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 – 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 – Battlelords of the 23rd Century

Battlelords of the 23rd Century is the seventh edition of a ‘90s game of military science-fiction adventure, celebrating its 30th anniversary this year! The latest version is a hefty product full of aliens, guns, spaceships, and psionics, all focused on presenting the tools one would need for far future military SF and exploration. Battlelords is …

RPG Reviews – Cypher System Rulebook

Cypher System Rulebook The world was first introduced to Monte Cook Games’ Cypher System in the original Numenera game. This far (far!) future science-fantasy world presented combative Glaives (Warriors), inquisitive Nanos (“wizards”), and wily Jacks (Rogue-types), who explored the Ninth World looking for the Numenera - items of legend and the past. These came in …

RPG Reviews – Trinity Continuum: Aeon

Trinity Continuum: Aeon I mentioned in my review of the Trinity Continuum Core Rules that the original Trinity was one of my most memorable gaming experiences. As a result, I became incredibly excited that the game was returning. It would be an opportunity to revisit and revise the setting, rework the rules to account for …