First Look: Pip System Corebook
I love genre-agnostic roleplaying games. Mostly because they allow me to dream of using them for my homebrew settings (which of course get never finished). But they are also a great choice if...
August 9, 2017
Reviews & First Looks
Review: Tales From The Loop
I don’t remember when I first learned about Simon Stålenhag‘s work. It might have been the article from The Verge in 2013, or a random blog post I stumbled upon while aimlessly surfing...
July 20, 2017
Review: Coriolis–The Third Horizon
It’s no secret that I enjoyed Fria Ligan’s (aka Free League) Mutant: Year Zero. This game came to me as a total surprise and when I finally got my hands on it, I...
July 17, 2017
Review: Conan – Adventures in an Age Undreamed Of (Part 3)
This is what you’ve been waiting for, the conclusion of my Conan – Adventures in an Age Undreamed Of review! Usually my reviews are not that long, but this time I decided it...
March 4, 2017
Review: Conan – Adventures in an Age Undreamed Of (Part 2)
This is part two of my review of Modiphius’ Conan – Adventures in an Age Undreamed Of. Last time we mostly focused on the character generation and the rules in general. This time...
March 3, 2017
Review: Conan – Adventures in an Age Undreamed Of (Part 1)
My first contact with Conan the Cimmerian was the 1982 movie “Conan the Barbarian”. It might not be the best movie ever and not very close to the Conan from Robert E. Howard’s...
March 2, 2017
Video Game Recommendation: Torment–Tides Of Numenera
Yesterday InXile Entertainment released Torment: Tides of Numenera, the long-awaited computer role-playing game set into Monte Cook’s Ninth World. In a way it’s also a spiritual successor to Planescape: Torment, which was based...
March 1, 2017
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What about Mindjammer for Traveller? A Review…
So, I’m jumping on the blog’s Traveller bandwagon! About three months too late… I’ve been working on this review for a while and RL just kept me from finishing it. It was fun...
February 28, 2017
First Look: Kaigaku by Jacob Ross
UPDATE: Kaigaku Premium Edition is now available in print from DriveThruRPG! A while ago Jacob Ross contacted me and asked me if I was interested in reviewing his game Kaigaku. Kaigaku is a...
February 14, 2017
A look at Low Fantasy Gaming
In one of my previous posts I have confessed my new-found love in all things OSR. All those D&D simulacra available are full of cool ideas, an old-school charm, and a wonderful sense...
February 2, 2017
Hidden Gem: The Unexplained
Yesterday I bought a copy of Carnivore Games’ The Unexplained, a Fudge-based game in which you play members of a group investigating paranormal phenomenon. And from what I’ve seen so far it is...
January 7, 2017
First Look: CONTACT – Tactical Alien Defense RPG
Contact is one of the few roleplaying games created in Germany who eventually were released in English language. I have to admit I totally missed the release of the English PDF on DriveThruRPG...
November 14, 2016
Caves of Qud
Yes, this is first and foremost a pen & paper roleplaying games blog, but sometimes I just need to sneak in a post about related topics. Today I want to talk about Caves...
September 27, 2016
Destiny Space
Most of the roleplaying games I write about are from the English-speaking part of the world. But sometimes there are German-language roleplaying games which really stand out, so I want to talk about...
September 14, 2016
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Inkarnate Entertainment Team Interview
If you’re like me, your love for RPGs goes hand in hand with a love for maps. From the first time I read The Hobbit and the Dragonlance series, to when I first...
December 10, 2015
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Herding Cats, Mythos Style!
I’m rarely a player these days, and I’m not complaining. My gaming time is limited, and what I enjoy the most is being a GM, so I usually only get to be a...
September 16, 2015
Some thoughts on the Traveller Core Beta
On Friday Mongoose Publishing released the beta playtest documents for their upcoming Traveller Core Rulebook. What sets this playtest apart from others we’ve seen in the past is the fact that you have...
September 7, 2015
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RPG a Day 2015 Challenge – Days 1, 2 and 3
I’ve been absent from the blog way too long… Thankfully our fearless leader has kept toiling at it on his own for a while now. RL has really kept me away from posting,...
August 3, 2015
First Look: Apocalypse Prevention Inc. 2nd Edition
Back in 2011 Eloy Lasanta of Third Eye Games graciously provided me with a review copy of his roleplaying game Apocalypse Prevention Inc. Recently he released a 2nd edition of his game, so...
July 2, 2015
Preview: Cypher System Rulebook
Recently a couple of fellow bloggers had the opportunity to look at Monte Cook Games upcoming Cypher System Rulebook. Since I wasn’t among the lucky ones, I got in touch with Shanna Germain...
June 29, 2015