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GUBS
Does setting matter? Many of our tactical, abstracted Euro-gamer friends would disagree. They have a point: Settlers of Catan would be the same if it was about settling a new planet, but had exactly the same mechanics. But on the other hand, would chess be as popular today if instead of imitating warfare, the pieces [...]
Star Wars: The Essential Atlas
Star Wars: The Essential Atlas is a softcover, coffee-table-style book that covers every Star Wars era from the pre-Republic days of the alien and powerful Celestials (who constructed the Corellia system) through the Sith Empire depicted in Dark Horse’s Legacy Era comic books. It offers maps of every major sector of the galaxy, historical and [...]
Trail of Cthulhu
Trail of Cthulhu is a role playing game of Lovecraftian Horror by Kenneth Hite and published by Pelgrane Press, based on the classic Call of Cthulhu role-playing game by Chaosium. Players take the role of investigators, hunting down hidden truths and Elder Gods in the world of H.P. Lovecraft, while slowly going insane or dying [...]
Snows of an Early Winter
In Snows of an Early Winter, the latest Call of Cthulhu scenario from Super Genius Games, the investigators are pulled into a series of mysterious events in modern day New York. While the rest of the city prepares for the Halloween festivities and fetes the visit of the President, someone is slaughtering animals, members of [...]