Books I've read recently which I love at least one element of. No particular order.

Tachyon Squadron

I love FATE but there aren't many specific FATE settings that I feel like shouting out. This one has a couple of things which I really love though, either for use in the game itself or borrowed.

In Tachyon Squadron, you play elite pilots seconded to ( Read more... )

I joined up to an online larp group at the beginning of lockdown but, between other commitments and available energy, I never really took advantage of it.

But then I saw a game advertised using Gather Town and I was really curious to see how it could be used. I'm so glad I did.

The game was Foglake, a sandbox Regency live roleplaying game by ( Read more... )

My last character - made it! As December ended, I thought I had read enough new games to get through the month. My calculations were off - I was three short. I thought I should fill last slot should go to a system I like a lot - FATE.

There were two FATE games that really tickle me. One was Atomic Robo, an “action science” game inspired by a comic ( Read more... )

Glitch is a sequel to Jenna Moran’s beautiful game, Nobilis. In the original, you played Powers who worked for supreme beings who sought to protect the world against the Excrucians who sought to undermine and thus end it (amidst unfathomable supernatural politics). In Glitch you play Excrucians - although those who have stopped waging war. You ( Read more... )

I published The Furgatives last year, and it's a cross between Who Framed Roger Rabbit? and The Fugitive. If you want to play a 'toon, this is definitely a game for you.

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W:tA is one of the first roleplaying games I got into, although I have struggled to play or run in any ongoing games. The basic concept of playing werewolves in a doomed struggle against the corrupt and powerful Wyrm is such a powerful concept that it resonated with me from the start. Then I started playing Rage, the spinoff collectible card game ( Read more... )

I was sold on OtE on the recommendation of John Wick in his first 31 Character Challenge, and it ended up being the first RPG my wife bought for me (in hardback). So I have a lovely shiny 3rd edition book.

It’s wild.

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Do you know how, according to fiction, certain places have a disproportionate murder rate? Brindlewood Bay (BB) gives an answer to that - and so can you, as you play Jessica Fletchers in your little tourist town.

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You are a child and your best friend is a monster. Lots of children have monsters but as you get older you stop seeing them so much until you no longer see them at all. The trouble with monsters is that they do monstrous things sometimes. So they are always helpful, but sometimes life feels more destructive than it needs to be.

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I kickstarted this purely on the basis that it sounded like some real thought was being put into gamifying herbs and witchery, in a way I had personally been struggling. I am so glad I did, because it’s a fabulous game.

Wise Women is a very small scale game, almost (but not quite) cozy. You are a coven of witches in a remote (Polish) village. There ( Read more... )