Ooh… my hanafuda cards have arrived from Japan. That was quick, I only ordered them last week. I got the Tengu set, cos you know, Tengu. Wow, they’re so tiny! And of course, the instructions are in Japanese, and sadly I’m not as fluent as I’d like. To the Google-cave!
During the last session of Epées & Sorcellerie, one of the PCs stripped off his armour to try and rid himself of an infestation of bugs. It struck me that it’d be useful to have a place on the character sheet for unarmoured Armour Class and Movement. So I’ve altered those areas and uploaded a new version of the E&S character sheet to the Downloads page.
Texas man nearly dies after being bitten by severed snake head…
FREE PDFs of Black Powder, Pike & Shotte, and Hail Caesar are available from Warlord Games for a limited time. Just sayin!
There’s some great archive footage of colonial troops returning from the Boer War available to watch for free on the BFI website.
If you’d like some paper standees that you could use with Samurai Robots Battle Royale you may be interested to know that Palladium Books have some free ones at DriveThruRPG (link below). But they’re only available until the end of March as they’ll no longer have their Robotech licence from that date.
If you feel like some Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay action you could always have a look at ZWEIHÄNDER Grim & Perilous RPG. It’s currently deal of the day on DriveThruRPG.
11. Which ‘dead game’ would you like to see reborn?
I remember seeing this ad for Fireland in RPG magazines back in the ’80s. It was such a garishly gonzo image I filed it away in the back of my brain in a futile attempt to save my sanity. Nazis and dragons can’t coexist in a fantasy world can they? According to the blurb (see below) those weren’t any old Nazis. They were “hordes of mutated creatures, demons and ghosts armed with rifles and grenades by their master, the insane sorceror Black Wolf”. Oh ok, seems legit!
Years later, the image was still haunting me… I’d never actually seen the game anywhere, no-one spoke of it. Did it actually exist? I found a thread on RPG.net that suggested the firm went bust after splurging on ads and crazy capital investment. And there was talk that it was possibly a more complex game than it needed to be. So maybe we all dodged a bullet there?
But it does seem a shame to waste such a gloriously gonzo cover. Maybe one to add to the neo-retro RPG pile of games that never were…
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10. Where do you go for RPG reviews?
Although I do enjoy watching RPG stuff on Youtube, if I’m looking for a review on a particular game I’m more likely to hunt for a written review. It’s so much easier to find relevant bits of info! Video reviews do have their place though, as visuals can be handy and the tone of the review is easier to pick up on.
But whether it’s a text or video review, one of the most important things to know is what are the reviewer’s preferences. In the past I’ve made the mistake of buying games based on reviewers’ recommendations only to find we have quite different tastes when it comes to game mechanisms.
Know thyself and know thy scribe, and thou shalt play many games that pleaseth thee!
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