• Get Strapped! Reviewing Black Chrome!

    Earlier this year, I gave a Rank S rating to R. Talsorian Games’ new edition of Cyberpunk, Cyberpunk RED. One of my criticisms was that there wasn’t enough name brand

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  • Edgerunner Redux: A Cyberpunk RED Review

    Cyberpunk is more than just a genre or aesthetic. It’s a classic tabletop RPG that’s seen an unprecedented revival in recent years. Published R. Talsorian Games, its return was long

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  • The Modern TTRPG Battlespace

    Through its nearly 50 years of existence, Dungeons & Dragons has changed the battlespace of the hobby several times. TSR pioneered supporting media as a cartoon, various comic book series,

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  • Monsters of the Multiverse: A Review

    Spelljammer is live now, but if you’ve read my last post on the topic and been following any of the critiques of its slim pickings approach to the setting and

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  • What Does Supporting Diversity Look Like?

    An excellent question came across my Twitter feed the other day. Paraphrasing, it was “What does supporting diversity look like?” And I realized I write a lot about how diversity

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  • Filling the Expanse

    When working with an African coded setting, there’s a lot of biases and temptations that come into play. And from Rifts World Book 4: Africa in 1993 to Tomb of Annihilation in 2017, we see them at work in different ways but with similar results. So how did the creative team behind Lost Omens: The Mwangi Expanse approach the task?

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  • The Overview Review of Lost Omens: The Mwangi Expanse

    In 2009, after being abandoned by Wizards with the end of 3.5e D&D, Paizo Publishing released Pathfinder. In 2019, they launched Pathfinder 2nd Edition; and unlike its D&D origin, Pathfinder

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Cyberpunk Exotics: An Interface RED Vol.II Review!

R. Talsorian Games is all about putting info into the hands of the players and GMs and uses their monthly DLC programme to do it. With Cyberpunk RED, the also periodically collect some of the best DLC, bundle it with some exclusive content, and release it as a book in the Interface RED series of supplements. The latest issue is out now, so let’s do a review!

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Cyberpunk’s Nomads Part 2

In my last post on the subject of Nomads in the Cyberpunk universe, I outlined some of the issues they’ve had past and present in terms of gameplay. I also touched on the issue of their simultaneous status of being both a full-blown culture and an in game role (read: class). But to dig down into what I think a better approach to Nomads would have been, we need to understand Nomads in the game. So it’s time to go in depth on the lore of Nomads in Cyberpunk.

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Fantasy AGE 2e! The Review!

Back in 2017, I stumbled over Fantasy AGE, a 3d6 based fantasy tabletop RPG by Green Ronin. I was all in. It was the breath of fresh air I needed from D&D and D&D-esque games. I even featured it a few times in articles about games to try or alternatives to D&D. So when I heard there was a 2nd edition coming, I knew that I had to check it out!

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Oasis City Day 5

Mapping in 90 minute blocks is as fun as it is challenging. On day five of the Oasis City map, I got into some gardening and laid out an “old district”. It’s really coming together well and I’m digging how the map is communicating that this isn’t a conventional run of the mill area. More mapping next Tuesday, live on Twitch, Facebook, and YouTube!

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