Category: Tabletop Gaming
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Tabletop Review: The World of Fatherail: The Shadow’s Dungeon (Pathfinder)
The World of Fatherail: The Shadow’s Dungeon (Pathfinder) Publisher: Zombie Orpheus Entertainment/Dead Gentlemen Productions Cost: Free to backers of $50 or more (PDF)/Free to backers of $100 or more (Physical) Page Count: 40 Release Date: 03/02/2014 (PDF)/TBD (Physical Copies) Get it Here: Kickstarter Backer Exclusive (For now?) The Shadow’s Dungeon is a Kickstarter exclusive reward…
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Tabletop Review: Dark Ages: Darkening Sky (Classic World of Darkness)
Dark Ages: Darkening Sky (Classic World of Darkness) Publisher: White Wolf/Onyx Press Publishing Cost: $12.99 Page Count: 141 Release Date: 01/29/2014 Get it here: Drivethrurpg.com It’s been nearly a month since Dark Ages: Darkening Sky was released, but I wanted to sit on the review in hopes of an errata being published as there were…
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Tabletop Review: Isle of Undeath: Nature Consumed (Pathfinder)
Isle of Undeath: Nature Consumed (Pathfinder) Publisher: Adventureaweek.com, LLP Cost: $5.99 Page Count: 32 Release Date: 2/17/2014 Get it Here: Drivethrurpg.com Isle of Undeath: Nature Consumed is the latest Pathfinder/Dungeons & Dragons 3.5 adventure from Adventureaweek.com, LLP. This particular adventure is designed for three to five characters between Levels 3-4. I always like low level…
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Tabletop Review: Birthright: Player’s Secrets of Tuarhieveln (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, Second Edition)
Birthright: Player’s Secrets of Tuarhieveln (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, Second Edition) Publisher: Wizards of the Coast (Originally TSR) Cost: $4.99 (Originally $7.95 Page Count: 39 Release Date: 02/18/2014 (Originally 1996) Get it here: DriveThruRPG.com If there’s one thing you can say about Second Edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons with absolutely certainty, it is that this…
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Tabletop Review: Horrors From Beyond (Call of Cthulhu)
Horrors From Beyond Publisher: Project Zero Games Cost: $3.99 Page Count: 13 Release Date: 02/17/2014 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com Call of Cthulhu isn’t a game you usually have miniatures for, but the concept seems to be getting a bit of a surge as of late. Reaper Miniatures has released a few for its Bones line,…
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Tabletop Review: Castles & Crusades: Player’s Guide to the Haunted Highlands
Castles & Crusades: Player’s Guide to the Haunted Highlands Publisher: Troll Lord Games Cost: $12.03 (PDF) Page Count: 114 Release Date: 02/06/2014 Get it Here:DriveThruRPG.com This book, along with the Castle Keeper’s Guide to the Haunted Highlands were both funded through a highly successful Kickstarter campaign. Although originally planned to be a 76 book, the…
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Book Review: The Reaver: The Sundering Book IV (Dungeons & Dragons)
The Reaver: The Sundering Book IV (Dungeons & Dragons) Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Cost: $27.95 (Physical)/$15.37 (Digital) Page Count: Release Date: 2/4/2014 (Physical)/2/11/2014 (Digital) Get it Here: Amazon.com The Reaver is the fourth book in The Sundering, a Dungeons & Dragons set of novels which showcases the changes between Fourth Edition and the upcoming…
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Roundtable Interview with Onyx Path Publishing about the Anarchs Unbound Kickstarter for Vampire: The Masquerade 20th Anniversary Edition
When it comes to crowdfunding, perhaps no tabletop publisher does it better than Onyx Path Publishing. They’ve had nine successful Kickstarters involving classing brands like Werewolf: The Apocalypse, Vampire: The Masquerade and Exalted. They’ve also used crowdfunding to put out new World of Darkness lines like Mummy: The Curse and Demon: The Descent. With roughly…
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Tabletop Review: Numenera: Love and Sex in the Ninth World
Numenera: Love and Sex in the Ninth World Publisher: Monte Cook Games Cost: $2.99 Page Count: 13 Release Date: 02/10/2014 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com Sex and Love and Roleplaying Games always seems to be an interesting concept on paper but one that tends to be pretty awkward in practice. As a pre-pubescent boy, there was…
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Tabletop Review: The Manual of Mutants and Monsters: Cthulhu (Mutants & Masterminds)
The Manual of Mutants and Monsters: Cthulhu (Mutants & Masterminds) Publisher: Misfit Studios Cost: $1.55 Page Count: Special (See below) Release Date: 02/04/2014 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com The Manual of Mutants and Monsters: Cthulhu is the latest in the “manual” line of supplements for the roleplaying game Mutants & Masterminds. The supplement is created by…
