Category: Tabletop Gaming

  • The Gazetteer, Volume I, Issue V

    Map week is done. Time to check out the last three maps we’re reviewing this week.

  • Tabletop Review: The Marylebone Mummy

    The Marylebone Mummy Publisher: Cubicle 7 Entertainment Author: Kristian A. Bjørkelo and Peter Schweighofer Page Count: 56 Release Date: 9-24-09 Cost: $7.95 (PDF Version), $14.99 (Hardcover w/ PDF included) Get it Here: PDF Version from RPGNow, Print Version w/ PDF from Cubicle 7’s online store The Marylebone Mummy is an adventure for the Victoriana 2nd…

  • The Gazetteer, Volume I, Issue IV

    The Gazetteer, Volume I, Issue IV Welcome back to the four die of “Map Week,” here at Diehard GameFAN. If this is your first time tuning in, each day we are reviewing three maps from across the myriad of tabletop games out there. If you want to take a look at what you’ve missed, here’s…

  • Tabletop Review: Doctor Who: Adventures in Time and Space

    Doctor Who: Adventures In Time And Space Publisher: Cubicle 7 Page Count: 262 Release Date: 12/18/2009 Cover Price: $49.99 Get it here: DriveThruRPG Licensed role-playing games have been good to me. The very first RPG I ever bought and played was the 80’s Marvel Superheroes game from TSR. Palladium’s quirky Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles by…

  • The Gazetteer, Volume I, Issue III

    Today we look at a set of generic dungeon maps, a river crossing and a possibly haunted house.

  • Tabletop Review: Victoriana 2nd Edition

    Victoriana 2nd Edition Publisher: Cubicle 7 Entertainment Page Count: 388 Release Date: 8-13-08 Cost: $24.99 (PDF Version), $49.95 (Hardcover w/ PDF included) Get it Here: PDF Version from RPGNow, Hardcover w/ PDF from Cubicle 7’s online store To a lot of today’s gamers, the mention of the Victorian era brings to mind fantastic clockwork machines…

  • Interview With Keith Baker about Cthulhu Gloom

    We interview Keith Baker about the upcoming tabletop card game Cthulhu Gloom inside. Check it out.

  • The Gazetteer, Volume I, Issue II

    Another day, another set of maps! Today we look at products from 0one Games, Inked Adventures and Headless Hydra Games!

  • Tabletop Preview: Abney Park’s Airship Pirates

    Abney Park’s Airship Pirates Publisher: Cubicle 7 Release Date: August 2011 There are pedigrees and then there are pedigrees. For a steampunk RPG, I cannot think of a much more impressive pedigree than the credits for Abney Park’s Airship Pirates. Based on the songs of ‘Captain’ Robert Brown, some of which predate the band Abney…

  • The Gazetteer, Volume I, Issue I

    Three maps are put under the microscope here: Type M Subsidized Merchant , Warlord’s Watchtower and The Wizard’s Staff. Are they worth your disposable income? Find out here.

  • Tabletop Review: Enemies of NeoExodus: Widowmaker Scarlet

    Enemies of NeoExodus: Widowmaker Scarlet Publisher: LPJ Designs Page Count: 15 Release Date: 07/20/2011 Cover Price: $1.99 Get It Here: DrivethruRPG This LPJ Designs product is set in their Pathfinder setting, NeoExodus. With a decidedly anime flavor, NeoExodus is a very different approach to Pathfinder. With only nine pages of text, this book is packed…

  • Tabletop Review: Markets and Merchandise

    Markets and Merchandise Author: David Caffe Publisher: Avalon Games Page Count: 70 Release Date: 7/15/2011 Cost: $5.99 Get it here: RPGNow.com Markets and Merchandise is a fairly straightforward book; stuff what for to buy in your imaginary friends games (Pathfinder, 4e, and d6 compatible versions are available), where for to buy such trinkets and why…

  • Tabletop Review: Kobold Quarterly #18

    Kobold Quarterly #18 Publisher: Open Design Page Count: 100 Release Date: 07/17/2011 Cost: $4.49 Get It Here: DriveThruRPG Like most gamers of my generation, I grew up reading Dragon Magazine. The saddle-stitched issues would usually lose their covers from being thrown in my backpack or piled on top of each other in my footlocker. When…

  • Tabletop Review: Of Mice, Men, and Wizards

    Of Mice Men and Wizards: A Free Roleplaying Game Publisher: Superior Games Books Page Count: 98 Release Date: 7-14-11 Cost: $0.00 Get it Here: RPGNow I’ve always been a gamer with varied tastes. I’m always will to try out a new system, even those with a character creation system that requires a bachelor’s degree in…

  • Tabletop Review: Mor Aldenn Creature Compendium

    Mor Aldenn Creature Compendium Publisher: Headless Hydra Games Page Count: 35 Release Date: 07/14/2011 Cost: $4.99 Get it here: DriveThruRPG There are a pretty wide variety of RPG books out there. There are core books and modules, setting guides and splatbooks. My favorite, though, has always been the monster catalog. The Monster Manual, the Fiend…

  • Tabletop Review: Dungeons & Dragons: Conquest of Nerath

    Dungeons & Dragons: Conquest of Nerath Publisher: Wizards of the Coast Price: $79.99 Release Date: 06/21/2011 Age Range: 12+ Official Home Page: www.Wizards.com/dnd When I was a little kid, I liked Risk well enough, but it got dull fast. The little playing pieces were a bit dull and the game took forever. Then I discovered…

  • Tabletop Review: Faces of the Tarnished Souk: Brynhild Eirensdottir, the Shining Valkyrie

    Faces of the Tarnished Souk: Brynhild Eirensdottir, the Shining Valkyrie Publisher: Rite Publishing Page Count: 14 Release Date: 07/13/2011 Cost: $1.99 Get it here Faces of the Tarnished Souk: Brynhild Eirensdottir, the Shining Valkyrie is a 14 page PDF, including cover. Like the rest of the Faces of the Tarnished Souk line, this book is…

  • Tabletop Review: Do: The Book of Letters

    Do: The Book of Letters Publisher: Evil Hat Productions Page Count: 56 Release Date: 07/14/11 Cost: $5.00 Get It Here: Drive Thru RPG. Also, check out the creator’s game page here: Daniel Solis. Do: The Book of Letters is, as one might guess, an expansion set to Do: Pilgrims of the Flying Temple, and as…

  • Tabletop Review: Do: Pilgrims of the Flying Temple

    Do: Pilgrims of the Flying Temple Publisher: Evil Hat Productions Page Count: 96 Pages Release Date: 06/11/11 Cost: $10.00 Get It Here: Drive Thru RPG. You can also pre-order the print version here: Evil Hat Productions, and check out the creator’s game page here: Daniel Solis. Do 1. (NOUN) A path of life. An undiscovered,…

  • Tabletop Review: Shadowrun Missions: SRM04-03 – Rally Cry

    You hear the staff praise the old 16 bit Shadowrun videos games, but now it’s time to start reviewing the pen and paper version!