I don’t think I’ve ever done a sort of rebuttal article, but here we are! The recent BOLS article “Let’s Play D&D in Cyberpunk: Edgerunners” has a lot of problems and now it’s time to talk about Cyberpunk.
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Welcome to the second, and very overdue, game review of the Going Generic series of articles! The Cypher System Rulebook by Monte Cook Games is a titanic tome of an operation, clocking in at 444 beautifully illustrated and laid out pages, and now it’s time to see how it stacks up!
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There’s some definite misunderstandings around rules-lite RPGs, the main one being that they’re only good for one-shots or short campaigns. This is untrue and has been since 1974. Yes, there’s absolutely games that are built around being one-shots; and many of those are definitely rules-lite. But OD&D was very rules-lite and there are still people playing long-term campaigns based on it, so what are some modern options? This is my in no particular order top three rules-lite indie RPG list!
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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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So, I was minding my business over on the clock app when I saw conversation about tabletop RPG campaigns flash up. Then it bled over to the bird app. Then I started thinking hard on what exactly a campaign is and how the perception of that what was affecting the conversation. So let’s dive into the idea of a campaign!
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