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Once Upon A Time

Posted by Steve Darlington on Monday, March 1st, 2010

When people ask me what my favorite game is, I don’t have to think very hard. For me, a good game is like a photo album: full of memories. When you look at it, you remember all the people you enjoyed it with, and all those wonderful times you had. Plenty of good games do [...]

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PC Pearls

Wednesday, April 15th, 2009

PC Pearls is a generic fantasy book about character inspiration from Goodman Games.  The paperback book is filled with ideas and creativity to help a person flesh out the background and character of their creation.   The book is a collection of works and ideas from over two dozen writers.  It includes materials for character creation, [...]

Plague

Sunday, March 15th, 2009

Plague is a supplement for Dungeons & Dragons: Fourth Edition under the GSL.  It is written by Creighton Broadhurst and published by Expeditious Retreat Press.  The 40-page softbound book covers diseases of the nastiest varieties, and discusses how plagues work and how civilizations react to them in fine detail.  It is filled with medieval style [...]

Living Labyrinth

Sunday, February 15th, 2009

Living Labyrinth is a small board game from Bucephalus Games.  Designed by Julie Haehn, the game is described as “a fast and easy race game for two to four players.” The game board consists of 25 tiles that get placed together in a square to form the labyrinth.  Each tile is double-sided and features hedge-lined [...]

Fear Itself

Thursday, January 15th, 2009

Fear Itself is a stand-alone role playing game written by the legendary Robin Laws. This horror game uses the same GUMSHOE system used in his other games, Essoterrorists and Trail of Cthulhu. Fear Itself places characters in predicaments similar to those in horror genre movies. It can work with a range of games, from dark [...]