Recent content by jdrakeh

The Drugs.

Don't overdo the gutters. A while back, I purchased a PDF to find that two thirds of each page was unused white space (the left and right gutters), while only one third of each page contained actual text. I assume the publisher did this to pad out the page count. I was not a happy customer.

It's right here. There's specifically a power that covers the classic Beastmaster archetype (though animal companions are non-combatants by default).

I was really looking forward to the ADOM (Ancient Domains of Mystery) tabletop RPG. It was successfully Kickstarted in 2019, but then the developers decided to kill the project. Last I knew, backers were still requesting (and not receiving) refunds.

Not necessarily.

I'm a sucker for a good television mystery series. Currently, my two favorites are Murdoch Mysteries (an alt-history series with a focus on science) and Banacek (an older series starring George Peppard which, truth be told, I've watched in its entirety a few times). Are there any other good...

If Bob Sr. shared those views, he was smart enough to keep them to himself.

Geez. It's like Bledsaw Jr woke up and thought "What can I do today to absolutely incinerate the tiny bit of remaining good will that people have toward my company?" Well, good job, Bob. NAILED IT.

I didn't even realize that I held this opinion until Jim Pinto called my attention to it over on Facebook. Underrated: World of Synnibarr. Ok. Hear me out. The rules in World of Synnibarr run the gamut from "meh" to "completely unhinged" but, conceptually, the game's setting is a lot more...

The 10th Anniversary Edition of Fudge comes with a 100% complete example classic fantasy implementation (ala D&D) that you can build with the rules. It outlines character creation, multiple types of magic, provides an introductory adventure, and comes with a brief bestiary. It's very...

Weird. I found it both the most accessible version of Fudge and more accessible than any version of Fate, save for FAE. I certainly found it more accessible than any edition of GURPS core or Hero System.

Probably the 10th Anniversary Edition of Fudge (OOP hardcover, or PDF here).

In one of the first games that I worked on for somebody else (that I believe is still on the drawing board), there was a specific focus on slice of life details - clothing customs, local foods. social taboos, and such. I've never read another RPG that went into such details to the degree that...

Night's Black Agents will probably be my go to solution for action-packed weird conspiracy games going forward (everything from the default vampires to Fringe). It simply has a lot of good design packed into it and it's malleable enough to be used for multiple settings/campaigns. For specific...

Ultima Online was the first big MMORPG that I invested a lot of time and energy into. I kind of miss those days. But Betrayal at Krondor was the first big computer RPG that I really enjoyed.