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My latest Overlords of Dimension-25 products is now up for sale on DrivethruRPG. Destination: Tartarus Destination: Tartarus takes the characters on a dangerous rescue mission through space to the outer edge of the Solar system. They soon learn that their objective is different from what...

Thursday: Junkyard ghost, plague gnolls, myconids. Friday: Poorly written encounter frustrated players.

...and how did it go?

Plutonian Necropolis, Guarded by Martians.

Wander blindly through goblin junkyard.

I've played Coriolis and I love it. The "Arabian Nights in Space" angle depends on the gamemaster and how much effort they're willing to put into the flavor of their description and NPCs and cultures. Our GM wasn't great at that so his campaign felt much more 80s gritty industrial science...

Pluto. Space zombies, Electric millipedes.

For my group: Street Fighter Player's Guide for Street Fighter the STG. Ultimate Powers Book for Marvel Super Heroes, which we played a LOT in high school. Central Casting, Heroes of Legend which we used for AD&D, 1st and 2nd ed. Honorable mention goes to Mekton Zeta Plus for Mekton Zeta, but...

My game last Friday: Pluto. Space zombies, electric millipedes. or, if you prefer haiju: Rocket to Pluto Rescue mission. Space Zombies. Robot Millipedes.

I hope I'm not saying that at all. There are games that I think are badly designed, poorly written, with terrible layout, and may indeed be unplayable that I absolutely love love love! I hope what I am saying is that preference, appreciation, and enjoyment are not the same as quality of product.

I'm not suggesting that my criteria aren't subjective. They are, of course, subjective. I'm saying that there are different subjective criteria - that a game can be subjectively described as "good" or "bad" based on certain criteria that are not based on preference but are instead based on more...

When we first saw it at the game store we laughed, "Ha ha ha! What a stupid idea for an RPG!" When my roommate bought it we teased him, "You bought that? Ha ha ha! You are so stupid for buying that!" When we made fighters and had some fights, we were suddenly, "Hey, this is interesting and I...

Saying something like "dice pools are bad" or "a fantasy post apocalypse is bad" or "roll under systems are terrible" or "this is based on a comic I dislike" is a different thing from saying "this is poorly written", "the layout is a mess", or "this lacks any kind of cohesive design principle or...

My high school buddies and I had a lot of fun making characters for and playing TMNT in an After the Bomb campaign and Robotech Invid Invasion. A lot of the fun was discovering the skill synergies that gave bonuses to Physical Strength and other stats - so everyone took skills like Weightlifting...

I have so much love for bad RPGs. The World of Synnibarr is just glorious over the top nonsense. Space Patrol, one of the very first RPGs period, was somehow both too ambitious and too limited in scope. The Street Fighter RPG from White Wolf was not only playable, was not only enjoyable, but...

I did a crazy thing - I made an entire RPG inspired by Revolt on Antares, the old TSR minigame by Tom Moldvay from 1981. Uprising on Antares-9 by Geekrampage I give you - Uprising on Antares-9, a Free RPG by Christian Conkle Rules based on Warrior, Rogue, & Mage by Stargazer Games/Michael Wolf...