Innistrad Set 2: Dark Ascension Arrives! (Good news for 4E DMs!)

Today, Wizards of the Coast released their second set of the Magic the Gathering: Innistrad series, featuring thematic Gothic horror elements such as undead armies, vampires, werewolves, and ghostly spirits.  This secon[...]
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Review: Weird Adventures

...blues man scribing the perfect murder ballad in the jaundice hue of a street light.  I want to be a smuggler running bootleg alchemicals in a forest infested with shotgun wielding ogres and they are the least of [...]
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Review – Threat Report: King Babylon

King Babylon, possessed of nearly godlike powers and a notable lack of self-control is the kind of villain you do not want to have to tangle with but he is just too dangerous to ignore.  A useful character to use as a r[...]
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EN World Review – Review of They Shall Be Paid In Coin of the Realm by Taurus Twelve

Happy Humpday, fellow gamers!  We’re halfway to the weekend, and this week cannot get over soon enough to please me.  I’ve got not only my regular local Friday night game this week, but also my bi-monthly D&D [...]
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Madness at Gardmore Abbey (Tome 188)

A panel of Gardmore Abbey experts provides a review of the boxed set adventure while Jeff asks the questions you all want to know. We are joined by Sam Dillon (Tome Editor), Stewart, and Michael. Sponsors: Gamerati Game[...]
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Carcosa Review

So I was able to acquire a hard copy of Carcosa and give it a look through in all of its Sci-fi, Post-Apocalyptic, Cthulhoid and Dinosaurian glory.First off the book itself.   It is a pretty nice hard cover,  s[...]
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Game Night Blog Carnival: Thunderstone

Welcome to the new Game Night Blog Carnival! This is a feature we’re doing once a month with a few other RPG blogs. If you have an RPG blog, and would like to participate, check out the FAQ at the main Game Night p[...]
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Review: Thunderstone – Dragonspire

Periodically I’ll be participating in the game night blog carnival, which gives me a chance to review some board games that might be a good break from your typical RPG session nights. This month I’ll be reviewing th[...]
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Imagination, a review

Imagination is not a new product, but is one easy to overlook among the countless pile of RPGs and supplements we gamers collect. Let’s take a look at this classic aid to role-playing and see if there is still room[...]
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Perusing Pathfinder’s Bestiary 3

Welcome to post 600.I picked up the pdf of Pathfinder Bestiary 3 last week.  I had heard it had some Lovecraftian creatures in it, and I was curious, but in general, I like mining monster manuals for ideas.&nbs[...]
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Review – True Halflings

True Halflings is a resource for an alternate type of halflings, one perhaps more true to their original literary roots.  If more humble and homebody sort of halflings are welcome in your campaign, this is the supplemen[...]
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TheSheDM Reviews: Terraclips

Last weekend our Friday night DM surprised us with a fantastic pair of maps made from Terraclips and D&D tiles for our campaign finale. I had never heard or seen these strange tile-and-clip things, so I asked him ab[...]
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EN World Review – The Breaking of Forstor Nagar by Rite Publishing

Greetings good Readers and fellow D&D gamers! Today is the first day of the DDXP convention down in Indiana this weekend, and I understand that some of us have had a chance to try their hand at D&D Next.  In f[...]
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Review: The Game Master by Tobiah Panshin

  I thought I’d do something a little different and review something slightly more out of the ordinary. I’d originally planned to have this up and online in November when I first heard about it, but I[...]
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Weird Adventures has Arrived, Bug Approved

I've been waiting for nearly a year for Trey to complete his Weird Adventures and tonight, the waiting has ended.  Bug wasn't even alive a year ago, but she endorses Weird Adventures.  So I had to get one for me and[...]
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Back to Basics

In light of a looming edition, others are giving older editions a shot, so I figured I might as well subject mine to them as well. Partially because I wanted to see if there really was anything about them that I act[...]
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An Overdue Introduction

Hello everyone. I think it’s about time I introduced myself, since it’s been three months since my last post here on Troll. My name’s Benedict, used in full to be less confusing with Mr. Troll himself, [...]
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Review – Justice City Superpowered

