Category: Tabletop Gaming
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Tabletop Review: Weird Wars Rome (Savage Worlds)
Weird Wars Rome (Savage Worlds) Publisher: Pinnacle Entertainment Cost: $15.00 Page Count: 99 Release Date: 09/18/2013 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com As seems to be the norm these days, Weird Wars Rome was a successfully Kickstarter release for the Savage Worlds system by Pinnacle Entertainment. Although not as successful as Pinnacle’s first Kickstarter project, Deadlands Noir,…
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Book Review: The Godborn: The Sundering, Book II (Dungeons & Dragons)
The Godborn, The Sundering Book II Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Cost: $15.37 (Kindle)/$27.95 (Hardcover) Page Count: 336 Release Date: 10/01/2013 Get it Here: Amazon.com Although The Godborn is listed as the second book in The Sundering series, I should point out that all six Sundering novels are only vaguely connected, in that these books…
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Tabletop Review: Magic The Gathering Theros Set –Devotion to Darkness Intro Deck
Magic The Gathering Theros Set –Devotion to Darkness Intro Deck Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Cost: $19.99 Release Date: 09/27/2013 Get it here: Amazon.com Today marks the official release of the latest Magic: The Gathering set – Theros. Yesterday we previewed ten cards from the set and today we’re doing a full review of the…
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Tabletop Review: Derby Day (Ghosts of Albion Quickstart Rules)
Derby Day (Ghosts of Albion Quickstart Rules) Publisher: Eden Stuidos Cost: FREE Page Count: 44 Release Date: 09/12/2013 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com Ghosts of Albion is an odd duck of an RPG. The electronic version of the game came out in 2008, but the physical copy wasn’t released until 2011. It uses a “Cinematic” version…
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Tabletop Review: Call of Catthulhu
Call of Catthulhu Publisher: Faster Monkey Games Page Count: 28 Cost: $4.00 (PDF)/$6 (Physical)/$8 (combo) Release Date: 09/20/2013 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com Yes, you read that right. This was not a typo. This is not Call of Cthulhu, but Call of Catthulhu. I discovered it when a review copy of the character sheet ended up…
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Tabletop Preview: Magic: The Gathering – Theros Set
Tabletop Prevew: Magic: The Gathering – Theros The latest Magic: The Gathering set, Theros officially launches tomorrow, September 27th. This new 249 card set has a very “Myths of Ancient Greece” feel to it and I’ve really enjoyed looking through the cards. It’s great to see a return of giants, centaurs, hydras, giant monsters and…
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Tabletop Review: Hideous Creatures: Mi-Go (Trail of Cthulhu)
Hideous Creatures: Mi-Go (Trail of Cthulhu) Publisher: Pelgrane Press Cost: $2.95 Page Count: 11 Release Date: 09/13/2013 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com If there’s one good thing I can say about author Ken Hite, it’s that he’s not afraid to reinvent the wheel. This is especially true with Lovecraft/Cthulhu Mythos creations as even if you’re not…
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Tabletop Review: Exotic Encounters: Mummies (Pathfinder)
Exotic Encounters: Mummies Publisher: Necromancers of the Northwest Cost: 99 Cents Page Count: 9 Release Date: 09/20/2013 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com Long time readers knows I’m a huge proponent of mummies and that I feel they are an exceptionally hard type of undead to get right – especially in a fantasy RPG or in video…
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Book Review: The Vladivostok Gauntlet (Shadowrun)
Book Review: The Vladivostok Gauntlet (Shadowrun) Publisher: Catalyst Game Labs Cost: $1.99 Page Count: 19 Release Date: 09/16/2013 Get it Here:DriveThruRPG.com The Vladivostok Gauntlet is the latest “Enhanced Fiction” release by Catalyst Game Labs for Shadowrun. It’s been a while since he had one of these – a year and a half to be exact…
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Tabletop Review: Shadows of Esteren – Book 2: Travels
Shadows of Esteren – Book 2: Travels Publisher: Studio 2 Publishing Cost: $15 (PDF)/$40 (Physical)/$110 (Limited Edition Physical Copy) Page Count: 200 Release Date: 09/03/2013 (PDF for Kickstarter Backers)/November 2023 (Tentatively for physical copies and everyone else) Get it Here: Nowhere yet… Shadows of Esteren is a French role-playing game that hit English speaking shores…
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Tabletop Review: Cryptworld
