Battlestar Galactica and Expansions Review
WDR Gold Essential
When justifying buying legacy games, I’ve often heard the argument, “What board games have you played twelve or more times?” This generally doesn’t count things like Love Letter; they mean the big boys. The first place my mind goes to when people ask this question is Battlestar Galactica, a game which has definitely seen its’ […]
HIKIKOMORI
Game by Ewen Cluney Hikikomori is a single-player role-playing game about the Japanese phenomenon of young adults socially isolating themselves from everyone else. Now I’m an introvert, but a socially-dependent one, hence all the board games and role-playing games. In this game, we’re talking about the life of someone who can barely bring themselves […]
The Plant
Game by Jason Morningstar & Bully Pulpit Games Your daughter is in the plant. You are going to find her. That’s it. The simple start to the game. You need to prepare a few things first but stick with it. You need index cards, a pen and while a token to represent you is […]
7th Sea Preview Part Two: The Swiftest at Swordery!
Game by John Wick Presents Preview by Charlie Etheridge-Nunn “Niech Żyje Książę!” “Long Live the Prince!” Part Two GM’d by Jacob. Starring: Prince Aleksy Gracjan Nowak, played by Vinnie Domenica Vespucci the fate witch, played by me Ennio Vespucci the flouncy duellist, played by Ash Captain Roberto Gallo, played by Lee Azucena Esquivel […]
The Final Girl
I’m going to do a dick move by telling you all about an amazing game you probably can’t get, but the experience was so fun that I had to share it. The Final Girl is a tiny RPG book, teeny-tiny, but it’s full of so much potential. We were short a couple of the In-Fighters […]
7th Sea Preview Part One: Deploy the Swoon!
7th Sea Preview Part One: Deploy the Swoon! Game by John Wick Presents The In-Fighters were making characters for Dungeon World when the news pinged up on my phone. There was imminently going to be a Kickstarter for the new edition of the 7th Sea role-playing game. All play stopped while the half of the […]
Tremulus Session Three “Fire”
Tremulus Session Three “Fire” By Charlie Etheridge-Nunn Starring: Lee as “Dusty” Dawes, The Drifter Jacob as Doc Roberts (’Doc’ may actually be his first name instead of his title), The Salesman Vinnie as Fred Barrows, The Gravedigger Ash as Randall “Hands” Hersey, The Criminal Josh as Sam Star, The Entertainer Supporting Cast: Tommy […]
Grant Howitt Day!
Grant Howitt Day! By Charlie Etheridge-Nunn Games by Grant Howitt Who is this man? Why are all these people wearing hats? Who took all my clothes? All of these questions are answered by the name Grant Howitt. He’s a game designer who is the first I’ve decided to run a games day dedicated to […]
Who Dares RPG News Feb 16th 2016
Right now is a surprisingly good time for role-playing games on Kickstarter. I noticed there wasn’t anything on the news section about these but there have been some huge announcements and some little ones which are worth attention, too. APOCALYPSE WORLD SECOND EDITION You may have noticed that I put up an article about Apocalypse […]
Tremulus Session Two “Dreams”
Tremulus Session Two “Dreams” By Charlie Etheridge-Nunn Starring: Steve as Detective Gerry Tinder, The Detective Lee as “Dusty” Dawes, The Drifter Jacob as Doc Roberts (legally not a doctor), The Salesman Vinnie as Fred Barrows, The Gravedigger Ash as Randall “Hands” Hersey, The Criminal Supporting Cast: Tommy Magellan, Local Gangster Dr. Rodriquez, owner […]
