Animes – Afterthought 40
Jef was deeply tired and woozy throughout this recording, and Jon was gracious enough to tolerate his bizarre rambling. It’s not as much about anime as you’re probably hoping, but […]
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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 […]
THAC0 – Afterthought 39
TOTALLY EXTREME! We get around to explaining the concept of hitting Armor Class 0, which was noticeably missing from our recent review of AD&D 2nd Edition. So we handle it, […]
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 […]
Danke Schoen – Afterthought 38
Hey everyone, thanks so much for enabling this dumb thing we’ve been doing for three years. Here’s an Afterthought episode to celebrate our anniversary, which I’m sure you’ll enjoy. Since […]
Testament D20 – System Mastery 74
Okay, we were getting a little too friendly about games and movies around here, it was high time we picked something to straight up laugh at. This is Testament, the […]
Pokemons and Fraggleses – Afterthought 37
Feng Shui was a great game, and we missed a lot of stuff during our official review, so here’s a chance to talk about it some more! Also a chance […]
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 […]
Vacation Time – Afterthought 36
Jon reports on the quality of Ireland and their criminally small sodas, Jef waxes rhapsodic about a crazy awesome band, and listener questions are asked and almost answered before diverting […]
System Mastery Actual Play 4 – Love/Dread Jenga
Vacations can’t stop us, and neither can federal holidays. Step right up and listen to our first full-length Actual Play episode, featuring the doomy tale of the Valentine’s Day killer […]
Railroading and Pizza – Afterthought 35
Can a game rely heavily on GM fiat to function? How many rules does a game actually need that aren’t just “let the DM figure it out?” Also, if […]
Everway – System Mastery 72
What’s in this box? Who drew a big circle on the cover? What’s up with the grey swirly mist situation in the background? In Everway, players make characters by telling […]
Whaaat – Afterthought 34
Ostensibly this one is about things that are so bad that they swing around towards being good. I’d like to say that our insane ramblings at the beginning are an […]
Rifts Parts 2 – System Mastery 71
Well, here we are. We put Rifts in the rearview. We still love this dumb game. In today’s episode, we finish our discussion of the core book. RCCs, OCCs, psionics, […]
Trip Report – Afterthought 33
We’re back! Our trip to Kubla Con in the Bay Area took a lot out of us, and so this episode might be a few days behind schedule. But if […]
Rifts Parts 1 – System Mastery 70
We hope you’re as ready for this as we are. After 70 episodes, it’s time to review the game that somehow started both of us down the path that ultimately […]
Hiro Protagonist – Afterthought 32
Jon speaks up in defense of games where you start with nothing. Questions are answered. Convictions are challenged. The very foundations of the world are shaken til the firmament lies […]
Discworld RPG – System Mastery 69
Today is good day for somebody else to die! We almost like Discworld TOO much, so we start by trying our hardest to review GURPS Lite. After that, it’s a […]
System Mastery Actual Play – Noisy Person Cards
Today, System Mastery gathered a few friends in a room to play Noisy Person Cards, a game designed by friends of the show James D’Amato and Kat Kuhl. It’s a […]
New Point – Afterthought 31
We discuss the notion of RPGs that greatly diverge from even the most basic concepts of the genre. No going on adventures? Not even playing a character? Why not? Then […]
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