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I think I'm on to something. I don't have a name for this awesome 90s RPG I won't ever make, but here's my elevator pitch: it's a modern fantasy, with factions fighting one another, and sometimes forming strange alliances, for control over the soul of the youth (because, to paraphrase too many...

Never before have I seen a game that so ham-handedly seeks to ape contemporary issues and simultaneously give those of a certain sociopolitical stripe a vehicle through which to act out their sweaty-palmed fantasies. Do not take that as an endorsement or jab...I'm looking through my 'third...

"Hey! Let's give the henchman metallic blue lips! That'll look really great" - he looked like Rob Halford meets Gary Glitter. No good. No good.

I have only walked out of one movie in my life: the original DnD flick. I watched up to the point where they met the dwarf and, if memory serves me, the elf first appeared, peeping at them from in a tree. If these details are a little off, please forgive me - I've not watched it since. I...

An aside to this post and these comments, I bought that book several months ago and was mostly disappointed by it. The articles in it, all by different authors who each claim to "not suck," vary widely in quality - and I mean both ideas and writing skill - and a number of the ideas, while...

Another thought on Warhammer: Cubicle 7 has really impressed me with their AiME for 5e, and I am confident that they'll do good things with WH. For what that's worth, which isn't really much since it's just conjecture based out of my own subjective thoughts on a different product. Don't mind me...

For me, perhaps the new Top Secret, which comes via Kickstarter and is shipping a bit late, taking it into 2018. Maybe the new Warhammer RPG for other folks - and what a grand call back to the original cover, too!

Well-written review. Thank you.

...had a mutant wolverine commando character in that game.

Chill 3e is easy, and the company offers a number of free scenarios on their site, along with a quickstart.http://growlingdoorgames.com/chill.html

Agreed. The only time I've enjoyed watching actual play programs has been on YouTube for a few games for which I wanted to see the rules in action so as to better understand them. But watching others play, with their inside jokes and their group vibe, is boring to me. I much prefer advice and...

It doesn't appeal to all gamers. There's nothing foolish about that. Pathfinder doesn't appeal to me; that doesn't make Paizo foolish.

...and you did a great job. I ran "Border Dispute" at a local convention a few days ago and it went over very well - the players enjoyed it, were challenged by it, and the material in the book provided me with a perfect balance of guidance and options. Well done.

Terrible YouTube screen shot there...he looks like Bin Laden or some ISIS clown making a speech. I had to.

I can see where it could feel that way. I don't use the tokens that way, usually. What I've found is that the first flip to black - when the threat is nearby for the first time - serves the same purpose as, in a movie or tv show, of awareness of the horror by the audience, but not the...

Saw that, too. Am reading it already - they definitely feel very Star Trekian.

Always a plug from me for Chill 3e: it's got a great, easy system for investigations of different types that helps players achieve the same ends as in Gumshoe (automatically finding clues), but which operates differently and, I think, more effectively. The dark/light tokens are also a great...

Very clever, and an idea I think I'll use. Often we present our players with problems in the form of NPCs (often hordes of them), traps, and the like - all very personal things. Something massive and utterly impersonal, like a storm, would present a very different challenge and would feel...

I agree with Morrus' comment on the feel of a percentile system - it somehow seems fitting to scifi. Beyond the core mechanic, I also think that a skills-based system is more fitting for modern and scifi settings than one based on levels. Really, how many games aside from the many flavors of F20...

How bizarre...I've always pronounced Acererak as "Chuck." I've no idea where these other bizarro butcherings of the name are coming from. What's up, folks? I can go either way on Drow, however, and in fact had never heard it said like "grow" until recently, when it sounded different and...