Category: Tabletop Gaming
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Tabletop Review: Pathfinder Adventure Card Game: Rise of the Runelords: The Skinsaw Murders Adventure Deck
Pathfinder Adventure Card Game: Rise of the Runelords: The Skinsaw Murders Adventure Deck Publisher: Paizo Cost: $19.99 ($15.40 at Amazon) Release Date: 10/30/2013 (10/15/2013 for subscribers) Get it Here: Amazon.com The Skinsaw Murders is the second add-on for the Pathfinder Adventure Card Game and the second release for the Rise of the Runelords adventure path.…
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Tabletop Review: In Strange Aeons: Lovecraftian Numenera
In Strange Aeons: Lovecraftian Numenera Publisher: Monte Cook Games Cost: $2.99 Page Count: 12 Release Date: 10/28/2013 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com What a great piece to talk about on Halloween, eh? In Strange Aeons merges my favorite game of 2013, Numenera, with my favorite game of all time, Call of Cthulhu. Of course, depending on…
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Tabletop Review: Call of Cthulhu: Canis Mysterium
Call of Cthulhu: Canis Mysterium Publisher: Chaosium Cost: $6.02 (Digital)/$10.95 (Physical) Page Count: 36 Release Date: 10/24/2013 (Digital)/10/8/2013 (Physical) Get it Here: PDF/Physical It’s been a long time since Chaosium released a single stand-alone adventure. Usually (even as far back in the early 90s when I first started playing CoC), the company packs things together…
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Tabletop Review: Shadowrun: The Assassin’s Primer
Shadowrun: The Assassin’s Primer Publisher: Catalyst Game Labs Cost: $4.95 Page Count: 17 Release Date: 10/25/2013 Get it Here: Drivethrurpg.com Wetworks is a very tricky thing to pull off in a tabletop game, even one like Shadowrun. Players, and thus their characters, tend to look at themselves in a heroic light, so it’s generally very…
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Tabletop Review: D&D Next: Vault of the Dracolich (Dungeons & Dragons)
D&D Next: Vault of the Dracolich (Dungeons & Dragons) Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Cost: $4.99 Page Count: 26 Release Date: 10/22/2013 (PDF to the Public)/Originally June 2013 (2013 Game Day) Get it Here: DNDClassics.com Vault of the Dracolich is a noteworthy adventure for many reasons. It’s the first ever Game Day adventure to be…
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Tabletop Review: Hideous Monsters: Ghouls (Trail of Cthulhu)
Hideous Creatures: Ghouls (Trail of Cthulhu) Publisher; Pelgrane Press Cost: $2.95 Page Count: 12 Release Date: 10/23/2013 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com Hideous Creatures: Ghouls is the fourth in Ken Hite’s line of Hideous Cratures short PDFs. The goal of each PDF is to try and mix up or change the way both players and Keepers…
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Tabletop Review: Man-Made Mythology: A Comic Book RPG
Man-Made Mythology: A Comic Book RPG Publisher: Critical Strike Publishing Cost: $19.99 Page Count: 429 Release Date: July 24, 2013 Get It Here: DriveThrurpg.com Man-Made Mythology: A Comic Book RPG is the first offering from Critical Strike Publishing. Designed off the venerable 3.x engine, this game was made to allow the group to combine the…
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Tabletop Review: Mummy: The Curse: Ready Made Characters
Mummy: The Curse: Ready Made Characters Publisher: White Wolf/Onyx Path Publishing Cost: Free (To Kickstarter Backers)/Unknown (Everyone Else) Page Count: 15 Release Date: 10/18/2013 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com (Eventually) Not be confused with the Mummy Interactive Character Sheets, which are customizable and editable free PDF character sheets, the Ready Made Characters pack features pregenerated characters,…
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Tabletop Review: Dungeon Crawl Classics #76.5: Well of the Worm
Dungeon Crawl Classics #76.5: Well of the Worm Publisher: Goodman Games Cost: $6.99 (PDF)/$9.99 (Print) Page Count: 18 Release Date: 10/11/2013 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com I’ve never understood the .5 style numeration of some Dungeon Crawl Classics adventures. There are several things that can trigger it – con exclusives, conversion from another system and so…
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Tabletop Review: Tome of the Unclean (Castles & Crusades)
Tome of the Unclean (Castles & Crusades) Publisher: Troll Lord Games Cost: $9.99 (PDF Installment Version)/$14.95 (PDF when finished)/$19.95 Print Page Count: Variable (Currently 9) Release Date: 10/14/2013 (Installment Version)/2014 (all other versions) Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com Tome of the Unclean is the latest release from Troll Lord Games for its Castles & Crusades system.…
