Category: Tabletop Gaming
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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…
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Tabletop Review: Racial Ecologies: Guide to Ratfolk (Pathfinder)
Racial Ecologies: Guide to Ratfolk Publisher: Fat Goblin Games Pages: 8 Cost: $1.99 (watermarked PDF) Release Date: 01/07/2012 Get It Here: DriveThruRPG.com INTRODUCTION: Racial Ecologies: Guide to Ratfolk is an eight page colored PDF document that is compatible with Paizo’s Pathfinder role-playing game and can easily be converted for other role-playing games with minimal difficulty.…
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Tabletop Review: Falling Scales: Chapter One (World of Darkness)
Falling Scales: Chapter One Publisher: White Wolf Pages: 36 Cost: $9.99 ($6.99 PDF) Release Date: 03/22/2012 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com It’s been a while since I’ve seen an adventure for World of Darkness 2.0. Lately it’s either been supplements for just Vampire: The Requiem like Strange, Dead Love or the focus has been on “The…
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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…
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Tabletop Review: Dungeons & Dragons: Lords of Waterdeep Board Game
Dungeons & Dragons: Lords of Waterdeep Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Price: $49.99 ($31.49 on Amazon.com) Release Date: 03/20/2012 Age Range 12+ Although Dungeons & Dragons has always been a tabletop RPG first and foremost, they’ve never really shied away from board games. Whether it’s the ancient and revered Dungeon!, the old D&D Minis games…
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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…
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Tabletop Review: Shadowrun: The Twilight Horizon
Shadowrun: The Twilight Horizon Publisher: Catalyst Game Labs Pages: 154 Cost: $29.99 ($18.00 PDF) Release Date: 03/13/2012 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com I was actually kind of surprised when Catalyst Game Labs announced The Twilight Horizon, if only because they’ve done three Horizon based adventures in the last year alone. We’ve had A Fistful of Credsticks,…
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Tabletop Review: Rifts Game Master Kit
Rifts Game Master’s Kit Publisher: Palladium Books Release Date: 11/05/11 Page Count: 50 Price: $5.00 Get It Here: DriveThruRPG.com Shortly after I began role playing, I discovered Palladium Books. I started with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Other Strangeness. Then it was Robotech and Ninjas and Superspies. Shockingly, it wasn’t until much later I got…
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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…
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Tabletop Review: The Tomb World of Alak Ammur (Pathfinder)
The Tomb World of Alak Ammur Publisher: Super Genius Games Pages: 32 Cost: $9.99 Release Date: 03/06/2012 Get it here: DriveThruRpg.com The Tomb World of Alak Ammur is an odd duck. It’s a pure dungeon crawl with very little story of character motivation and it’s way overpriced for what it is. Ten dollars for a…
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Tabletop Review: Vikings of Legend
Vikings of Legend Publisher: Mongoose Publishing Pages: 234 Price: $19.99 ($11.99 PDF) Release Date: 02/08/2012 Get it here: DriveThru RPG Before author Pete Nash gets terribly far into his Legend supplement Vikings of Legend, he spouts some errant nonsense: “Remember that this supplement is designed to help set roleplaying adventures in the Viking Era, it…
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Tabletop Review: Map Pack M2: The Ring of Stones
Map Pack M2: The Ring of Stones Publisher: Darklight Interactive Pages: 28 Size: 19.44 MB Cost: $2.99 Release Date: 09/03/2011 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com This map pack from Darklight Interactive shows a simple ring of stones, eight in all, that surround a small clearing in the woods. It is designed to be a focal point…
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Tabletop Review: Into The Pit 9 – Pits and Traps
Into The Pit 9 – Pits and Traps Publisher: Forever People Size: 26.95 MB Cost: $5.98 Release Date: 2/25/2012 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com Into the Pits 9 is a collection of 19 trapped rooms and pits that look quite promising. My favorite trap is a room where the floor slides away over the course of…
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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:
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Tabletop Review: The Little Book of Dungeons Geomorphs
Little Book of Dungeons Geomorphs Publisher: Crooked Staff Publishing Pages: 16 Size: 20.02 MB Cost: $1.00 Release Date: 12/26/2011 Get it Here: DriveThruRPG.com As a GM, anytime I can get some resources to help me save time when prepping for a game is good. I’ve had Crooked Staff Production’s website bookmarked for over a year…
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Tabletop Review: 100 Names for Scoundrels and Rogues
100 Names for Scoundrels and Rogues Publisher: Fishwife Games Pages: 1 Page Cost: .70 (watermarked PDF) Release Date: 01/09/2012 Get It Here: DriveThruRPG.com INTRODUCTION: This one page document can be utilized in any game that utilizes proper names for those greedy, vile scoundrels and rogues that can be randomly encountered in a fantasy roleplaying game.…
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Tabletop Review: 100 Wicked Names for Pirate Ships
100 Wicked Names for Pirate Ships Publisher: Fishwife Games Pages: 1 Page Cost: .70 (watermarked PDF) Release Date: 01/09/2012 Get It Here: DriveThruRPG.com INTRODUCTION: This one page document is practically compatible with any game that utilizes ships or vessels of any kind that are identified by their proper name. CONTENTS: This very simple PDF has…
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Tabletop Review: The Virtuous and the Vile: Morithal, Lord of Unceasing Hunger (Pathfinder)
Cthulhu + Galactus with a side order of Pathfinder = Morithal
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Tabletop Gaming: Qin Legends
Qin Legends Publisher: Cubicle 7 Entertainment Ltd. Authors: Romain d’Huissier, Angus Abranson, Sandrine Thirache Page Count: 50 Release Date: 11/20/2009 Cost: $14.99 (Book), $9.99 (PDF) Get it here: