Category: Reviews
| February 28, 2013 | Posted by Phil Vecchione |
This article is long overdue. I had intentions of playing SoE before I wrote the article about the game mechanics, but alas the Autumn is a very busy time for me at work, and quickly my time to organize a game and test drive SoE evaporated. As not to delay things too long, I will review the game mechanics as someone who has 30 years of gaming, and hundreds of systems under my belt. So let’s take a tour of the mechanics of Shadows of…
| February 12, 2013 | Posted by Phil Vecchione |
Last week, Matt and I had an opportunity to get a private tour of the new campaign management software, Realm Works, with Rob and John from Lone Wolf Development . Our tour lasted two and a half hours and we got to see every nook and cranny of the software. I am going to do the play-by-play about what we saw, and Matt is going to be adding the color commentary. Disclaimer- Phil is a backer of the Realm Works Kickstarter. Further Disclaimer – After…
| December 10, 2012 | Posted by Martin Ralya |
A bit less than a year ago I wrote about the patronage project for Open Design’s Midgard Campaign Setting, which has now been released by Kobold Press ($39.99 softcover + PDF). I was offered a review copy, and as a fan of Wolfgang’s work and a GM with a hearty appetite for fantasy campaign settings, I gladly accepted. Midgard already sounded like it would be my kind of setting book a year ago when I first heard about it, and it is. Like most of…
| October 11, 2012 | Posted by Phil Vecchione |
As part of the You Pick It…I Review It for this year, you requested that I review Shadows of Esteren. As you commanded I have obeyed, and have been hard at work reading this tome. After reaching a certain point in the book, I decided to break this review into two parts. So today’s article is a review of the Shadows of Esteren setting: Tri-Kazel. A few weeks from now, I will return with the second part: the review of the game mechanics. Rendez-vous à la Gen…
| October 3, 2012 | Posted by Martin Ralya |
I was recently offered a free review copy of The GM’s Field Guide to Players, by Cherie “Jade” Arbuckle of Evil Machinations, and it immediately piqued my interest. There need to be more system-neutral GMing books out there, and I like to spread the word about books like this on the Stew, so I was more than happy to review the Field Guide. Format The Field Guide is a 60-page PDF available directly from Evil Machinations for $7 ($6 until October 31, 2012), as well…
| September 7, 2012 | Posted by Phil Vecchione |
What do you get when you combine Spies, Supernatural Horror, Crunchy bits, a secret organization, and the Fast, Furious, and Fun rules of Savage Worlds? You get Agents of Oblivion: part setting, part toolbox, and part rulebook, in all the best ways possible. Are you ready for your briefing now, Agent? NOTE- This is the first of two reviews I will do post-Gen Con. The second, Shadows of Esteren, is still a bit off as I am reading the entire book and playing it before…
| August 13, 2012 | Posted by Phil Vecchione |
Last week I kicked off the 4th annual You Pick It, I Review It Gen Con event. Votes were cast, and after doing a little research, I have picked two products for this year’s You Pick It. They are… Shadows of Esteren This was the first request, from 9littlebees who went the extra distance and talked right to the publisher about reviewing the book. I was already intrigued by this game the second I saw the video teaser, but what clinched it were these…