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Tabletop Review: Shadowrun Fifth Edition Errata
Shadowrun, Fifth Edition Core Rulebook Errata Publisher: Catalyst Game Labs Cost: FREE Page Count: 4 Release Date: 2/8/2014 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com Look, no one likes errata. NO ONE. No one likes know they paid fifty or sixty dollars for a core rulebook only to find out there are a multitude of errors that got…
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Tabletop Review: Dreams of the Red Wizards: Scourge of the Sword Coast (Dungeons & Dragons Next)
Dreams of the Red Wizards: Scourge of the Sword Coast (Dungeons & Dragons Next) Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Cost: $17.99 Page Count: 85 (for the adventure) and 220 (Multiple Rules Supplements) Release Date: 02/04/2014 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com/DNDClassics.com Scourge of the Sword Coast is a pretty unique experience in a lot of ways. It’s…
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Interview with Stephen Chenault, CEO of Troll Lord Games about the Codex Nordica Kickstarter
Wow. I can’t believe I’ve been playing Castles & Crusades for almost a decade now. It’s my favorite retro-clone/old school D&D homage. I’ve reviewed over twenty products for the line since September, 2011 and I have no doubt I’ll be continuing on for some time. 2013 might have been the best year ever for the…
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Tabletop Review: Shadowrun: Digital Tools Box (Beginner Box Set/Runner’s Tool Kit Alphaware)
Shadowrun: Digital Tools Box (Beginner Box Set/Runner’s Tool Kit Alphaware) Publisher: Catalyst Game Labs Cost: $19.99 (PDF)/TBD (physical) Page Count: Special Release Date: 01/30/2014 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com January was an excellent month for tabletop releases. Numenera gave us The Ninth World Bestiary, Castles & Crusades gave us The Book of Familiars and Dungeon Crawl…
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Tabletop Review: The Ninth World Bestiary (Numenera)
The Ninth World Bestiary (Numenera) Publisher: Monte Cook Games Cost: $14.99 (PDF)/$29.99 (Physical) Page Count: 162 Release Date: 01/29/2014 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com When I was a kid, my favorite part about Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, Second Edition wasn’t actually playing it, but the Monstrous Compendiums. I had several three ring binders crammed full with…
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Tabletop Review: Pathfinder Adventure Card Game: Fortress of the Stone Giants Adventure Deck
Pathfinder Adventure Card Game: Fortress of the Stone Giants Adventure Deck Publisher: Paizo Cost: $19.99 ($17.50 on Amazon) Release Date: Feburary 2014 Get it Here: Amazon.com Well, we got this a little early, so that’s always nice. It’s hard to believe that the core Pathfinder Adventure Game has been out since September, 2013. It feels…
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Interview with Lee VanSchaik of Silver Fox Productions about the RAFM Call of Cthulhu Miniatures Kickstarter
I’ve always loved the idea of miniatures but I never really had time to paint them. Recently though, I’ve ended up with a bunch, along with free time to actually do something with them. I’ve been a backer for Kickstarters by Stonehaven Miniatures and Reaper’s Bones, I’ve ended up with a bunch of Warhammer figures…
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Tabletop Review: Numenera Creature Deck
Numenera Creature Deck Publisher: Monte Cook Games Cost: $7.99 (PDF)/$19.99 (Physical) Page Count: N/A (It’s cards) Release Date: 01/29/2014 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com The Numenera Creature Deck consists of 100 foes, monsters and potential antagonists from the Numenera Core Rulebook and The Ninth World Bestiary. I’ve already reviewed the core rulebook and my review of…
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Interview with Oscar Rios, President of Golden Goblin Press, about Tales From the Crescent City
It’s nice to have options. Although Chaosium is one of the oldest tabletop gaming companies still around, it’s also a very small one with a staff of less than a dozen people. That’s where licensees come in. We had Miskatonic River Press until it shut down. We have Arc Dream Punlishing who puts out The…
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Tabletop Review: Dungeon Crawl Classics #80: Intrigue at the Court of Chaos
Dungeons Crawl Classics #80: Intrigue at the Court of Chaos Publisher: Goodman Games Cost: $6.99 (PDF)/9.99 (Physical Page Count: 28 Release Date: 01/24/2014 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com Generally when you pick up a Dungeon Crawl Classics adventure, you are expecting a piece that is low on plot and high on combat with well designed dungeons…