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 […]
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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 […]
Synnibarr Preview – System Mastery Special Edition
System Mastery Special Edition – Synnibarr Today, we bring you a little something special. A dramatic reading of the brilliant beginning to the tale of The World of Synnibarr. Tune […]
Dark Heresy – System Mastery 29
SystemMastery 29 – Dark Heresy Skulls for the Skull Throne! We take a discerning look at Dark Heresy, one of many games set in the grim darkness of the dark […]
Spookshow: The Game of Ectoplasmic Intrigue – System Mastery 28
SystemMastery 28 – Spookshow This game is about ghost spies. Get it? It’s a double meaning on the word. I’m not sure if you get it. You see, spook is […]
Nexus – System Mastery 27
SystemMastery 27 – Nexus Live Action Roleplaying Time to gather up 50 or so of your greatest friends and then slowly and painfully lose them over the course of a […]
Car Wars – System Mastery 26
System Mastery 26 – Car Wars Strap in, it’s going to be a dense, chart-heavy ride. Steve Jackson’s Car Wars is heavy on near-future apocalyptic flavor, and equally heavy on […]
D&D Set 1 Basic Rules – System Mastery 25
SystemMastery 25 – D&D Set 1 Basic Rules We celebrate a year’s worth of RPG reviews with a return to a true classic. The original Red Box D&D, complete with […]
C°ntinuum – System Mastery 24
SystemMastery 24 – C°ntinuum: Roleplaying in the Yet It’s a time travel game! More accurately, it’s a game about keeping meticulous detailed notes because the DM might check to see […]
Star Wars RPG – System Mastery 23
SystemMastery 23 – Star Wars RPG Our second look at West End Games takes us to a galaxy far, far away, where an antagonistic GM is expected to control the […]
After the Bomb – System Mastery 22
SystemMastery 22 – After the Bomb Wounded and battered from months of learning new systems, we take a brief respite to review something we knew already. This week, we spend […]
System Mastery 21 – Nobilis
SystemMastery 21 – Nobilis Have you ever dreamed of being the god of something? Perhaps the god of socks, or the god of internet memes, or the god of […]
Monday Movie Review – Holes (2003)
Going into this film, the only thing I knew about it was that it was the first thing Shia LeBeouf had done. I know it was based on a book […]
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