In previous posts, I've analysed the Dungeoneer set Wrath of the Serpent Goddess for its characters and setting. In this post, I review how it plays on the table.
If you enjoy playing a Black deck in Magic the Gathering, or RPG magic systems that have high costs, then this is the Dungeone...
I've been reading through the Call of Cthulhu adventure collection Mansions of Madness, Volume 1: Behind Closed Doors, and this is my review of the fifth and final scenario, called The Nineteenth Hole. This review contains lots of spoilers, and is intended for game masters only.
I've reviewe...
In previous posts, I looked at the characters and setting of the Dungeoneer set Call of the Lich Lord. In this post, I review the set from a gameplay perspective.
As its name suggests, Call of the Lich Lord is the return of the Lich from the Tomb of the Lich Lord set. This set is an "E...
I played the Dark Reflections DLC for Mansions of Madness, and this is my review of it. My short spoiler-free summary is that Dark Reflections is an intriguing investigative adventure with a highly engaging story. This review contains spoilers about situations in the adventure, but not the plo...
I've been reading through the Call of Cthulhu adventure collection Mansions of Madness, Volume 1: Behind Closed Doors, and this is my review of the fourth scenario, called House of Memphis. I've reviewed Mister Corbitt, The Crack'd and Crook'd Manse, and The Code from this book. This rev...
In previous posts, I've deconstructed the Dungeoneer set Realm of the Ice Witch to study its setting and characters. In this post, I'm looking at its game play.
Winter frontier
In theory, it doesn't take much to establish a setting in a tilebased tabletop game. If the game takes place in...
In a previous post, I reviewed the chariot racing expansion for Warhammer: Age of Sigmar called Wasteland Death Race, published in issue 518 of White Dwarf. This is a battle report of a race, using the full set of rules (with build points and Artefacts of Power).
The game rules are basical...
In previous posts, I've analysed the setting and characters of the Dungeoneer set Vault of Fiends. In this post, I review the vault for its game play.
Vault of Fiends is a brutal dungeon crawl that focuses on negative effects and deadly monsters. Your job in Vault of Fiends is to avoid...
The classic Curse of Strahd campaign book for 5e starts characters at Level 3, which was a thing they were doing for some reason in 5e. Recognising that most characters start at, well, Level 1, the game designers made an introductory adventure, called Death House, free to download. It's a good o...
The Saltmarsh modules for AD&D were pretty well-known as, I think, highly reasonable adventures to run. They weren't the kind of huge adventures that threatened to blow up Greyhawk, but neither were they boring fetch quests for a standard dungeon crawl. They were unique, with subtle plot twists that...
The Curse of Strahd module for D&D 5e has manœuvred itself into the realm of classic modules, and with good reason. I still run Expedition to Castle Ravenloft myself, but I've played parts of Curse of Strahd and it's a good update of the story and setting. It starts at Level 3 though, and so t...
I bought a starter set for The One Ring not because I'm starting to play The One Ring (although I am, incidentally) but because I wanted The One Ring dice and a nice copy of the map of Eriador, and the boxed starter set contains those items. Confusingly, however, there's not just one starter s...
In previous posts, I've deconstructed the Dungeoneer set Den of the Wererats to analyse its setting and characters. In this blog post, I review it for its gameplay.
As with Haunted Woods of Malthorin, Wererats is a small set, being about half the size of a standard Dungeoneer game. B...
In previous posts, I've deconstructed the setting and characters of the Dungeoneer set **Haunted Woods of Malthorin). In this post, I review its gameplay.
Hanted Woods of Malthorin is a small Dungeoneer deck, with just 55 cards in it. This has a fex different effects on gameplay. First, i...
In previous posts, I've deconstructed the setting and characters of the Dungeoneer set Dragons of the Forsaken Desert. In this blog post, I review the gameplay of the set.
Some Dungeoneer sets are highly evocative to me, which I think is laregely down to personal preferences and nostalgi...
In previous posts, I've deconstructed the setting and characters of the Dungeoneer: Tomb of the Lich Lord set. In this post, I review the set as a game. To be fair, the mechanics of Dungeoneer sets don't vary all that much, but I want to at least look at what kind experience each set creates...