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Flames of Freedom kickstarter. Basically, the approach Colonial Gothic took was supernatural historical horror. FoF had both different mechanics and a very different approach to creating the setting. Historical is not a main focus of FoF; a quote from the kickstarter: "History certainly informs...

From the Free League website there is a follow up adventure from the one in the starter: Following the same deluxe format and packaging as the award-winning Case File 01: Electric Dreams, included in the Blade Runner RPG Starter Set, Case File 02: Fiery Angels features a new thrilling...

“Colonial Gothic is a supernatural historical horror roleplaying game set during the dawn of the American Revolution.” The original designer who is currently working on a fourth edition, Richard G. Iorio, was kind enough to talk to me about his RPG, his design choices, and his upcoming work...

I’m on vacation, so not every game this week is new. Instead, here are a selection of starter sets and core rule collections if you’re looking for a new RPG to try. Many of these RPGs have links to reviews as well. I have read or played all these systems except for Avatar and recommend all of...

Mutant: Year Zero launches into space while Pressure is already out there in the Deep Black. There are RPGs for playing the dead and anima heroes. There are also lots of monsters and some adventures for D&D/OSR RPGs. Note: RPG Print News covers recent RPG releases and some classics, reprints...

Troika! is an amazing offbeat sci-fantasy RPG with great third party support. The Troika Patreon is filled with monsters and other game extras. I interviewed Daniel Sell previously and there is so much he is currently releasing that I wanted to speak with him again, and he was kind enough to say...

I have run a couple of Brad Kerr's adventures using OSE. I really enjoyed them. The ideas were great and the maps were clear. Descriptions easy to follow and I liked the challenges the PCs had to face. Going from the hex crawl in the garden up into the flying castle was a great two-part...

What? The exclamation mark indicates I'm going along with the banter. I had no idea you were being completely serious. Excessive concern about RPGs doesn't really describe me at all. Neither does touchy or aggressive. It's just table top RPGs and we're all just hanging out talking.

It is the OSR using 5E. Says so right on the label!

My version of that is OSE. This is for Cairn. Otherwise same adventure, yes.

Not really a non game but actually an accessary like a dice bag. It comes from a game publisher and you use it with RPGs if you want, but it isn't an RPG itself!

Shadowdark (along with back up) has arrived like a tenebrous fissure suddenly opening beneath our feet. Time to fear the dark again. The original tales of Conan are available for inspiration for any sword and sorcery campaign. Cairn gets two connected adventures. Mörk Borg and the OSR get plenty...

Valentine’s Day is a perfect time to run table top RPGs. Horror and fantasy adventures fit the season perfectly; games can run the gamut from a GM and player duo to body horror and mutants. Here are some adventures to run and celebrate the season this Valentine’s Day. Fantasy Dream Cartoon -...

Thanks! I really appreciate hearing your feedback. If you have any suggestions on what you'd like to see covered I can't promise I can cover it but I'm always looking for topics, ideas, and critiques.

It has been years since I wrote this one and my interviewing skills have vastly improved. Just to be clear, not Mongoose's or Matt's fault if this article doesn't appeal to anyone; I was the one who wrote the article. However, lessons learned and I continue to work on honing my craft which was...

I don't see how you can roll as the GM and change what you rolled in secret. That is the definition of cheating in any game. I think the GM can choose not to roll in many cases but combat in nearly every system I know requires rolls and changing the results of a roll outside the rules is...

No, you record the hit in secret. You say hit and put a red pin in your ship, but the other player doesn't see you recording the hit because of the barrier between both sides of the board. The other player doesn't know what ship was hit or how many times it has been hit until it sinks. Because...

I think the information in tabletop RPG rulebooks about what is an RPG and how to treat your fellow players while running a game could instead be distilled into some practical advice. In a table top RPG a game master may say, “The players sank my battleship!” And that is a great thing. Here’s...