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Continuing the archive of independent Reviews reporting (Archive Page 19).

Classic for a reason: A review of Warhammer’s Death on the Reik

June 7, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Death on the Reik is a river adventure, mostly. Characters can even become quite wealthy if they rise to the challenge of being savvy merchants.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cubicle 7, death on the reik, reviews, warhammer

Defeating the apocalypse one fight at a time: A review of ARC

June 6, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

ARC is a setting-neutral RPG that pits characters against the apocalypse. Designed by Filipina game and graphic designer momatoes.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: arc, exalted funeral, momatoes, reviews

Irregular Reconnaissance: Anime #104

May 30, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Irregular Reconnaissance is a Geek Native column that typically tracks episodic anime.

Filed Under: Anime Tagged With: Demon Slayer, Irregular Reconnaissance, reviews, seven knights revolution

Die by d100 and the bronze sword: A review of the Jackals fantasy RPG

May 30, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Jackals is a bronze age fantasy, and it’s a gritty high fantasy at that. It’s sorcery and sandals in the style of the Epic of Gilgamesh, and it gets the thumbs up from this ancient one.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: jackals, john-matthew defoggi, osprey games, reviews

Under pressure sci-fi excellence: A review of Last Fleet

May 23, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Last Fleet is an excellent game, truly it’s great. I mean, as a player, you may love to hate Fox, but the game is still great.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: black armada, Joshua Frost, last fleet, reviews

Irregular Reconnaissance: Anime #103

May 23, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

In this week’s article, you’ll find five, the usual number, of episodic titles currently available to stream in the UK and most places, and get spoiler-free mini-reviews.

Filed Under: Anime Tagged With: 86 eighty six, Castlevania, Irregular Reconnaissance, Moriarty the Patriot, reviews

Rose Tyler returns: A review of Doctor Who Vol 1 – Alternating Current

May 19, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Previously in the Doctor Who comic book line, the Tenth and Thirteenth Doctors met.

Filed Under: Comics Tagged With: doctor who, Jody Houser, reviews, rose tyler, Tenth Doctor, thirteenth doctor, titan comics

Irregular Reconnaissance: Anime #102

May 17, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Short anime reviews for Castlevania, To Your Eternity, “So I’m a Spider, So What?”, No Guns Life and Attack on Titan.

Filed Under: Anime Tagged With: attack on titan, Castlevania, Irregular Reconnaissance, reviews, so I'm a spider so what, to your eternity

Mech-dino horrors and Cthulhu-spawn (mostly): A review of Nightmares 1

May 15, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Nightmares 1 is a collection of monsters for 5e by Cthulhu-famous Petersen Games. It gets a thumb up from this reviewer.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cat evans, cthulhu, Dungeons & Dragons, petersen games, reviews, Sandy Petersen

The refreshing touch of change and death: A review of The Elephant and Macaw Banner

May 13, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

I learned more about Brazilian mythology and related stories from this RPG than I had read in years.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Elephant & Macaw Banner, Porcupine Publishing, reviews, Supernatural

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