A dark and intriguing love story between a vampire and a werewolf by fans favorite creator Sarah Andersen.
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OZ: A Fantasy Role-Playing Setting by Andrew Kolb is a setting for modern tabletop role-playing games and optimized for D&D 5e. This setting takes inspiration from the original series of books and films and expands the location into a bustling metropolis for players to explore. I never knew that I’d love exploring the world of
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Adventuregame Comics: Leviathan I tend to enjoy solo games and especially narrative experiences that involve puzzles. As a child I read lots CYOA books and I’ve always found non-linear books to be exciting. So when our editor handed me a copy of Adventuregame Comics: Leviathan to review, I was quickly pulled into this graphic text
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Starfinder Angels of the Drift Big news today for tabletop RPG and comic book fans. Paizo has teamed with publisher Dynamite to bring the popular Starfinder RPG franchise to comic books with Starfinder Angels of the Drift. This is the first ever adaptation of Starfinder into comic form. Paizo asked James L. Sutter (at one time
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Thousand Year Old Vampire RPG As a fan of solo gaming experiences I have been curious about Tim Hutchings’ creations. They are often clever experiments packaged into game form, prompts and directions that push the reader to create something with the elements at hand.  Thousand Year Old Vampire is a high mark of these creations – a
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Dhalgren Dhalgren is a deeply influential science fiction novel that as written by Samuel R. Delany and published in 1975. The book is a complex and multi-layered work of dystopian science fiction that has influenced numerous books, films, and games in the years since its publication. At its core, Dhalgren is a novel about the
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The Starfinder TTRPG universe is expanding with the release of Starfinder Enhanced in October 2023. The new book was announced earlier today on Paizo’s Twitter feed along with a note that reads “From totally revised fundamentals like core classes and starship combat to brand-new systems for expanding the way you play, this rules resource offers
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In 1972, the Soviet Union was at the height of the Cold War, the space race was in full swing, and the world was still grappling with the aftermath of World War II. Against this backdrop, brothers Arkady and Boris Strugatsky published a novel that would become a classic of Soviet science fiction: Roadside Picnic. Â
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As the sun sets over the sprawling metropolis of Neo-Tokyo, a group of cyber-enhanced operatives gathers in a dimly-lit warehouse. They huddle around a makeshift table, their eyes fixed on a glowing screen. This is not a scene from a futuristic action movie; it’s a typical night of gameplay for fans of “The Sprawl,” a
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Role Play the Futuristic 1980s When Tales From The Loop RPG first released I was enamored with the setting and artwork and really got into the game. But I worried that the adventures may run short (or that I may not be able to dream up 1980s settings on my own). Free League has comforted
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Monster of the Week Tabletop RPG Monster of the Week by Michael Sands is an action-horror TTRPG that puts players in the shoes of hunters on a quest defeat supernatural monsters. Based on the popular Apocalypse World RPG system, this game allows players to create and explore their own action-horror adventures. Whether hunting high school beasties
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Dungeon World TTRPG Dungeon World is a fantasy tabletop role playing game that emphasizes player choice and improvisation with a focus on collaborative storytelling. Players take on the roles of fantasy adventurers and work together to explore a fantasy world, defeat monsters, and complete quests. In Dungeon World, players role play as fantasy characters, each
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“Shoot, ram, skid, and loot your way through the ruins of civilization with Gaslands: Refuelled, the tabletop miniature wargame of post-apocalyptic vehicular mayhem.” Gaslands: Refuelled from Osprey Games is a vehicular tabletop strategy game where players battle one another in a post-apocalyptic setting. The game was created by Mike Hutchinson, who is also the author of
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We get into a creepy zone for winter 2023 with horror games and films. Featuring such titles as The Last of Us, Barbarian, Twin Peaks, Cultic, Sunless Sea, and Call of Cthulhu TTRPG. I always go into the holiday season with excitement and come out the other side emotionally exhausted. This year the post-holiday blues
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The Creative Act in Book Form Rick Rubin‘s new book, The Creative Act – A Way of Being, is beautiful and frustrating. It’s a gorgeous tome of advice wrapped in fabric that is lovely to hold. Written by one of my favorite creative people in modern history with good intentions of delivering useful information as
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Edward Packard and R. A. Montgomery’s groundbreaking series of Choose Your Own Adventure books have entertained and inspired many of us. We take a look at the history, structure, and influence of this famous series of non linear book creation. Edward Packard first conceived the idea for CYOA books while telling stories to his children.
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