EN World Review – Zobeck Gazetteer by Open Design
Greetings Readers! I hope that this week is going well for you all, and that you have great plans for the weekend. I’m happy to report that I’ve got both my D&D 4E games happening this weekend, on Friday and[...]Read on >>
Review – Emerald City Knights, Chapter 1: The Aftermath
For new heroes, and new game masters, this is a good starting point for a superheroic campaign. This adventure is nice as it touches on all of the primary types of scenes that can be used and provides a straightforward[...]Read on >>
Review: Eaten by Zombies
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. Be sure to check out the other pa[...]Read on >>
Elgar Fletch and the Dark Army
This is the second of Open Design’s stand-alone solo adventures, featuring a human archer. As with the first installment, Kalgor Bloodhammer and the Ghouls through the Breach, I took noted during actual play, and [...]Read on >>
Review: Feast of Ravenmoor
I ran this adventure several months ago and thoroughly enjoyed it. Designer Brandon Hodge has done a terrific job of bringing the squalid, degenerate village of Ravenmoor to life in all its fetid, perverted glo[...]Read on >>
Web Series Review: Gold
March 24, 2012 from Theo Dudek, Ultimate Game Master
Filed under: dungeons & dragons, Review, RPG Hub
I’m always excited to see how roleplayers are depicted in the media, and when a google search for historical comparative values of gold and platinum pieces led me to Gold: The Series, I watched all six episodes rig[...] Filed under: dungeons & dragons, Review, RPG Hub
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Review – Monk Archetypes
Monk Archetypes is an excellent expansion to the options available for the monk, allowing many of the classic wushu and martial arts characters to be modeled in interesting and dynamic ways. It does come with a slight [...]Read on >>
Chi-Chian
Chi-Chian, Or, How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Roll Up A Communist Cockroach Or Maybe Not, I Don’t Know Yet What I’m Going To Roll. Or Even If I Roll. I don’t want to just do older games or … C[...]Read on >>
Review – Genius Guide to: Fire Magic
Not enough fire magic in your campaign? This genius guide aims to help you with that problem. A variety of new fire-based spells and class options for all of your magical fire needs are provided within. The Genius Gu[...]Read on >>
EN World Review – Lords of Waterdeep by WotC
Greetings fellow gamers, it is Wednesday once again, and the end of the week approaches! I apologize for missing last week’s review, but I have some down with a spring cold, and was dosing myself with so much cold re[...]Read on >>
Review – Hope Preparatory School Student Handbook
The Hope Preparatory School Freshman Handbook is a lovely in-game artefact and a useful reference to the workings of the school. If playing a game in this setting, the Freshman handbook will add verisimilitude to the s[...]Read on >>
Deadlands Reloaded Explorer’s Edition
So many great things, all rolled into one! The original Deadlands (specifically, The Great Rail Wars) had a large influence on the Savage Worlds system, and then in 2006 a Savage Worlds version of Deadlands was released.[...]Read on >>
Total Confusion XXVI – My favorite convention
Total Confusion bills itself as “New England’s largest gaming convention”. I’m here to tell you that they don’t lie, in fact, they’re keeping the truth under wraps. They’re not j[...]Read on >>
Kalgor Bloodhammer and the Ghouls through the Breach
When Kobold Quarterly first released a “Party of 1″ adventure a few issues ago, I was over the moon. Yes, Tunnels & Trolls has had solo adventures pretty much since the game bagan back in the 1`970s, and[...]Read on >>
Review: Dungeons of Golarion
Let’s get right to the point: Dungeons of Golarion is an excellent supplement. Although Golarion specific (rather unsurprisingly) its contents could in most cases be easily adapted to fit almost any GM’s campaign w[...]Read on >>
Marvel Heroic Roleplaying
There are a lot of things that I like about the new Marvel Heroic Roleplaying game, and a very few things that I don’t. The dice pool mechanic is brilliant. You add things to the die pool based on what you’re[...]Read on >>
Short Reviews of short Pathfinder products
Just some quick reviews of smaller Pathfinder products: Death Sentence, a Coffee Break Adventure, by War Games South. A short one-page adventure with a nice full color map and an all too brief encounter. It is good e[...]Read on >>
Review – Mage Noir
Mage Noir takes the mages of World of Darkness into the America of the postwar era in the US, a period of moral grays, the era of noir. Playing to mood and tone is one of the strengths of the World of Darkness and the [...]Read on >>
Review: Enemies of NeoExodus – Crimson Hand
March 16, 2012 from G*M*S Magazine
Filed under: design, pathfinder, Review, roleplaying, RPG, RPG Hub
This pdf from LPJ Design is 34 pages long, 1 page front cover, 1 page editorial/SRD, 2 pages monster-sheets, leaving 30 pages of content for the latest faction of deadly foes for the NeoExodus campaign setting.
