A.C.E. Agents – System Mastery 49
Today we introduce you to a light and relatively witty GI Joe parody from around 1992. A.C.E. Agents manages a very unusual balancing act of both satirizing and explaining the […]
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Human Occupied Landfill – System Mastery 48
Here’s a game of sorts. It’s handwritten, it’s irritating, and it’s about goofball prisoners sort of murdering each other on a garbage planet. Also it’s handwritten. It’s Human Occupied Landfill, […]
Fifth Cycle – System Mastery 47
Who likes their fantasy with a shot of heartbreaker and a dirt-farming sidecar? Maybe with a splash of podcast host bitters? This week we cover Fifth Cycle, a thoroughly confusing […]
Raven Star – System Mastery 46
Hey, remember the 90s? Do you look back fondly on Rob Liefeld, X-Force, Reboot-style 3D art, and references to monofilament technology? Then hoo boy do we have the game for […]
Noumenon – System Mastery 45
In this installment we discuss the best soul coffin in the shape of a giant bug that solves fundamental metaphysics mysteries in an impossible mansion simulator we’ve ever read. We […]
Supplement Special – System Mastery 44
System Mastery 44 – Supplement Special We’ve received a number of requests since the inception of System Mastery to cover supplementary RPG material and not just core books. While we […]
Top Secret – System Mastery 43
System Mastery 43- Top Secret There’s a story around the internet about how this game is so realistic that it summoned the FBI around to investigate the TSR offices to […]
Space 1889 – System Mastery 42
System Mastery 42- Space 1889 Craving high adventure in an age of zeppelins, Victoriana, and space fantasy? Keep looking then, because what we have here is boring. This week Jef […]
Heaven & Earth – System Mastery 41
System Mastery 41 – Heaven & Earth The apocalypse! Oh, it’s a comin’, just you wait, you sinner you. In the meantime why don’t you hang around in small town […]
The Official Duckman RPG – System Mastery 40
System Mastery 40 – Duckman He’s just one more duck detective, that works with a pig, lives with the twin sister of his dead wife, three sons on two bodies, […]
Witch Girls Adventures – System Mastery 39
System Mastery 39 – Witch Girls Adventures Witches! Rustics! Technomancers! The Ugly One! It’s Witch Girls Adventures, and it’s your chance to step into the stylish shoes of a 13-year […]
Stormbringer – System Mastery 38
Episode 38 – Stormbringer ELRIC! Thy book is a thousand times more execrable than thou! Though I have to admit I had this iconic piece of nerd power fantasy confused […]
Deliria – System Mastery 37
System Mastery 37 – Deliria During the 90s, a lot of the small-market games were about trying to fix one issue that the author had with basement-ready games from the […]
Dungeons & Dragons – System Mastery 36
System Mastery 36 – Dungeons & Dragons We take a much needed break from endless reading of defunct gaming manuals, but that doesn’t mean we don’t seek to entertain! This […]
Vanishing Point – System Mastery 35
System Mastery 35 – Vanishing Point If you’ve read any Neil Gaiman or just been stuck in line at a convention behind steampunk people, you’re all set for Vanishing Point. […]
Fantasy Imperium – System Mastery 34
SystemMastery 34 – Fantasy Imperium This game was surprisingly difficult to find art for. The cover is easy enough, since it’s got a famous story behind it, but apparently no […]
Maid – System Mastery 33
SystemMastery 33 – Maid This week, we’re joined in studio (my living room) by a guest host! Our friend Claire joins us because we just didn’t feel comfortable tackling this […]
Darkurthe: Legends – System Mastery 32
SystemMastery 32 – Darkurthe: Legends The least requested game of all time comes to System Mastery! We discuss Darkurthe, a world of isolated city-states, deep racial convinctions, and clans, guilds, […]
The World of Synnibarr 2 – System Mastery 31
SystemMastery 31 – Synnibarr 2 The final chapter in our saga of Synnibarr. Impossible continents, insane monsters, and ludicrous facts about this maddening world. This time around, we even try […]
The World of Synnibarr 1 – System Mastery 30
SystemMastery 30 – The World of Synnibarr 1 The most requested title of all comes to System Mastery! Biogladites (whatever that is), chameleon drakes, and I guess archers engage in […]
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