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It depends a little bit what sort of game you’re doing. Is it more Republic-era Jedi, or Rebellion-era scoundrels, or post-RotJ hopeful...

And here’s Queenmaker! Queenmaker (Netflix, 2023) A short, sharp, and beautifully made drama at a succinct 11 episodes, Queenmaker has...

I'd imagine most of the cartoons from that era have aged poorly.

Also for completeness one should mention Dungeon Smashers, which is basically an OSR game with JRPG dungeon fantasy stylings and a more...

Adventure Perilous is an 8-bit style TTRPG influenced by JRPGs on older game consoles. It's simple and super fun!

The setting in GoK is pretty wild and convenient at the same time - it’s a medieval city with an adventurers’ guild and an eponymous...

Ah, time for my absolute favourite K-drama so far. Sky Castle (Netflix, 2018) We all lie Just tell me the truth Shout it out! What you...

Horrostor was fantastic. A friend of mine used that as a basis for a scenario in our X-Filesish d20 Modern game and it was amazing.

@jian Thanks for the rundown. I wish companies would have better PDF previews to give us an idea what they're game is about. Most are...

A) Grady Hendrix is a "he." B) Horrorstor is my personal favorite of Hendrix's books, something about the deadpan "catalog" listings, I...

Oops, sorry about that. Didn’t know why I thought he was a she.

Sounds great - on the library waiting list. I’ve borrowed her IKEA book (Horrorstor) and I’ll give it a read.

I just finished Grady Hendrix's Southern Book Club's Guide to Slaying Vampires. This was my first Hendrix book and, based on his other...

Also, in case you hadn’t noticed, the Sword World Quickstart is available.

And there’s a new one out, Gates of Krystalia. AFAICT this is an Italian game (much like Fabula Ultima), though it is certainly chock...