2022/01 CCC #2 Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 4E

After a brief MERP and Palladium Fantasy dalliance, Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay was my “next” fantasy rpg after D&D. The first edition was weird and brutal and we didn’t play enough of it. I picked up the 2nd edition when it came out, regrettably let it go in a move, grabbed the entire line when it …

2022/01 CCC #1 Mutant Chronicles 3rd Edition

I discovered the Mutant Chronicles universe when I was 11 or 12 through the game Warzone. Already a Warhammer 40K player, the more identifiable earth-aspects of the setting were a draw, but I never got too deep into the game and never played the RPG (though I wanted to.) When Modiphius published the third edition …

2022 Character Creation Challenge (2022/01 CCC)

Hello readers! My output in the latter portion of 2021 slowed down for all sorts of life reasons, so I’m looking forward to getting back into the groove and bringing you a pile of new reviews, along with a project I meant to get to, and some new features that expand the scope of the …

RPG Reviews – Pathfinder 2E: Secrets of Magic (Paizo)

I love magic. Despite that, I don't often play magic-users in RPGs unless I'm playing Ars Magica or Mage. Honestly, I think it's because I like swords/weapons and having them be an integral part of the character (my Ars character is basically a fighter-mage type.) Thankfully, Pathfinder: Secrets of Magic comes to my rescue with …

RPG Reviews – Pathfinder 2E (Paizo)

I'm going to admit that I never played Pathfinder 1E. When it came out I'd played and run more than my share of D&D 3.0/3.5 and felt burned out by it. Without cracking what looked like a mammoth book (I saw the tomes my coworker was carrying around), I pre-judged it as being "not what …

RPG Reviews – World of Darkness: Ghost Hunters (Onyx Path Publishing)

A friend once asked me what I thought the hardest game to play was. It only took the time required to type “Wraith: The Oblivion” to provide an answer. I didn’t mean that it’s unplayable - I’ve played it and loved it - I just meant that the core concept and setting, supported by the …

RPG Reviews – Old School Essentials Classic & Advanced Fantasy (Necrotic Gnome)

Recently I got hit with a real bout of nostalgia. Browsing around DriveThruRPG I looked at, and read the histories of, scores of old D&D products that I missed out on the first time around. I remember the ads and being intrigued, but either cost or over-investment in other games held me back. So I …

RPG Reviews – Symbaroum & Starter Set (Free League)

The forest of Davokar holds dreams and nightmares. Tread carefully, for you may find both. After the war with the Dark Lords, the nation of Alberetor was in ruins. Queen Korinthia decreed her people should travel north, across the mountain range of the Titans, to settle in the land beyond, on the borders of the …

RPG Reviews – Sigil & Shadow (Osprey Games)

I started reading Stephen King at 11, Charles de Lint at 12 or 13, and started playing White Wolf games at 14. The modern supernatural horror/fantasy genre has been a fascination of mine for almost 30 years and with good reason! It's a compelling concept, that of a shadow world alongside ours, populated by monsters, …

Sample PCs – Trinity Continuum