Movie Mastery – eXistenZ (1999)
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
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? […]
Horrortoberfest 2019 – Day 18 – Horror Hotel (2015)
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. […]
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 […]
Movie Mastery – Mom and Dad Save the World
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 […]
Tenchi Muyo! RPG and Resource Book – System Mastery 141
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 […]
Movie Mastery – Jupiter Ascending (2015)
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 […]
Leystorm: The Dominion – System Mastery 140
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 […]
Maelstrom Storytelling – System Mastery 139
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 […]
Systems Failure – System Mastery 138
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 […]
The World of Species – System Mastery 136
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 […]
Renegade Legion: Legionnaire – System Mastery 134
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 […]
Horrortoberfest ’18 Day 2 – Galaxy of Terror (1981)
Today’s movie ended up having a connection to yesterday’s. There was actually a poster for this movie hanging in the background of Chopping Mall. Who knows, maybe I’ll just do […]
In Theaters Now – The Predator
Once again, an alien species of hunters comes to Earth but this time it’s not trophies that they’re after. Can our ragtag crew of soldiers with PTSD, a biologist, and […]
Marauder 2107 – System Mastery 130
A game that dares to ask the question “What if Bubblegum Crisis?” Seriously, that’s the question. The answer, surprisingly, is “No one gets the mech suits, everyone is a dirty […]
Movie Mastery – Moontrap: Target Earth (2017)
The movie cover shows giant fighting robots and the back promises a story of time travel and a dire rush to save the Earth. The movie delivers repeating exposition in […]
Tekumel: Empire of the Petal Throne – System Mastery 129
We felt a little dirty doing a “new” book last episode, so here’s our course correction. The 1975 version of Tekumel: Empire of the Petal Throne, with all acute accents […]
Shadowrun 5e (Live!) – System Mastery 128
We went to GenCon and we made this show and now we hope you enjoy this show we made at GenCon. Next time we talk about Shadowrun we’ll try to […]
Movie Mastery – Crash & Burn (1990)
In the distant future of 2030, Earth is ravaged by the depletion of the ozone layer and one corporation holds power over everyone. Also, there are giant, sad-looking robots that […]
Justifiers – System Mastery 127
Have you ever wanted to explore space but it’s just ever so slightly too difficult for you? Exactly the range of too difficult where it’d suddenly be possible if you […]
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