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    Systems You'd Never Play after Reading Them

    Numenera. The game opens with its manifesto about being story-focused and streamlined with the rules disappearing. Then, page by page, every rule – seen to be quite the opposite in other systems – made an appearance. A d20 system made "simpler" by having players and GM convert each roll into a...
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    Mothership

    4.5 out of 5 rating for Mothership As other sci-fi horror rpgs enter the market, it's important to give Mothership a well-deserved love letter. In Mothership you and your crew try to survive in the most inhospitable environment in the universe: outer space! With it's ironclad rules and a...
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    Mothership

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    Spirit of the Century

    5 out of 5 rating for Spirit of the Century There are hundreds of games that scratch the itch for D&D and Tolkien. This one scratches the itch for pulp. There are others out there, but after thirteen years of being on the market, Spirit of the Century is still the best of them.
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    Spirit of the Century

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    Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage

    2 out of 5 rating for Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage This adventure was made for audiences that love mega-dungeons. The problem: this isn’t a good mega-dungeon. Filled with tonal inconsistencies, poor layout, and no usability tools, Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage, is a harder monster to...
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    Blades in the Dark

    5 out of 5 rating for Blades in the Dark Blades in the Dark is a landmark design. A next-generation storytelling rpg that satisfies players instinctually the way well-engineered board games do. A rare pairing for an rpg book.
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    Waterdeep: Dragon Heist

    3 out of 5 rating for Waterdeep: Dragon Heist Despite having a great world with novel experiments, this adventure keeps most of its potential locked behind poor execution.
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    Worlds of Design: RPGs in Just Six Words

    Gonzo fantasy nightmare (and the Welsh). -- Silent Titans "Hey, we heard you like Waterdeep." -- Dragon Heist Eventually, inevitably Monty Python -- Pendragon
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    What is the worst "I don't know how my own abilities work" you've encountered in a game?

    I had a player in Pathfinder who never bothered to learn his cleric abilities but loved using SRDs. In other words, he played every subclass ever made (official, 3rd party, homebrew) and routinely pulled names and phrases from them to say what he was doing. Which no one including myself knew...
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