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Urban fantasy stories are about power. It’s usually the haves versus the have nots with the protagonists in the role of the underdog. It’s a model that’s worked wonders in role playing games of this style. It gives players something to do, there’s usually a common (ish) enemy to fight and it...

There tend to be two types of cities in fantasy campaigns. The first kind are neo-medieval museum spaces where magic helps smooth over the differences between what the players know and what historians might quibble about. The second are filthy urban nightmares that reflect the anxieties of...

We are living in a wonderful time when there are two great space horror RPGs on the market. I own both Alien and Mothership because they have their own strengths. Alien lives in the iconic space horror setting and lets players try to survive against the infamous Xenomorph, the hard laws of space...

While there’s naturally been a lot of attention devoted to Dungeons & Dragons this year because of the 50th Anniversary, it’s also good to see other classic games return to the public consciousness. Cyberpunk 2077 has a shaky launch but has not just survived but thrived since then thanks to a...

One of the most surreal discussions I’ve had as a parent is explaining the concept of Saturday morning cartoons. Yes, there was once a time when kids got up early, loaded up on sugary cereals and watched a variety of toy commercials masquerading as TV shows. No on demand streaming or pausing to...

According to the internet, everyone will, at some point, go on adventure with Pedro Pascal as he escorts A Special Child Through A Bad World. This concert peaked a few years ago when Pascal was the lead in both The Mandalorian and The Last of Us but it was the first thing I thought about when I...

One of the main advantages of playing a licensed RPG is playing in a world everyone at the table already knows. It’s fun to imagine your characters crossing paths with the heroes you all love, facing the bad guys you all hate and kicking off each session with the theme song that gets stuck in...

I agree about the Safehouse and Acquisition rules but I can also see someone getting upset about buying a book that has class options for stuff that they have to buy other books to be able to use. I would still probably buy Sin or Strata before getting Magister's Guide just because both of those...

In days gone by, companies used to put out new supplements every month or so. This was how many publishers kept the lights on by promising new rules or an advancing storyline for players already locked into their games. This has since shifted to a model featuring less releases that cover more...

Xcrawl has been around for 20 years, first published as a D&D Third Edition supplement and then a Pathfinder version. It’s been circling around Goodman Games for a few years before finally landing a Kickstarter for XCrawl Classics. Dungeon Crawl Classics seems like a good system for a game that...