Justice City is a setting for a superheroic world with recent emergent superheroes.  It provides a useful, if general, backdrop for a campaign or just for a place to visit. Justice City Superpowered: A Superhero Setting[...]
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Review – Threat Report: Doctor Shock

Doctor Shock, once a brilliant medical doctor, now an even more brilliant supervillain.  A steel age sort of character, willing to kill for his goals, which is to study how superpower work and as such he has a reputatio[...]
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Book of Vile Darkness Review (Tome 187)

In this episode Jeff and Tracy are joined by Mike Shea…Matt James also invited himself on the episode. In the episode we review the Book of Vile Darkness. Sponsors: Gamerati Gamerati TV Links: Loremaster Sly Flour[...]
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All Outta Bubblegum: A Brief Review and Design Thoughts

Link -- All Outta Bubblegum Today, you're getting a look at something that, until about a week ago (shout-out to my friend Christopher for pointing its existence out to me), I was totally unaware existed. It'[...]
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EN World Review – Kobold Quarterly Issue 20 by Open Design

Greetings Gentle Readers!  I hope that this week is going well for you all, and I double that hope for those who dwell in the snowy northwest, which I understand is currently being blanketed with the snowstorm of the ce[...]
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Review – Threat Report: Cerebrus Rex

Cerebrus Rex, saurian mastermind from an alternate dimension ruled by the descendants of dinosaurs, seeks to conquer our world as a new home for his people.  If a dinosaurian mastermind with robotic minions seeking to o[...]
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Ultimate glory: destination or journey?

As a DM returning to the table from a long absence I’d have to say it’s both. The journey is its own self-same reward, but there’s a lot to be said for the accolades and loot you find at the end of the road. Striki[...]
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Fire and Flames: A Review of Burning Wheel

Ladies and gentlemen, Bagginses and Boffins, I proudly present to you a review of what I speculate will be the pride and joy of my RPG collection for some time. This certainly won't be the last time that I speak on[...]
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EN World Review – The Secret Fire RPG by George Strayton

Greetings fellow gamers!  I trust everyone is having a great first month of this new year.  As some may have noticed, I have been a bit silent since the holidays, and haven’t posted too many reviews and blogs.  Sadl[...]
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[Review] Imperial Mysteries for Mage: the Awakening

Archmages. In a game about being able to shape reality with your will alone, the idea of reaching this otherworldly level of power is a seriously tempting motivation. Imperial Mysteries delves into the nature of reaching[...]
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DnD Next 1st Reaction RAW (The Tome)

In this episode the Tome Show family (Sam, Tracy, and Jeff) discusses the announcement about the next “iteration” of the game of Dungeons and Dragons. It’s raw, unedited, and unscripted, brought to you[...]
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Review – Village Snooper: Silversmith Shop

A nice little product for providing a shop when needed.  The cartography is excellent and it is a solid, if limited, product. Village Snooper: Silversmith Shop is a single page PDF for any fantasy setting written by Dav[...]
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Tunnels & Trolls (Review Part 5): Unmagical Magic

I’m not going to go into too much detail about magic in T&T because, basically, it’s nothing you’ve not seen before: a mix of spell lists, divided by spell levels and casting costs, bahhhhh… But let me s[...]
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Gamma World is the Gateway RPG to D&D

So Gamma World has been released for a while now. I’m certain a lot of folks since it's release have taken some time to put down the sword and shield, and taken a swing at wielding a vibroblade and suiting up in Mk. 2 [...]
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Tunnels & Trolls (Review Part 4): Combat or the individual vs.society…

Combat in T&T is where the game really stands out. It’s almost unique in RPGs and it’s either going to be loved or hated… When I first read the rules as a young chap, I hated it – but today with the span of [...]
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Tunnels & Trolls (Review Part 3): Saving Rolls or the first Unified Game Mechanic…?

