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Reprieves
The winning entry in the Silent Death Fiction Contest belong to Neil Gaughan, who will receive a copy of Silent Death: The Next Millennium, deluxe edition, as well as one house book of his choosing and the minis…
Return to the Keep on the Borderlands
Remember Keep on the Borderlands, that module with the crazy dungeon and the keep full of people who did not have names? Well, forget that moldy old tome. Return to the Keep on the Borderlands (RTKB) is here.
Review of InSpectres
When things go bump in the night, who you gonna call? Enter InSpectres, your one stop shop for paranormal deliverance. Read on to get the lowdown!
Review: Amber Diceless Role-Playing
Roger Zelazny's The Chronicles of Amber is perhaps one of the most consistently entertaining fantasy series to even get close to the ten-book mark. Now Amber has been turned into a consistently entertaining RPG.
Review: Autorealm
AutoRealm, from Andy Gryc Software, aims to meet every GM's mapping needs. Well, it doesn't quite do that, but it comes rather close!
Review: Bloodshadows
The system for Bloodshadows is West End's Masterbook System, also used with their World of Indiana Jones game. It is a non-specific, multi-genre system which requires a general rule book (the Masterbook, which covers…
Review: Blue Planet--1st Edition
The Blue Planet RPG is obviously a labor of love, a stunning backdrop of fact-founded, logically constructed, futuristic cyberpunk shaken up with the fictional American West and a dash of noir mystery, marred only by a…
Review: Compact Sorcerer
A few pleasant surprises await the gamer who picks up this supplement expecting to see something on the same level as Compact Warrior. Although the general quality of the book isnt that much better than the prime…
Review: Compact Warrior
For a ruleboook of only 26 pages, this is a surprising complicated game. Also, although the writing is generally clear, the system, game layout, and presentation are not cohesive. My advice: wait for this game to…
Review: DragonFist
Dragon Fist is a game from TSR along the lines of Advanced Dungeons and Dragons, but the game is instead set in a place much like imperial China.
Review: Dungeons & Dragons Player's Handbook, 3rd Edition
I've seen some horrible reviewing done here and elsewhere, and am trying to avoid the same pitfalls. So--I'm going to write this review with a few questions in mind: does the D&D3E PHB meet its intended goals? In my…
Review: Dungeons and Dragons Third Edition
There's a lot of commentary, and more than a few reviews, floating around the Internet about the new edition of D&D. This review is based on over 20 hours of playing and DMing the latest edition of the game at GenCon…
Review: Dungeons and Dragons: 2nd Edition Players Handbook
After yesterday's review of the 3rd Edition Player's Handbook, I kind of dreaded posting this. I received a lot of nice replies and I really appreciate them. I'm more than a bit worried about losing my "good…
Review: Elric!
Sometimes I cant help but feel that Chaosium has some kind of sacred mission to produce really well-done games in genres that most people wouldnt want to play in.
Review: Gear Krieg
A look at the newest miniature game from Dream Pod 9. Gear Krieg is a tabletop miniatures wargame set in an alternate World War Two in which pulp superscience is the dominant force on the battlefield.
Review: GURPS Grimoire
The Grimoire brings the spell tally for the GURPS system to well over 800 spells. If you're looking for a catalog of spells or a catalog of ideas, this supplement will deliver. It isn't that you couldn't create this…
Review: GURPS Magic, 2E
Over 400 spells, with approximately 100 from the 3rd edition basic set, 200 from Fantasy, and 100 new entries. Add to that details on the Plant spell college, an improvisational spellcasting method, and magical campaign…
Review: Hell's Feast
The first in West End's series of Bloodshadows novels, Hell's Feast is a great way to get a feel for the world of Marl. The book shows the world, and the city of Galitia, through the eyes of private eye Jack Deacon as…
Review: King of Dragon Pass
I was so inspired by the excellent impression of the Orlanthi culture that King of Dragon Pass gives that I went out and bought the Glorantha book for Hero Wars.
Review: One World Dominion
This past week I was given the opportunity to review One World Dominion, an unauthorized Risk Supplement, from Interformic Games.
Review: Postmodern Magick
As anybody who has ever talked to me about games for more than a few moments is sure to know, Im a big fan of Atlas Games Unknown Armies. Ever since I read my friends laser-proof, Ive loved the game and Ive picked up…
Review: Spirit Warriors
Spirit Warriors is a new 128 page sourcebook for Pinnacles Hell on Earth setting, detailing what the American Indian Tribes have been up to these last umpty hundred years. It also adds a new archetype, the Toxic Shaman,…
Review: Unnaturals
This supplement for Bloodshadows focuses on unnaturals, offering 42 new non-human races for use as player characters and NPCs - though many of the creatures could easily be adapted (and pretty darn creepy) for any type…
Review: Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay
It was a sunny afternoon when I came home from work to a package that looked like it had been mauled by wild dogs. It was heavy and I wasn't sure what exactly it was. Reading the return address it clicked. Ah yes, my…
Rifts: Siege on Tolkeen Chapter One: Sedition
Every time I start thinking Rifts is getting better, they put out a weak product that makes me wonder why I even bother.
Rifts: Siege on Tolkeen, Coalition Overkill
The second in a series of six books, Coalition Overkill continues the storyline of the Coalitions war to eradicate Tolkeen. Here we see the Coalition at its darkest, and begin to see the extremes to which Tolkeen has…
Rock, Paper, Scissors: A Slient Death Short Story
Rock, Paper, Scissors by Andrew J Lucas was one of the many entries in the Silent Death Fiction Contest .
Rogue Thoughts: Little Girls with Candy
Wherein the author briefly focuses on addiction in role-playing games. Read and discuss amongst yourselves.
Rogue Thoughts: The Cuckoo
When does identity theft become appealing?
Rogue Thoughts: To Sketch a Thief
A short introduction to the column and a look at how to turn any lackluster scoundrel into the life of the party.