The Talisman Adventures RPG occupies an interesting space in current RPG design. To capture the feel of the boardgame, it attempts to capture a specific setting that, at the same time, uses broad storytelling conventions that draw from both fairytale stylization and epics. For example, The City has specific traits, but it is The City. The most closely analogous setting
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Reaching out across the geeky-verse and looking at a book today. I recently finished up Legends and Lattes by Travis Baldree, and I wanted to take some time to look at this book. The sub-title of this is A Novel of High Fantasy and Low Stakes. I saw this novel pop up a few places on my timeline on RPG
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It’s been a while since I visited the alternate World War II of Achtung! Cthulhu, so I thought I might take a look at one of the most recent of the mission PDFs in the line. If you’re curious about the game system, and you haven’t seen it yet, you can find my First Impression here on Gnome Stew. While
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It’s after the first of the month, and that means another installment of Ghostfire Gaming’s Fables is available. We’re currently on episode five of six, and we’re less than a month away from the final adventure in this series. If you haven’t read my other reviews of this series, it’s not too late to get right with the universe, but
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I’ve seen a lot of discussion on what the “other” classic setting will be for D&D 5e, and a lot of that speculation has been either that Dark Sun is a shoe in for this other setting, or that there is no way it can be Dark Sun. Before I go any further in my speculation, I want to point
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Spelljammer led off the D&D Direct news, but it wasn’t the only thing that was announced during the event. The other announcements were varied, and I’m probably not going to touch on all of them with the same amount of effort, since I’ve not interacted with all of them equally. Quick Bits Neverwinter: Dragonslayer It’s been a while since I
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Hm . . . what’s been happening lately? There have been a few TV shows I’ve been watching. How about that Thor: Love and Thunder trailer? Oh, and Spelljammer and Dragonlance confirmed! Yeah, I want to touch base on some of the things that were announced at D&D Direct. I will be doing this in two parts, with Part I
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It’s April, and that means the flowers are in bloom, and the sun is shining, right up until it freezes over again, kills the young buds on the plants, and the gray expanse of despair dulls all joy and hope emanating from the sun. You know, Spring! It’s also time to look at this month’s issue of Arcadia from MCDM.
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This monster book snuck up on me. It must be an Ambusher. Okay, if you are wondering what I’m talking about, I’m going to look at the preview material for MCDM’s most recent Kickstarter, for their bestiary Flee, Mortals! Disclaimer James Introcaso at MCDM sent me the preview material early, which I read immediately, but haven’t had time to expound
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It’s early in the month, which means it’s time to look at the latest volume of Ghostfire Gaming’s Fables product, their monthly adventure subscription service. We’re at the fourth adventure out of six in this campaign, so we’re moving past the halfway point, angling towards the endgame. So what does the second half of the campaign look like? Let’s take
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