“Next up, Combat!” or so I said in my last post… But thinking about it I think Saving Rolls are a better place to start, as they do crop up in combat encounters, albeit in a only a supporting role to th[...]
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New Year, New (for me) Game: Discovering Pathfinder

I'm late to the party, but I recently discovered that Pathfinder is pretty cool.Back in November, I picked up a few of the core Pathfinder books. I hadn't really looked at the game since the early days of the open playte[...]
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Look What Came in the Mail

I haven't made it the post office for about a week, but when I opened my PO box I found a squished copy of Loviatar in between bills, advertisements, and mail that wasn't even mine.  Within my envelop was a note that re[...]
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Review: Super Dungeon Explore

Periodically I’ll be participating in the game night blog carnival, which gives me a chance to review some board games that might be a good break from your typical RPG session nights. Soda Pop Miniatures are responsib[...]
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Heart of the Scar Review

Looks like whatever the Chaos Scar was supposed to be is finally wrapping up. At least with Blackdirge on the job it will go out with a bang.Literally.If you are going to play in this adventure, stop reading and go make [...]
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EN World Review – Innistrad Decks: Deathly Dominion & Carnival of Blood by WotC

Seasons Greetings, dear Readers!  I hope that everyone had a great Holiday this year, and like me, is looking forward to the upcoming New Years’ celebration only a couple days away!  I got some great loot myself for [...]
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KORPG’s 2011 year in review

2011 was a year that can really only speak for itself. As with all things, there were highs and lows for KORPG. Some were expected and others were quite unanticipated. There were some really insightful (in my opinion) po[...]
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Tunnels & Trolls (Review Part 2); Character Creation and Improvement (or Is it Broke and Does It Need Fixing?)

Character creation in T&T is totally innovative and will transform the way you role-play forever… providing you can get your feeble mind around its pioneering concepts! Let me try to explain… Firstly you charact[...]
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Game Night Blog Carnival: Quarriors

Welcome to the new Game Night Blog Carnival! This is a feature we’re doing once a month with a few other RPG blogs. If you have an RPG blog, and would like to participate, check out the FAQ at the main Game Night p[...]
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Tunnels & Trolls (Review Part 1): D&D rip-off or old school classic with a naff name?

Why one thing can be inherently acceptable and another inherently not is a strange intangible that must keep better read scholars than me awake in their ponderings until the cock crows (or the crow cocks), but for whatev[...]
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Vikings & Valkyries {Reviews}

Sword and sandal epics like Jason and the Argonauts and Clash of the Titans are some of my favourite genres of film and when I stumbled across Legendary Game Studio's Mazes and Minotaurs a couple of years back I was[...]
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Tile Trek: A Knight in Shadowghast Manor Review

For a dungeon delve designed to showcase the Shadowghast Manor tile set, this adventure sure tries to pack in backstory content.The short of it is that the ironically named Shadowghast family used to be big-ass heroes. O[...]
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[Review] Midgard Bestiary

My love of CRPGs predates my love of table top RPGs. CRPGs, such as Baldur’s Gate, are one of the primary reasons I sought out my first table top group. Bioware’s Dragon Age: Origins features quite prominentl[...]
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[Cape Town] Shopping for Geeks – Wizards Books & Games

I still remember my first friendly local gaming store: Wizard’s Books & Games, Port Elizabeth. I first discovered Wizards (I simply refer to the store as Wizards) PE, which later became the Vault, when it was [...]
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Suggested gift RPGs in a single box

With last minute shopping or that potential gift certificate burning a hole in someone’s pocket by next week, what kind of RPG would be a good buy for getting a person into the hobby? Both Pathfinder and D&D have s[...]
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EN World Review – Karma Deck & KD Booster: Requiem by Creation’s Edge Games

Happy Holidays, fellow gamers, to one and all!  Here we are, with only a few more days before Christmas and Kwanzaa, right in the very midst of Hanukkah… and for those traveling the D&D multiverse, the Four Feast[...]
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Review – Kindle Fire – the Good, the Bad, and the Must Have

I'm moving away from books to PDFs and eBooks. Books, by their physical nature, require their presence to be useful while, with a suitable device, you can view electronic media anywhere. Electronic media also has the[...]
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Review: Death’s Heretic

I’ve stayed away from Paizo’s Pathfinder Tales line of releases until recently and – for better or worse – there’s been a fortunate mix-up when I ordered my first such book (Master of Devils[...]
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