System Mastery 232 – Leaked 6th Edition Playtest
Hell yeah, we got some leaked documents up in here! Shame we gotta do it to them. But such is the rule of law here on the wild internet frontier. […]
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System Mastery 231 – Kevin & Kell RPG
A rare occasion where the “How the hell did this even happen” question seems fairly obvious (some company wanted a furry game in their line and this was close enough) […]
System Mastery 230 – White Box
Let’s GOSR! This here is one a them retro-type clones where the goal was extremely straightforward: The author liked Sword & Sorcery White Box and wanted another edition, so here […]
System Mastery 229 – Underworld
Ever had dreams about the world deep below the world you know? A world where magic and madness swirl, where animals may just speak aloud, a world where the ancient […]
System Mastery 228 – Star Wars: Age of Rebellion
Well, FFG was sort of driven off this project (it’s a really sad story) so the most recent line of Star Wars games is now in our wheelhouse, I guess. […]
System Mastery 227 – Wizards & Gunslingers
Ooh, it’s one of those cowboys and also a different thing games! You know, like cowboys and ninjas, or cowboys and dinosaurs, or cowboys and the slow crushing onset of […]
System Mastery 226 – Star Munchkin
Uh oh, someone better stop us before we get to level 10. It’s Star Munchkin, the RPG! Did you know there were RPGs of these games? You should have guessed. […]
System Mastery 225 – Marvel Multiverse RPG Playtest
Reviewing a playtest? That doesn’t seem right! Well, it certainly isn’t in our usual bag of tricks, but hey, this is a rare situation where someone writing a modern game […]
System Mastery 224 – Fiasco Classic
Mea culpa time (Jef version): This is one of those games where I knew exactly what it was and have been recommending it for years for any RP session that […]
System Mastery 223 – Tephra
Ooh, a steampunk one! You can tell because of the brown and the gear and the goggles and all. Oh, I guess it also says steampunk on there, in retrospect […]
System Mastery 222 – Umlaut: Game of Metal
Uh oh, every once in a while a time comes in which we are commanded to rock, and that time has come again. We’re discussing a game in which every […]
System Mastery 221 – Santa’s Soldiers
Happy Christmas in July in March! It’s time for some holiday cheer, because we were looking for a different game but ended up with this one (it’s explained in the […]
System Mastery 220 – The Secret Fire
This is a pretty bog-standard “Recapture the D&D I remember when I was 11” moonshot game, where the lessons learned about what D&D used to be like seem to be […]
System Mastery 219 – The Lawnmower Man RPG
How often do we get to do theme weeks? This is great! We have the Lawnmower Man RPG, which is set immediately after the events of the movie, as the […]
System Mastery 218 – Silver Age Sentinels
Oh boy another supers game! You know how we love those! SIlver Age Sentinels is from the Big Eyes, Small Mouth folks, so you better believe it shares the insane […]
System Mastery 217 – Conspiracy X
What if everything you thought you knew was actually all evidence of a secret conspiracy? Deja Vu? Real psychic powers. Men in Black? Lizard people in black. That’s the premise […]
System Mastery 216 – Psychosis: Ship of Fools
Post-Show PS: Turns out there is at least one more of these, Jef’s on-air googling failed to turn up Psychosis: Solitary Confinement. Cool? Cool. Well, when the name of the […]
System Mastery 215 – Blue Rose
Let’s dispense with the obvious question first. This is the OGL version. Now before that gets too depressing, note that this is one of the most modified OGL games we’ve […]
System Mastery 214 – Mystic Forces
Heck yeah, one of those weird games so little known I couldn’t GIS the cover and had to take a picture of our copy! Mystic Forces is a 2000 RPG […]
System Mastery 213 – The Book of Vile Darkness (3.x)
Just because Ween is over doesn’t mean we can’t stay spooky! Or at least one would hope. This is more evil by way of edge than anything else. Jef sought […]
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