I must confess before I start this review – I’m not big on dungeon crawls or relentless monster-bashing. I’m not adverse to conflict-based encounters, but I don’t dwell on them. On the other hand, I have another confession – I really like to read material that has the flexibility and potential to reuse and mine […]
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The World Hates You: A Review of Trigger Happy
“…that which does not kill you better run away.” Trigger Happy is a game about the sort of people who don’t like you or anyone else for that matter, because they’re misanthropic b****rds with guns and they’re going to beat seven shades of something out o’ you before they even start brainstorming potential opening questions. […]
Gaming history: Dungeons & Dreamers review
The 40th birthday for Dungeons & Dragons happened this year, the community celebrated it and the hobby basked in some positive press attention. Today is International GM’s Day and it seems a fitting day to look back at the hobby. As it happens, I don’t need to do any research for this at all. Sitting […]
Lurking in the shadows: The Art of Thief
Thief is a game where you sneak around. Thief is a game of atmosphere and to that extent it makes sense to have an accompanying hardback of art. The problem The Art of Thief faces is what to include? If it goes the “mythos” route that art books sometimes take and explores characters and story […]
Wish They’d Let Me In: A Review of The Many Deaths of Edward Bigsby
Sometimes there are questions that do not warrant an answer and doors best left unopened. However, when a visitor calls and has time only to utter overexcited relief at finding you before expiring, the things best left undone might prove the only way… The Many Deaths of Edward Bigsby is a 34-page adventure for Trail of Cthulhu, […]
A blast from the past: Naruto Shippuden movie 4 – The Lost Tower
The Lost Tower starts well. We don’t have some of the momentum issues that Naruto sometimes suffers from. It’s combat from the outset and it is designed to grab your attention. The start of the movie sees Yamato leading a mission to capture a puppet master called Mukade. Naruto, Sai and Sakura are with him. […]
Irregular Reconnaissance: Anime #6
What’s worth watching? What’s best giving a miss? If you’re making your way through any anime series then please leave your suggestions in the comments below. In the meantime; here’s a catch up on the latest batch of anime I’ve been watching. Consider these status reports or micro reviews. Strike the Blood Episode 9 Strike […]
Life among the ruins: A Wreck Age review
I’ll admit to a degree trepidation as I fired open my PDF copy of Wrecked Age. I had no previous knowledge of Hyacinth Games, knew their ~250 page RPG used a post-apocalyptic setting and had its own rule system. I’m a big fan of post-apocalyptic settings. I’m not a big fan of tackling new rule […]
Mech marvellous: A review of The Art of Titanfall
Getting Titanfall? It feels as if Microsoft has a lot resting on this game. It’s an Xbox One headliner and is coming out for PC and Xbox 360 too. Call of Duty never appealed to me but Titanfall does. Do giant fighting robots make that much of a difference? Apparently so. Titan Books was probably […]
Irregular Reconnaissance: Anime #5
There’s a batch of micro-reviews and status updates on a range of series in Irregular Reconnaissance: Anime. The column acts as a way to measure what’s grabbing my time and attention and what’s falling out of favour. What’s the point? There’s a lot of anime to watch and sometimes a nudge yes or a nudge […]