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Tabletop Review: The Island of Ignorance: The Third Call of Cthulhu Companion
The Island of Ignorance: The Third Call of Cthulhu Companion Publisher: Golden Goblin Press Cost: $15 (PDF) /$29.95 (Physical) Page Count: 188 Release Date: 10/9/2013 Get it Here: Golden Goblin Press It’s been twenty-eight years since the release of the SECOND Call of Cthulhu Companion, Fragments of Fear. Instead of Chaosium releasing the third book…
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Tabletop Review: Mummy: The Curse: Guildhalls of the Deathless (World of Darkness)
Guildhalls of the Deathless Publisher: White Wolf/Onyx Path Publishing Cost:$14.99 Page Count: 178 Release Date: 10/30/2013 Get it Here:DriveThruRPG.com After an extremely successful Kickstarter, Mummy: The Curse was released at the beginning of this year to both critical and fan acclaim. If you read my extremely long and enthusiastic review, then you know that I…
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Tabletop Review: Ravenloft: Web of Illusion (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, Second Edition)
Ravenloft: Web of Illusion (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, Second Edition) Publisher: Wizards of the Coast (Originally TSR) Cost: $4.95 (Originally $9.95) Page Count: 67 Release Date: 10/01/2013 (Originally 1993) Get it Here: DNDClassics.com Web of Illusion is one of those odd Ravenloft adventures that neither fits the mood nor theme of the campaign setting, and…
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Tabletop Review: Ravenloft: Howls in the Night (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, Second Edition)
Howls in the Night (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, Second Edition) Publisher: Wizards of the Coast (Originally TSR) Cost: $4.95 (Original Physical Copy was $6.95) Page Count: 32 Release Date: 10/08/2013 (Originally 1994) Get it Here: DNDClassics.com It’s October and what better time for DNDCLassics.com to FINALLY start re-releasing some more Ravenloft adventures than in the…
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Tabletop Review: Ravenloft: Dark of the Moon (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, Second Edition)
Ravenloft: Dark of the Moon (Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, Second Edition) Publisher: Wizards of the Coast (Originally TSR) Cost: $4.95 (Original Physical Copy: $9.95) Page Count: 64 Release Date: 10/08/2013 (Originally 1993) Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.Com As I’ve said in the past, a good rule of thumb for whether or not a Ravenloft adventure is…
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Tabletop Review: No Security: The Wives of March
The Wives of March Publisher: Hebanon Games Cost: Pay What You Want Page Count: 47 Release Date: 10/6/2013 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com The Wives of March is the sixth and final release from the No Security Kickstarter that Hebanon games held back in June of 2012. I’ve reviewed all five so far and given three…
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Tabletop Review: All Flesh Must Be Eaten Character Journal
All Flesh Must Be Eaten Character Journal Publisher: Eden Studios Cost: $2.50 (PDF/$5 Physical) Page Count: 18 Release Date: 10/04/2013 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com The All Flesh Must Be Eaten Character Journal is an odd duck. It basically amounts to an eighteen page character sheet, which just might be the longest one ever created for…
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Tabletop Review: Kaijudo: Shattered Alliances Solar Eclipse Competitive Deck
Light and Darkness combine to create a deck with a lot of fun card combinations.
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Tabletop Review: Shadowrun: Splintered State
Shadowrun: Splintered State Publisher: Catalyst Game Labs Cost: $12.99 Page Count: 72 Release Date: 09/30/2013 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com Splintered State is the first adventure for Shadowrun, Fifth Edition that isn’t from the Shadowrun Missions line. Although to be honest, since the adventure uses the same formatting as Shadowrun Missions, follows up some of the…
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Tabletop Review: Shadowrun Missions 5A-01: Chasin’ the Wind
Shadowrun Missions 5A-01: Chasin’ the Wind Publisher: Catalyst Game Labs Cost: $5.95 Page Count: 35 Release Date: 09/30/2013 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com Okay, chummers, rise and shine, and don’t forget your booties ’cause it’s cooooold out there today! That’s right, this brand new season of Shadowrun Missions kicks off in Chicago smack dab in the…