtung! Cthulhu Dossier: Tales From the Crucible Publisher: Modiphius Cost: FREE Page Count: 13 Release Date: 03/31/2014 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com We all like free stuff, right? Well, Modiphius has given us our first free Acthung! Cthulhu supplement in Tales From the Crucible. This thirteen page PDF is fully compatible with the Savage Worlds version…