Paranoia XP – System Mastery 110
A madcap dystopia that has more accompanying memes per square centimeter than anything short of Dungeon and Dragons itself. Is Paranoia worth braving the swamp of people at the store […]
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Werewolf the Apocalypse – System Mastery 107
Awoooooo White Ween continues! Awoooooooo! Today on System Mastery we introduce you to the colon-free world of Werewolf the Apocalypse. I mean, there’s some colons. Werewolves probably have colons. I […]
Mind’s Eye Theatre: Requiem – System Mastery 105
Ah, truly the most joyous of holiday seasons is upon us! Happy White Ween! Today, we cover a game that turned out (well after we started reading it) to be […]
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 […]
Gear Krieg- System Mastery 103
Are you looking for a game of two-fisted derring-do and rousing pulp adventure? You’ll be sure to find it in some other book. Gear Krieg is an RPG companion to […]
King Arthur: Pendragon – System Mastery 102
Yay, a game we didn’t hate! This is a very specific sort of RPG, in which you play as a knightly dynasty during the Morte D’Arthur romantic tales. Will you […]
A State – System Mastery 101
This book is a grim, unrelenting slog. Punctuated by the kind of art that would be impressive if this book was a collection of screenshots from the first Fallout game, […]
D&D 3rd Edition – System Mastery 100
Well, it’s been four years. Honestly when we started the gimmick of doing D&D every 25 episodes we never thought we’d actually get as far as third edition. Here we […]
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 […]
Nexus: The Infinite City – System Mastery 96
Man this city is so infinite, it’s like you don’t even know. Crazy aliens rub shoulders with alternate humans in this early 90s kitchen sink style game with a great […]
200 Word RPG Challenge – System Mastery 95
It was a blast to help judge this year’s 200 Word RPG Challenge to assist David Schirduan in his yearly scheme to elicit all kinds of creativity from the online […]
Purgatory – System Mastery 94
Warning: This episode is for mature gamers only. So if you think the word “Boogers” is still pretty funny, maybe you should wait til we review the RPG adaptation of […]
Talislanta – System Mastery 93
It’s not too late to go support the new Kickstarter for the next edition of this weird but fairly charming game if you want. It will be very soon, which […]
Cthulhu Live – System Mastery 92
It’s a game for only the dapperest of beardsmen on today’s System Mastery. We’re talking Cthulhu Live, a game of rapidly going insane while extras cavort about in the background.
The Whispering Vault – System Mastery 91
If you listen real close you can actually hear the vault whispering. It’s not worth it though, he’s just reading the Humor in Uniform section out of old Reader’s Digests. […]
The Secret of Zir’An – System Mastery 90
The Secret of Zir’an is probably that deep under the challenging layout and heaped on layers of confusing story, accessible only to people who are really willing to roll up […]
FATAL – System Mastery 89
Well folks, you made it happen. Grats to all! There’s no way this is worth any more of our time or yours than the extra-long episode we’ve thrown on here […]
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! […]
Nephilim – System Mastery 87
The early 90s seem positively ripe with games that are more character creation tool than game, and Nephilim is no exception. Join the ranks of weird energy spirits that have […]
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 […]
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