Space Master – System Mastery 157
Well, we had to take a look at a Role Master game eventually, and this one chose us. This 1985 RPG is deeply, deeply mathy, and features a fantastic story […]
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Bliss Stage – System Mastery 145
Straight from one bleak future to the next, only this time it’s kids. Why it’s almost as dystopic as the movie Kids! Basically the future is dream robots that put […]
Cyborg Commando – System Mastery 144
So a decade or so after D&D, Gary Gygax had a brand new idea. What if cyborgs with dustbuster crotches defended the world from giant bugs made of erectile tissue? […]
Horrortoberfest ’18 Day 3 – The Stepfather (1987)
Time for yet more low budget horror films from the 80s. I have to say, I almost feel like I was cheating with this one since it’s an actually decent […]
Tomorrow Knights – System Mastery 112
Interesting note that we missed because we didn’t do any research: Tomorrow Knights here is a Marvel property. Which makes this a Marvel RPG. We had no idea. Thrill to […]
Extreme Vengeance – System Mastery 111
On today’s episode we discuss Extreme Vengeance, an RPG dedicated almost entirely to recreating the feel of gung-ho action movies (there is a sliver reserved for unrelentingly dragging Hulk Hogan). […]
Living Steel – System Mastery 104
Brought to you by rocket scientists hellbent on pure unadulterated realism, Living Steel is basically Heinlein by way of Games Workshop, with probably a few too many tables (which is […]
Sailor Moon RPG – System Mastery 99
Moon Prism Power! Right? Right? That’s what she says sometimes? Look this is weird for us. Not our usual thing. So we brought in a ringer! A guy that’s watched […]
Legendary Lives – System Mastery 98
The countdown to episode 100 begins! This week, Legendary Lives. Just another heartbreaker you’ve never heard of? Maybe. Does it commit several of the weird sins of old game design? […]
Star Frontiers – System Mastery 88
It’s the space 80s! Feather your hair and ready your giant wrap-around bubble glasses for some interstellar adventure where the computers are so advanced that Oregon Trail has four colors! […]
XCrawl (D20) – System Mastery 86
Man, I hadn’t even seen the regular cover of this til I was putting this together. That’s uhh… well I guess Luke Cage found some chain mail made by Stussy […]
The Babylon Project – System Mastery 85
Get ready to recreate the dramatic adventures of Captain John Sheridan, psychic lady Ivanova, kindly space vampire Londo Mollari, and – did the doctor guy get a name? I forget […]
Champions – System Mastery 83
Time for the HERO system, one of the big dogs of generic systems, in what is arguably it’s most popular incarnation, the very, very modular Champions. Build a hero absolutely […]
Over the Edge – System Mastery 81
Well lookie here! Written by Jonathan Tweet (author of 3rd Edition D&D). Designed by Tweet and Robin D. Laws (Author of Feng Shui). There’s basically no way this won’t be […]
Vampire: The Masquerade (2nd Edition) – System Mastery 80
We’re drawing ever closer to the terrifying end of White Ween, and we figured why not tackle an 800 pound gorilla a week before every sad internet friend you hate […]
Batman Roleplaying Game – System Mastery 78
Da na na na na na na na na na na na na na na TABLES. TABLES. It’s Batman, all right. Man is it ever Batman. As a spinoff of […]
Blue Planet – System Mastery 77
Cyborg orcas, mutant cat super scientists, “squids” and more await you on the distant water planet ingeniously named “Poseidon.” You can make all sorts of amazing characters that certainly could […]
Macho Women with Guns – System Mastery 76
Aw yeah, we got your boobsplosions, your vagcapitations, and your brutal wombsaws all up in this one. It’s Macho Women with Guns, a parody game that uses generous margins and […]
AD&D 2nd Edition – System Mastery 75
It’s our three year anniversary here at System Mastery! Jon and Jef entered the bonds of holy podcastimony in August of 2013 and it’s been wonderful ever since, except for […]
Feng Shui – System Mastery 73
This game was about as good as everyone told us it would be. “Don’t cover it” they said. “It’s not even for you guys.” Well we showed them, those guys […]
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