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Forbidden Lands gets a new setting and a book of fearsome monsters. Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition gets a deluxe adventure, a skirmish game, packs of miniatures, character folios, and a pad of mapping paper. Tuber dudes threaten or ally with the PCs in an adventure for Basic and Expert...

Liminal is an urban fantasy RPG set in London with PCs of supernatural backgrounds like werewolves and wizards vying with various powerful factions. I have a group of mixed skill: all the way from a brand new player to old hands with decades of play under their belts. I went looking for a system...

The Pendragon Starter Set is full of adventure and support for GMs looking to try out the system which is related to the Basic Roleplaying family of RPGs. There is also a Pendragon Quick-Start. Pendragon line editor David Larkins was kind enough to talk with me about the box set which releases...

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Triangle Agency looks really interesting. Anytime adventures are included a new RPG is much more likely to peak my interest and I like the genre. Rolling d4s would be a pain but I get why they did it. I find it hard to believe three people pledged $1,665 for the ripple gun but if it brings them...

I am on vacation at some point soon (writing is like weird time travel), so this week I’m going to cover several of the most recent Free League core rules and bundle deals. I write about Free League often and Free League sends me products and PDFs to review although I’ve spent my fair share of...

Actually what I posted includes quite a bit more. And the box set above is another one on top of the basic box set (so more content to add to the base box set).

It does seem a bit high. The boxed set and modules for Dying Earth is $200 so that is an option as well but doesn't include that box set...

The biggest news is not only can you now have G.I. Joe face not just the Transformers but also the Power Rangers either in collaboration or perhaps conflict but also that you have rules to do so fairly and are designed to work together. May be one of the coolest RPG things I have seen and my 80s...

Yes. If my PC has Firearm 55% I'm a Professional and I have a 55% to hit what I'm shooting at if the outcome is in doubt. My PC can make a living in jobs that require shooting. If I have a 33% in Track I'm an Amateur (maybe a part-time hunter) and I have a 33% to track if the outcome is in...

Ben Aaronovitch explains what BRP contributes to the Rivers of London RPG in this interview: BA: I’m going to echo Lynne (Lynne Hardy from Chaosium). Why should you play a modified BRP system for Rivers? You could knock up your own house system. However, this will be a system tailored to fit...

The title was incorrect. Simply meant to indicate a review based on playing the RPG rather than just reading it.

I don't think so. Magic is included (casting spells like skills) and sorcery (short magical incantations that cause a supernatural effect and automatically works except when successfully resisted). There is a spell to summon a demon and a spell to summon an elemental.

Basic Roleplaying: Universal Game Engine is to d100 games what Dungeons & Dragons is to fantasy d20 RPGs and the OSR. If you haven’t investigated d100 RPGs, BRP is a great place to start if you like to create your own setting and adventures. I couldn’t be happier that this book is coming back to...

Twilight: 2000 gets a box set inspired by the first edition all about urban conflict and a book of starships is available for 2300AD . Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition gets all the accessories: battle maps and monster tokens, themed coins in a themed bag, miniatures, and dice . There is an...

That's right. Here's a link to his website.

You'll have two corpse loot tables. The Black Sword Hack has one as well along with lots of other helpful tables and world building info.

If I was playing D&D 5E I'd get the Player's Guide PDF for the mechanist class and beastkin lineage. I do appreciate that for those buying both books that they knocked $19 off the combined price. Along with free PDFs to go with the paper.

Agree. The world and city building rules create a world of Law versus Chaos without relying on the rest of the rules. The regional adventure seeds would also be helpful in any sword and sorcery campaign.