Tenchi Muyo! RPG and Resource Book – System Mastery 141
It’s a Tri-Stat game! We’ve done a few of these already so you already know the basics. Weird combat system where the attacker and the defender have very little to […]
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Leystorm: The Dominion – System Mastery 140
In a grim future where everyone is lopsided and has dreads, can a few awful chumps win a mighty rebellion against Darth Emperor of Mankind? This mid-90s science fantasy game […]
Maelstrom Storytelling – System Mastery 139
1997, a dark year indeed. Bad Batman movies and stuff. Seriously, it was not a good scene, unless you were crazy for middling swing music. But hey, this book came […]
Systems Failure – System Mastery 138
We’re back from our very needed rest and relaxation, and working harder than ever to fill your ears with reviews of roleplaying games. This time we’re talking the Y2K bug […]
Kult – System Mastery 137
We’ve seen a lot of requests for this game, and now we understand why. Come along, won’t you, on the game preachers in the 80s wished actually existed so they […]
The World of Species – System Mastery 136
The World of Species! Finally an RPG with a glossy photo of a young Alfred Molina in it! This Masterbook licensed setting is rife with information about the sex-sci-fi thriller […]
Age of Ruin – System Mastery 135
1990 seems to be a downer year for RPGs as far as we can tell, but just you wait, someone’s gonna pop in any second and say that’s the year […]
Renegade Legion: Legionnaire – System Mastery 134
It’s Romans. In. Spaaaaaaace on today’s episode of System Mastery. Thrill at the game designed to be compatible with a bunch of other games! Marvel at page after page of […]
Nightbane – System Mastery 133
OLD WEEN to you all! We’re covering the very weird Palladium title Nightbane this ween’s eve, so ready yourself for one piece of beautiful Brom art and 200 pages of […]
Beyond the Supernatural – System Mastery 132
It’s Ween again, my friends! Joyous Ween to you all! But sadly this year White Ween was simply out of the question. So we searched far and wide for a […]
With Great Power – System Mastery 131
Join us and our new friends the Bay City Informanauts on a tour through With Great Power, a game of superheroic discussions, mostly.
Marauder 2107 – System Mastery 130
A game that dares to ask the question “What if Bubblegum Crisis?” Seriously, that’s the question. The answer, surprisingly, is “No one gets the mech suits, everyone is a dirty […]
Tekumel: Empire of the Petal Throne – System Mastery 129
We felt a little dirty doing a “new” book last episode, so here’s our course correction. The 1975 version of Tekumel: Empire of the Petal Throne, with all acute accents […]
Shadowrun 5e (Live!) – System Mastery 128
We went to GenCon and we made this show and now we hope you enjoy this show we made at GenCon. Next time we talk about Shadowrun we’ll try to […]
Justifiers – System Mastery 127
Have you ever wanted to explore space but it’s just ever so slightly too difficult for you? Exactly the range of too difficult where it’d suddenly be possible if you […]
deadEarth – System Mastery 126
Often considered in the top ten worst RPGs ever made, there’s a lot of weird choices in here. A lot of bad, weird choices. Thrill at the majesty of a […]
Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition – System Mastery 125
It’s high time that someone on the internet had an opinion about this edition of this game, and you know what, it might as well be us. Please enjoy this […]
Who Eats This Cheap Shit 1 – System Mastery Special
Ugh we ate Oreos so nasty that we had to tell someone about it, and guess what, you’re someone. Enjoy.
Albedo: Platinum Catalyst – System Mastery 124
Behold a galaxy of unchecked exploration and progress, as made by very fussy little animals that don’t like to be touched. It’s sort of like if the Wind in the […]
Mekton Zeta – System Mastery 123
Longtime friend of the show and fan-favorite guest Claire comes by to discuss Mekton Zeta with Jon, who knows nothing whatsoever about your precious animes. This episode sadly concludes Jef’s […]