[...] Filed under: design, pathfinder, Review, roleplaying, RPG, RPG Hub
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Review – The Sinking: Epicenter Rising
The Sinking: Epicenter Rising is straight forward introductory adventure that ties a group into a major happening in the Great City, but with a little work could easily be adapted for other cities. While rather struct[...]Read on >>
Interface Zero GM Screen for Savage Worlds Review and a tad more
Interface Zero GM Screen for Savage Worlds Review by Gunmetal Games Price: $2.99 ( pdf format) Pages: 7 (a splash page, 3 pages of charts, & 3 of great art) Why a review on a GM Screen? Because Interface Zero[...]Read on >>
Review – Attitude: Sixth World Swagger
Attitude is all about style and the world of media and celebrity in the Shadowrun future. It is a superb reference but it is almost all background and information, very much a flavor sourcebook while there are some new[...]Read on >>
Thunderstone Advance Play Session Review
First, a confession. I am late to the Thunderstone party. I played Thunderstone at the Games Expo last year and was very impressed. It was a quick and easy game to play with plenty of depth. Since then I kept meaning to [...]Read on >>
John Carter (of Mars)
I really want to write about Madicon weekend… the fun, the games, the Battletech Pink Slip tournament, demoing the Zpocalypse board game, and all the other Stuff(!) that went on but I’m still recovering…[...]Read on >>
Review – Kith of the Harpy Queen
If you like the harpy, or have never been exactly sure how to fit them into your campaign, this product will give you the ability to place harpies in a wide range of adversarial roles: combat, social, background threat e[...]Read on >>
John Carter and a Princess of Mars
...Should have been the title of Disney's new film other than just John Carter. I saw the film last night and recommend it. It is good exactly in the way sci-fi spectacle adventure films genera[...]Read on >>
Empire of the Petal Throne (Original Manuscript)
This is a copy of the original manuscript for Empire of the Petal Throne, written prior to the version published by TSR. Professor M.A.R. Barker only did a limited run of 50 copies back in 1974, and this is the first tim[...]Read on >>
EN World Review – The Slithering Monsoon by Rattlesnake Games
Happy Post-Super-Tuesday, fellow gamers! I promise, that’s the last political statement I’ll make in this blog, as I think gamers tend to be happier considering the local politics of the kingdom where their charact[...]Read on >>
Elric: Cults of the Young Kingdoms, 2nd Edition
“There is no salvation in this world – only malevolent doom!’ – Elric of Melnibone The Lords of Law, the Lords of Chaos, and the Elements don’t really care about Men, but that doesn’t stop Men[...]Read on >>
Unboxing X610Z: On the Ruins of Chaos
This video is not a review of the gameplay, but a review of the game components, the quality and the looks. This is to help you decide if your money will be better spent elsewhere or if this game is what you should be ad[...]Read on >>
A Weird Adventures Review Grotesque
Jack, your host for Tales of the Grotesque and Dungeonesque, takes a break from his excellent exploration of the Gothic and its use in fantasy gaming to review Weird Adventures.Check it out.[...]Read on >>
Savage Worlds 50 Fathoms New Player’s Guide Explorer Edition Review
Savage World's 50 Fathoms Player's Guide Explorer's Edition Publisher: Pinnacle Entertainment Written by: Shane Lacy Hensley Art & Graphic Design: Cheyenne Wright Price: $9.99 Pa[...]Read on >>
The G*M*S Magazine Podcast Episode 33 – Summoner Wars with Colby Dauch
It's been a terrific year and I am only so happy to still be around and feel as enthusiastic about the podcast, the website and the gaming world as I did a year ago. Of course, when one has the opportunity to cyber-mingl[...]Read on >>
The 6d6 Core System: a review.
