Category: Reviews
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Review: Whitehack 3rd Edition
Our psychological framework for concepts is not simply knowledge of what something is, but also perhaps more importantly what it is not. Giving the players Freedom of Concept also establishes the limits of who or what they are. Knowing what the character Is NOT provides powerful natural boundaries that prevent the game from devolving into…
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Review: Bestial Ecosystems Created by Monster Inhabitation (Public Edition)
The Short Version: This book has more in common with a yearbook than a game manual. It is an archive of brief responses to a creative writing exercise on social media. These responses are of varying quality resulting in no clear vision or theme. The result can be summarized as novelty for the sake of…
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Review: On Downtime and Demesnes (B/X Version)
Courtney C. Campbell recently published a trilogy of books offering new resources and ideas for the GM seeking to liven up their environmental storytelling. Today I’ll be looking at one of these three books, offering my subjective opinion on the content and how I might personally use it in my games. On Downtime and Demesnes…
Archive of the Sphinx 