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Ever since Iron Man came out in 2008, the non-Disney studios have been desperate to build their own cinematic universe franchises. Outside of one or two arguable exceptions, these attempts have fallen flat on their faces. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves certainly has a Marvel-style...

As a child of the 80s, I stayed up late to watch a lot of television. It was a different time on the screen back then. Forgotten movies, strange reruns and the oddest of local programming mixed together in a foggy haze where it was sometimes hard to draw a line between what was really on TV what...

I think it also would be a good fit for emulating 80s slobs versus snobs comedies like Caddyshack, Real Genius or Back to School.

It talks about how the economy is still unstable and how night markets have grown to fill the gaps with pricing varying from item to item and night market to night market. But if you're looking for full blown economic analysis like Corporate Shadowfiles you won't find that here.

Most gamers love a good gear book. Whether it's deciding on what to buy with all that gold getting inspiration for an entirely new character, it’s one of my favorite types of expansion books. Cyberpunk games do these exceptionally well. I spent so much time curled up with the Street Samurai...

This is definitely one of those "an overnight success, five years in the making" deals. Her adventure designs were so good they were able to thrive outside of DMG. I also like the idea of a game that harkens back to older editions but without feeling like it has to include legacy mechanics for...

No, this is about the hijinx of being upper/middle class during the good times of the Roaring 20's in a ficticious European city. There's not much in the way of social consciousness or historical context in the text but that's not really the type of game this is.

It's more low stakes than no stakes. Instead of busting up the Silver Twilight Lodge's ritual to stop a summoning, you're busting up their poker night because one of their members was mean to your sibling. For those who don't want a straight up comedy, one of the campaign frames is a cozy...

When most gamers think of the 1920s they think of Call of Cthulhu. While that iconic game has explored plenty of dark corners of the decade, the time was more known for good feelings and little restraint. The Roaring 20’s roared because the world was looking to forget the muddy meatgrinder of...

The Symbaroum Monster Codex has a good mix of in-universe flavor and direct advice to GMs. Each monster came with a ready to play story hook in each entry.

Monster manuals are one of the evergreen books in tabletop RPGs. Monsters can help define the world not just as things for the players to battle but also through their art and the bits of lore connected to each creature. Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 4th Edition has kept monsters to a minimum so...

There's a code to unlock both adventures and the short rulebook on Avatar Nexus for free and a 50% the core book coupon. I already unlocked the other stuff with the free code for KS backers.

I quite liked the Black Hack when I reviewed it here: https://www.enworld.org/threads/the-black-hack-boxed-set-offers-almost-everything-you-need-for-an-excellent-hexcrawl.685311/

It may not have been a strong season but it's probably why the core book is getting a hardcover reprint and there's a second expansion on the way.

I still have my Star Warriors boxed set from there!

One of the things MotW taught me was how to use soft and hard moves to convey difficulty. Soft moves give the chance a players to react, while hard moves just hit them because the situation warrants it. A good example in the case of that shotgun blast might be if the players are sneaking around...

Kids who love Avatar will do the work. I mentioned this game to a classroom I was speaking to about D&D and I saw half the classes eyes light up. Airbending and D&D? Together??? Minds were blown. Also, they can google actual plays to help them figure it out. Magpie even has one coming out...