Today we’re going to be looking at the 6d6 Core setting produced by the folks over at 6d6 Fireball. The designers set out to create a game that was quick and easy to learn, as well as having a light, versatile rule[...]Read on >>
Review – The City of Vor-Loren
Vor-Laran is an interesting city, systemless and open to be adapted for any fantasy world, it does have its own character. If you have need for a city, or ideas for a city, this inexpensive product is a good resource. [...]Read on >>
2011 in Review, Look Ahead to 2012 (Tome 189)
In this episode of the Tome Show Jeff and Tracy are joined by editor Sam Dillon (who didn’t edit this episode, so don’t blame him) and Icosahedraphelia host, Chris Heard. Our sponsor is Gamerati and Gamerati[...]Read on >>
The World Of Synnibarr
The World Of Synnibarr OK, first off, let me note I have a few weird psychological issues with the World of Synnibarr, because I bought my copy (the first edition of the game, with the lion man cover) at an … Conti[...]Read on >>
Freebie of the Day: Hero Lab for the Pathfinder Beginners Box
From the how-did-I-not-know-about-this-before dep’t: Hero Lab for the Pathfinder Beginner’s Box (AKA Hero Lab Starter Edition) is exactly what it says on the tin: a fully functional and complete version of H[...]Read on >>
Review – Runner’s Toolkit
Runner’s Toolkit contains a considerable number of useful tools for any Shadowrun GM. Especially for a new GM the toolkit is an excellent addition to their arsenal of tools and for any Shadowrun GM it has a considera[...]Read on >>
[Review] LotFP: Rules & Magic book
March 2, 2012 from d4, d6, d8, d10, d12 and d20s behind the skeleton in the closet
Filed under: Review, RPG Hub
I’m not going to get too crunchy about the LotFP rules, because anyone with a passing familiarity of any edition of D&D up to and including 2e or any retro-clone inspired by any of them basically knows the score a[...] Filed under: Review, RPG Hub
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[Review] LotFP: Referee book
March 1, 2012 from d4, d6, d8, d10, d12 and d20s behind the skeleton in the closet
Filed under: Review, RPG Hub
I’m going to skip the Rules & Magic volume and jump right into the Referee’s book, as the rules are freely available thus it is easy enough to make up your own mind, however it must be said that this is really t[...] Filed under: Review, RPG Hub
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TotalCon 26 in 3,273 Words
TotalCon. Where do I begin? Okay, I’m going to sum up the entire con in a single word. You might think that is difficult to do. But, here goes. AMAZING! TotalCon 26 was the most fun I’ve had at TotalCon. If you’re [...]Read on >>
[Review] LotFP: Tutorial book
March 1, 2012 from d4, d6, d8, d10, d12 and d20s behind the skeleton in the closet
Filed under: Review, RPG Hub
LotFP takes a rather Mentzerian approach to the task of introducing itself to the reader. It simply takes you by the hand and walks you through various game concepts: what’s a RPG, dice and then straight into your firs[...] Filed under: Review, RPG Hub
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EN World Review – Review of Adventure-a-Week.com
Greetings fellow gamers! Not only is it the Humpday of the week, but it’s also the last day of February in a Leap Year, a calendar oddity to say the least, and a chance for all those born today to actually celebrate [...]Read on >>
After London, the RPG Campaign Book That Wasn’t
Having recently stuck my toe in the concept of a Victorian post-apocalyptic game (Apocalypse 1898, to be precise), several folks pointed me towards a few 19th century tomes about such a world. One was called After London[...]Read on >>
G-core: Super Roleplaying in a quick, tight and highly affordable package
Last weekend at Total Confusion I finally got a chance to sit down and game with my buddy Jay Libby. Jay’s not only a great guy, but he’s part of Dilly Green Bean Games and created G-Core! G-core is what we [...]Read on >>
[Review] Lamentations of the Flame Princess: (intro) Bring on the “Weird”
February 29, 2012 from d4, d6, d8, d10, d12 and d20s behind the skeleton in the closet
Filed under: Retro Clone, Review, RPG Hub
After much procrastination over which of the new (to me) retro-clones to sample I finally took the plunge for LotFP: Weird Fantasy Role-Playing (Grindhouse Edition), which I realise isn’t strictly a clone as such, but [...] Filed under: Retro Clone, Review, RPG Hub
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Savage Worlds: Olympian Breed Pre-Gens Review and some Greek Paper Figures
Savage Worlds Olympian Breed Pre-Gens Review ...and some Greek Paper Figures Pre-Gen Characters for play or reference by Palewolf Publishing Price: FREE Pages: 5 Uses/Requires: 1. Savage Worlds Deluxe Editi[...]Read on >>
Review – Opponents Unlimited
Opponents Unlimited is a collection of supervillains, lone villains and groups, most of which are very offbeat or even outright zany. For colorful and unusual characters, it is worth a look. Opponents Unlimited is a 33[...]Read on >>
Bad Review
It was bound to happen and it did. Knowledge Illuminates got a bad review, but its not a bad thing at all. I've been involved with writing on and off since the mid 80's and had my share of both good and bad reviews a[...]Read on >>
