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Book of Erotic Fantasy – System Mastery 120

April 25, 2018by systemmastery 2 Comments

It’s the Supplement Spectacular again!  Or, it was going to be before a child was born into this world who ate all of Jef’s time.  Luckily (for you, not for […]

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The Xro Dinn Chronicles – System Mastery 119

April 10, 2018by systemmastery 4 Comments

The Xro Dinn Chronicles is, for lack of a better description, the unholy combination of Ninjas & Superspies, Babylon 5, and the sort of mindset that led to the Winchester […]

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Promised Sands – System Mastery 114

January 29, 2018by systemmastery 2 Comments

It’s impossible to predict when we’ll hit a real speedbump on the show, a real Synnibarr or Haven… and here we are!  Promised Sands ascends the steps of the pantheon […]

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Tomorrow Knights – System Mastery 112

January 2, 2018by systemmastery 2 Comments

Interesting note that we missed because we didn’t do any research:  Tomorrow Knights here is a Marvel property.  Which makes this a Marvel RPG.  We had no idea.  Thrill to […]

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Paranoia XP – System Mastery 110

December 5, 2017by systemmastery 2 Comments

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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Living Steel – System Mastery 104

September 25, 2017by systemmastery 4 Comments

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 […]

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Gear Krieg- System Mastery 103

September 12, 2017by systemmastery 7 Comments

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 […]

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A State – System Mastery 101

August 15, 2017by systemmastery 12 Comments

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, […]

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In Theaters Now – Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets

July 27, 2017by systemmastery Leave a comment

Most of your favorite sci-fi has likely borrowed something from the hugely influential comic series Valerian and Laureline. Now see the adaptation of the source material that has the bravery […]

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Sailor Moon RPG – System Mastery 99

July 18, 2017by systemmastery 12 Comments

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 […]

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Exquisite Replicas – System Mastery 97

June 19, 2017by systemmastery 1 Comment

You know what we forgot to do in this one? Make fun of that Anonymous motto about how they’re legion or whatever.  I guess we just forgot.  Oh well.  This […]

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Nexus: The Infinite City – System Mastery 96

June 5, 2017by systemmastery 2 Comments

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 […]

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Talislanta – System Mastery 93

April 25, 2017by systemmastery 6 Comments

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 […]

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The Whispering Vault – System Mastery 91

March 28, 2017by systemmastery 1 Comment

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.  […]

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The Secret of Zir’An – System Mastery 90

March 13, 2017by systemmastery 7 Comments

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 […]

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Star Frontiers – System Mastery 88

February 13, 2017by systemmastery 10 Comments

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!  […]

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XCrawl (D20) – System Mastery 86

January 16, 2017by systemmastery 7 Comments

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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The Babylon Project – System Mastery 85

January 2, 2017by systemmastery 12 Comments

Get ready to recreate the dramatic adventures of Captain John Sheridan, psychic lady Ivanova, kindly space vampire Londo Mollari, and – did the doctor guy get a name?  I forget […]

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Nightlife – System Mastery 84

December 19, 2016by systemmastery 1 Comment

Looking for a game where you can play a vampire, werewolf, ghost, frankenstein, demon, or …Native American nature spirit?  And you you say you want it to predate 90% of […]

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Champions – System Mastery 83

December 5, 2016by systemmastery 7 Comments

Time for the HERO system, one of the big dogs of generic systems, in what is arguably it’s most popular incarnation, the very, very modular Champions.  Build a hero absolutely […]

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