Posts Tagged by Reviews
| July 22, 2011 | Posted by Phil Vecchione |
For those long-time readers of the Stew, this is a tradition that I have had a lot of fun doing the past two Gen Con’s. It is the 3rd annual You Pick It, I Review It event. This is where you get to put the last item on my Gen Con shopping list before I pack up and head to Indy for the best 4 days in gaming. In years past you have picked out some great games to review: Hackmaster Basic [here and here],…
| November 22, 2010 | Posted by Patrick Benson |
If you are like me you are always looking for new material to inject into your games. The more versatile the source material the better, and Brother Ptolemy & The Hidden Kingdom is just that: versatile source material that you can easily plug into your current campaign. The Hidden Kingdom is the first print offering from Nevermet Press and according to the press release for the product’s launch it is a “110-page 4th Edition Dungeons & Dragons adventure setting for 5th level characters.” but I…
| July 23, 2010 | Posted by Phil Vecchione |
This time last year, I made a deal with those of you who were unable to attend Gen Con. You picked something for me to pick up on the Exhibitor’s floor, and I reviewed it for you. That resulted in my two part review of Hackmaster Basic (Part1, Part2), and John’s review of Realms of Cthulhu. Well it’s that time a year again, and Gen Con is just under 2 weeks away, and I would like to continue the tradition and ask those of you…
| October 6, 2009 | Posted by Phil Vecchione |
In yesterday’s article we looked at the character creation system in HackMaster, but let’s face facts, if you are interested in HackMaster, you want to know about the Combat system. So let’s not waste any time and get right into it… Combat Overhaul With the new edition of HackMaster gone is THACO! The new combat system focuses around competing attack and defense rolls, but that is just the tip of the iceberg. There are a number of innovative elements that make up this system, and…
| August 3, 2009 | Posted by Phil Vecchione |
Last Friday, I asked you all to pick the product that you would like me to pick up at GenCon to review, and you answered. The results were tallied and the winner was…
| September 2, 2008 | Posted by Martin Ralya |
We’re trying something a little different with this post — the first in what might become a (highly irregular) series, Tomes of the Gnomes. It’s kinda, sorta, maybe in a roundabout way related to GMing, and we thought you might enjoy it. Have you ever met a GM who isn’t also a reader — and probably a pretty voracious one, at that? I don’t think I have. And I don’t know about you, but I love giving and getting book recommendations. That’s what Tomes of…
