I watched the second episode in Penitence on Warhammer TV, a show about the Adepta Sororitas of the Order of the Sacred Rose. This is my review of it, with only minor spoilers, most of which we got from the early trailers of the show.
This episode starts where the previous one left off, with the...
I love a good battle mat, with nice evocative artwork that tells a story all its own, while making it seem like you've got a top-down view of the world. I own several battle mats, in various forms, but the one thing I've been looking for is an all-purpose dungeon map I can use in one-shot games or i...
A new show's out on Warhammer TV, and it's all about the Adepta Sororitas in the Order of the Sacred Rose. Oh, and Orks. It's called Penitence and I've started watching it this week. This is my review of episode 1, with only minor spoilers.
Thesion IV is presumably a planet that was once under I...
The Labyrinth Worldbook is Kobold Press's planar setting for Tales of the Valiant or any DnD 5e variant. This is my review of chapter 6: Pantheon of the Labyrinth.
Like magic, I personally don't think you can ever have too many gods in a fantasy setting. I was always fascinated by mythology...
The Labyrinth Worldbook by Kobold Press is a source book for Tales of the Valiant or any DnD 5e variant. This is my review of chapter 5: Magic, Spells, and Mysteries.
The first section of the chapter adds a bunch of vehicles to the game. That seems out of place, and I don't know why they did...
The Labyrinth Worldbook by Kobold Press is a source book for Tales of the Valiant or any DnD 5e variant. This is my review of chapter 4: Heroes of the Labyrinth. It's the player options chapter.
As I write this, I'm just starting up a Labyrinth Adventures campaign with one of my gaming gro...
The Labyrinth Worldbook by Kobold Press is a source book for Tales of the Valiant or any DnD 5e variant. This is my review of chapter 3: Factions of the Labyrinth.
First, let's talk about the Loxodon in the room. When Guildmaster's Guide to Ravnica was released for 5th edition D&D, it acci...
I backed the Battletech Mercenaries Kickstarter and have [at long last] received the box and add-ons. The box, as sold on the shelf, contains 8 mechs and 4 support vehicles. Because I was a backer, I also got a few bonus support vehicles (some tanks and airplanes), a nice collector coin (which I u...
The Labyrinth Worldbook is a source book by Kobold Press for Tales of the Valiant or any DnD 5e variant. This is my review of chapter 2: Worlds of the Labyrinth.
Chapter 2 contains information about the major "worlds" of the Labyrinth, including the hub city known as The Smithy. Well, the na...
Lots of people like big giant fighting robots, at least in gaming. I have vague memories of BattleTech from childhood, and lately I've been playing the Harebrained Schemes video game BattleTech, and I'm a longtime Voltron and Evangelion fan. Basically, I like mechs, and I decided a long while ago...
A few months ago, one of the players in my Sunday night DnD game couldn't make it to the game Normally we'd play any way, but the characters are all very high level and we were nearing the endgame, so we decided not to play without her. Instead, we played HeroQuest with the intent to see how much...
Switching game modes can be fun when it's done judiciously, but it can be a hard rhythm to get right. By game "mode", I'm referring to a design technique that creates a parallel game state that replaces the established mechanics of a game with new mechanics until some condition is met. On the tablet...
Cards are an integral part of modern game design, and they can be surprisingly effective at mitigating rule overload and assiting with asset management. However, there's a balance to be found in what a card contains. Put too much information on a card, and it becomes a burden to read and retain, but...
It's become a tradition of mine to fly up to Wellington for the annual KapCon RPG convention, and I did that again this year. This is my review of the event and the games I ran and played.
Convention culture
One of the best things about the conference is the people who attend. They make gaming...
I own every Dungeoneer set released by Thomas Denmark and Atlas Games, and I'm detailing the lore, story, and characters in each one. In this post, I'm looking at the characters and monsters of the Den of the Wererat deck.
For background about the world of Den of the Wererats, read my post a...
I own every Dungeoneer set released by Thomas Denmark and Atlas Games, and I'm detailing the lore, story, and characters in each one. In this post, I'm looking at the setting of the Den of the Wererat deck.
The back of the box sets the scene:
A monster wererat and his transformed minions h...