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Tag Archives: sci-fi

System Mastery 237 – Alien

October 19, 2022by systemmastery 3 Comments

As we draw this festive Ween to a close, we continue the project of a brief examination of newer space horror (Yes, that last game was a heist thing, but […]

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System Mastery 236 – Stealing Stories for the Devil

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The customary three great blessings of Ween to each and every one of you!  Okay, so this game isn’t especially scary.  By now you should have recognized that we may […]

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System Mastery 233 – Psi World

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Back to the old psionic grind!  This game has almost exactly two whole paragraphs of story.  Everything else we’ve had to glean from the margins and unusually informative rules.  Wanna… […]

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Movie Mastery – Space Truckers (1996)

May 12, 2022by systemmastery Leave a comment

Follow the thrilling escapades of John Canyon as he coerces a girl to marry him for a ride and then be chilled by the worst thing that poor Charles Dance […]

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Movie Mastery – They Live (1988)

September 2, 2021by systemmastery Leave a comment

A terrifying, inhuman elite controls society and keeps people under control through television, advertising, and the help of their recruits that work to maintain the suppression of any rebellious actions. […]

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Movie Mastery – Star Wars: The Clone Wars (2008)

April 1, 2021by systemmastery 1 Comment

Not to be confused with Star Wars: The Cone Wars the TV show. Or Star Wars: Clone Wars the TV show. Or Star Wars: The Clone Wars the video game. […]

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Movie Mastery – Ready Player One (2018)

January 21, 2021by systemmastery 2 Comments

If you love pop-culture references to things from the 80’s and early 90’s and also nothing else, then this is the adaptation you’ve been waiting for.

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Horrortoberfest ’20 Day 19 – Starfish (2018)

October 19, 2020by systemmastery Leave a comment

  This week goes a bit more lo-fi on the Tech Week theme with a movie that centers around mix tapes and music. I love a good “end of the […]

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Movie Mastery – eXistenZ (1999)

July 23, 2020by systemmastery 2 Comments

Have you ever wondered what it would be like if Total Recall and The Matrix got all Cronenberged up? Here it is but it’s kind of strange you were wondering […]

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Star Thugs – System Mastery 162

December 3, 2019by systemmastery 4 Comments

Time for some sci-fi!  This game takes all the futuristic space convention you love and just DUMPS on it, haha yeah rad, fuck Star Trek!  Anyhow come along won’t you?  […]

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Horrortoberfest 2019 – Day 18 – Horror Hotel (2015)

October 18, 2019by systemmastery Leave a comment

  If you’re reading this and you haven’t listened to the episode of Movie Mastery where we watched Return to Horror Hotel then a lot of this might not make sense. […]

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Space Master – System Mastery 157

September 24, 2019by systemmastery 4 Comments

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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Movie Mastery – Mom and Dad Save the World

September 6, 2019by systemmastery 2 Comments

Imagine if someone with no sense of humor decided they wanted to make a movie like Spaceballs. Now imagine they decided to make it a Jeffrey Jones vehicle. Now imagine […]

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Tenchi Muyo! RPG and Resource Book – System Mastery 141

February 12, 2019by systemmastery 13 Comments

It’s a Tri-Stat game!  We’ve done a few of these already so you already know the basics. Weird combat system where the attacker and the defender have very little to […]

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Movie Mastery – Jupiter Ascending (2015)

February 7, 2019by systemmastery 3 Comments

With a movie that was universally panned when it came out; will this turn out to be a sleeper of a hit? Or were the critics right and the whole […]

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Leystorm: The Dominion – System Mastery 140

January 29, 2019by systemmastery 3 Comments

In a grim future where everyone is lopsided and has dreads, can a few awful chumps win a mighty rebellion against Darth Emperor of Mankind?  This mid-90s science fantasy game […]

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Maelstrom Storytelling – System Mastery 139

January 15, 2019by systemmastery 4 Comments

1997, a dark year indeed.  Bad Batman movies and stuff.  Seriously, it was not a good scene, unless you were crazy for middling swing music.  But hey, this book came […]

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Systems Failure – System Mastery 138

January 1, 2019by systemmastery 3 Comments

We’re back from our very needed rest and relaxation, and working harder than ever to fill your ears with reviews of roleplaying games.  This time we’re talking the Y2K bug […]

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The World of Species – System Mastery 136

December 4, 2018by systemmastery 3 Comments

The World of Species!  Finally an RPG with a glossy photo of a young Alfred Molina in it!  This Masterbook licensed setting is rife with information about the sex-sci-fi thriller […]

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Renegade Legion: Legionnaire – System Mastery 134

November 6, 2018by systemmastery 6 Comments

It’s Romans. In. Spaaaaaaace on today’s episode of System Mastery.  Thrill at the game designed to be compatible with a bunch of other games!  Marvel at page after page of […]

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