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 – Charlie Foxtrot Adventure Compendium (Battlelords of the 23rd Century)

Charlie Foxtrot Adventure Compendium (23rd Century Productions LLC.) When diving into a new game and setting, it can sometimes be overwhelming to plan out adventures and scenarios. Maybe the setting is very expansive, so it can be hard to narrow down just what kind of game to play, or there’s a particular feel the GM …

RPG Reviews – Deviant: The Renegades (Onyx Path Publishing)

Deviant: The Renegades Backerkit Preorder There’s something viscerally satisfying about a good revenge story. Righting wrongs, standing up for oneself, punishing the wicked - all these elements strike deep chords in their audience. It’s wildly entertaining to watch a plot unfold as the bad guy is taken down, or see the hero battle their way …

RPG Reviews – Cyberpunk Red

Cyberpunk Red (R. Talsorian Games) Like with many of us, it started with Neuromancer and a sky the color of television, tuned to a dead channel. My original copy is staring at me from my bookshelf as I type this. When my father handed me the slim paperback and I cracked it’s spine, I entered …

RPG Reviews – Band of Blades

Band of Blades was announced just as I started to conceive my current ongoing home game. I had just read a fictional account of Xenophon’s Anabasis and, as I do with basically every storyline I come across, mused about how I would execute that storyline in a roleplaying game. While I went in a different …

RPG Reviews – Scarred Lands Player’s Guide

Scarred Lands Player’s Guide (Onyx Path Publishing) If you were around during the release of D&D 3rd edition, then the name "Scarred Lands" may be very familiar. Sneaking in just before the release of the Monster Manual, and taking advantage of the new Open Gaming License, White Wolf Game Studios released their Creature Collection - …

RPG Reviews – Dystopia Rising: Evolution

My gaming history hasn't included a lot of either post-fall or zombie games. I've played one shots of Eden Studios All Flesh Must Be Eaten and one epic game of Tribe 8, but for the most part those aren't genres I've delved deeply into. I like media from both, and enjoyed the two above games, …

RPG Reviews – Geist: The Sin-Eaters Second Edition

Life never lasts... Death is never far from our mind. Regardless of the circumstances of the time in which we live - we all face it in one form or another. It's no surprise that death and the afterlife are so pivotal to the structures of world religions and a constant subject of scientific and …

RPG Reviews – Dishonored

Dishonored - Roleplaying Game So... I’ve played about 30 minutes of the video game of Dishonored. It’s not my fault - I would have happily played through every game in the franchise because they look really cool, but the engine and perspective make my brain try to escape my skull and that’s not a pleasant …

RPG Reviews – Vampire: The Requiem – Night Horrors: Spilled Blood

Vampire: The Requiem - Night Horrors: Spilled Blood Night Horrors: Spilled Blood reminds me why I like Vampire: The Requiem so much. I have a great fondness and nostalgia for its ancestor game, the newest edition of which is probably the best incarnation, but it will always be tied to its setting and metaplot. Requiem, …