Review: Cyberpunk Red This game is based on the Cyberpunk rules and setting first published by R. Talsorian Games in 1988 and updated as Cyberpunk 2020 two years later. Cyberpunk Red uses their in-house Interlock game system, which was used […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Avatar Legends Quickstart Review Having celebrated its fifteenth anniversary this year, the world of Avatar: The Last Airbender has demonstrated surprising longevity. Especially as it’s spinoff, The Legend of Korra, didn’t even air the second half of its final season. […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Review: Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft In the fall of 2020, Ray Winninger—the new Executive Producer of D&D—teased that three classic campaign settings were being updated to 5th Edition. The first of these is Ravenloft with the newly released van […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Personal Thoughts on Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft This is a very personal blog. It should almost start it with a content warning… I’m uncertain if I’ll post this as it feels a lot like whining, and I should just […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Review: Ptolus – City by the Spire Ptolus: City by the Spire was first published by Malhavoc Press way back in August, 2006. At the time, it was arguably “the most deluxe roleplaying product ever published,” being a staggering 672 […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Review: Candlekeep Mysteries On March 16th, Wizards of the Coast released a collection of 17 adventures that run from levels 1 to 16. (If they had one fewer adventure, that would have been some lovely symmetry.) Each level between 1st […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Review: Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything A surprising three years after the last D&D rules expansion, Xanathar’s Guide to Everything, and Wizards of the Coast has finally released the next player-facing book for Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition. Tasha’s Cauldron of […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Review: Mythical Adventures of Theros The second hardcover campaign setting adapting a plane from Magic the Gathering to the 5th Edition of Dungeons & Dragons, Mythical Adventures of Theros was released in July 2020. The physical release was delayed due […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Review: Explorer’s Guide to Wildemount In a surprise move, Wizards of the Coast partnered with the streaming show Critical Role to release a campaign setting product detailing the continent of Widemount, the location of campaign 2 of the Critical Role […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
On Oriental Adventures A recent conversation has emerged on Twitter and YouTube over the 1st Edition Dungeons & Dragons product Oriental Adventures, written by Gary Gygax and David “Zeb” Cook back in 1985. In addition to the dated and offensive […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Examining Evil Humanoids The nature of evil humanoids is a controversial topic in tabletop gaming, and it’s one with no easy answers. Or even hard answers. There may even be no answers, just more problems. This recently came up in […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Review: Witcher RPG In recent years, the Witcher Saga has moved from the sidelines of popular culture to smack in the forefront of nerdom. The origins of the series are Polish. The first short story, Wiedźmin (which translates as “The […] ↓ Read the rest of this entry…