Cryptworld Publisher: Goblinoid Games Cost: $6.45 (PDF)/$18.95 (Paperback)/$28.95 (Hardcover) Page Count: 92 Release Date: 09/13/2013 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com When I was in middle school, I was mainly running Call of Cthulhu games. I liked the horror atmosphere and was better at GM’ing it than fantasy games like D&D or Sci-Fi games like Gamma World.…
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Tabletop Review: Pathfinder Adventure Card Game: Rise of the Runelords Character Add-On Deck
Pathfinder Adventure Card Game: Character Add-On Deck Publisher: Paizo Publishing Cost: $19.99 (currently $17.99 on Amazon) Release Date: 09/06/2013 Get it Here: Amazon.com A few days ago I reviewed the Pathfinder Adventure Card Game Base Set and basically I found the game to be a lot of fun but overpriced and with little replay value.…
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Tabletop Review: Pathfinder Adventure Card Game: Rise of the Runelords Base Set
Pathfinder Adventure Card Game: Rise of the Runelords Base Set Publisher: Paizo Publishing Cost: $59.99 (Currently $53.95 at Amazon) Release Date: 08/27/2013 Get it Here: Amazon.com I’ll be honest; I’m not the biggest fan of the Pathfinder RPG. I find the emphasis is too much on mechanics and roll-playing over storytelling and role-playing. I felt…
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Tabletop Review: Vortex (Numenera)
Vortex (Numnera) Publisher: Monte Cook Games Cost: $5.99 Page Count: 30 Release Date: 09/04/2013 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com Vortex was the Numenera adventure that people could peruse and play through at GenCon 2013 this year. Monte Cook Games has since made it available as an electronic download for those that could not attend, which is…
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Tabletop Review: Band of Zombies: A World War II Sourcebook (All Flesh Must Be Eaten)
Band of Zombies: A World War II Sourcebook (All Flesh Must Be Eaten) Publisher: Eden Studios Page Count: 174 Cost: $12.50 (PDF)/$25 (Print) Release Date: 09/04/2013 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com Man, do you know how long it has been since All Flesh Must Be Eaten received a new release? Several years! I think the last…
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Tabletop Review: Shadowrun: Firing Line
Shadowrun: Firing Line Publisher: Catalyst Game Labs Cost: $12.00 Page Count: 66 Release Date: 08/28/2013 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com Firing Line is a collection of previous conventions exclusives bundled into one black and white compilation. Not only does this give Shadowrun fans the world over a chance to get adventures that were previously nigh unobtainable,…
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Tabletop Review: Gaslight Victorian Fantasy, Second Edition (D20, Savage Worlds)
Gaslight Victorian Fantasy, Second Edition (D20/Savage Worlds) Publisher: Battlefield Press Cost: $14.95 (d20 PDF)/$29.95 (d20 Softcover)/$34.95 (d20 Hardcover)/$9.95 (Savage Worlds PDF)/$14.95 (Savage Worlds Softcover)/$19.95 (Savage Worlds Hardcover) Page Count: 352 (D20)/80 (Savage Worlds) Release Date: 07/06/2013 (D20)/08/02/2013 (Savage Worlds) Get it Here: D20 Version/Savage Worlds Version I’m a big fan of Victorian era RPGs. Whether…
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Tabletop Review: Ghosts of Dragonspear Castle (Dungons & Dragons Next)
Ghosts of Dragonspear Castle (Dungeons & Dragons) Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Page Count: 288 Cost: $29.99 Release Date: 08/15/2013 Get it Here: You Can’t. It was a GenCon Exclusive. I’m not a fan of Convention Exclusives. In fact, I outright hate the very concept of them. Why have an item that could easily make…
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Tabletop Review: Dungeon Crawl Classics #78: Fate’s Fell Hand
Dungeon Crawl Classics #78: Fate’s Fell Hand Publisher: Goodman Games Page Count: 34 Cost: $6.99 Release Date: 08/28/2013 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com It’s been a while since I’ve had the opportunity to review a Goodman Games release for Dungeon Crawl Classics. The last first party release for the system I reviewed was #72, aka Beyond…
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Tabletop Review: Shadowrun: Parazoology 2
Shadowrun: Parazoology 2 Publisher: Catalyst Game Labs Page Count: 41 Cost: $7.95 Release Date: 08/28/2013 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com I know, I know. I still haven’t gotten around to reviewing the core rulebook for Shadowrun, Fifth Edition, but that’s because I’ve been kind of swamped with all these other requests. Rest assured I will get…