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Letters to the Stars: An Epistolary RPG
by John [Verified Purchaser] Date Added: 03/08/2024 08:48:22

I've played very small journaling games in the past (things where you imagine a house taking on the personalities of three generations of families--that sort of thing), and they are fun, particularly if you love creating stories (I do).

Letters to the Stars expands on this concept making the story creation unfold largely based on a tabletop RPG about space adventure. I play solo (which this game does support), but one of the strongest elements here is the multiplayer which involves firing off letters each turn to someone else (another ship captain? a home base? who knows?) and who knows if and when you will get a reply and how that will shape the game, and that makes it even more of an adventure.

If I were to play with my brother across country, for example, I think the ideal way, to make the passage of time a real element here, would be sending snail mail back and forth. Yes, that would make for a very long game, but space travel between worlds seems like a very long thing.

Besides, there is not a huge board with components that will crowd out your game table. It's pencil, paper, rules, and a few d6 (and for me cards because I've ordered the cards).

This is a really thoughtful (and different) game. :) John C.



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Comrades: A Revolutionary RPG
by josh [Verified Purchaser] Date Added: 02/25/2024 15:28:03

I'd state, the best way to view the game is as a generic core that you attach a historic reality onto. The under ground connections and cloak and dagger play makes playing absolute scum absolutely amazing.

Think about an over thrown kingdom, over ran by bandits. Super heros rising against their oppressors, to institute a pure rule. A hostile take over of the company that ships wonder bread to local walmarts. The possibilities end at your imagination.



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Producers Club
by Todd J [Verified Purchaser] Date Added: 02/10/2024 20:45:41

Why was this game so hard to fine it is one of my new favorite games. Find a good AI plot generator and this has been a blast.



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Lost Ship: A Survival Game
by William G. [Verified Purchaser] Date Added: 02/09/2024 18:57:40

A great game once you get the sequence of play down. A previous review compared it to Batllestar Galactica, but I see a Kobayashi-maru similarity with an option for a win. Eight leaps and they found a home. I barely had enough fuel. Was not able to find many fuel replenishments and was on my least leap when home was a found. For me, I had to pay attention to the recording of information. It is easy to forget to mark something when you get involved. Lost all my pilots in the last two rounds. I will try writing a log to make the game more narritive and see what story can come about.



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[4 of 5 Stars!]
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Comrades: A Revolutionary RPG
by James [Verified Purchaser] Date Added: 01/21/2024 04:08:40

It's super cool that DTRPG is consistent in enforcing its no overtly political products rules.

This game is leftist trash lazily written using PbtA. Avoid it.



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Deadball Junior
by Josh W. [Verified Purchaser] Date Added: 03/22/2023 19:19:45

Bought this to play with my 8 year old son. We have both had a ton of fun with it. You can tell the author has played this game with kids because his advice in the book is spot on. After many, many board games with my son, you just have to go with the flow and let the fun happen naturally. Thankfully, that's very easy with this game. Highly recommend. In fact, he's enjoyed it so much he's asking to play the Deadball.



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Deadball: Baseball With Dice (Second Edition)
by Tony J. [Verified Purchaser] Date Added: 07/27/2022 12:46:40

I own the previous editions of the Deadball books and love each of them but this Second Edition is the best yet as it consolidates and streamlines both the Modern Era and Ancient Era along with other improvements and additions under one cover. A must buy if you're a baseball fan!



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Deadball: Baseball With Dice (Second Edition)
by John C. [Verified Purchaser] Date Added: 07/19/2022 16:33:34

Sandy Koufax reaches back and heaves his magically "jumping" ball toward the plate frustrating Mookie Betts to win the second Dodgers time travel world series!

This game is absolutely fantastic, and I've played stats-based baseball from APBA, Avalon Hill's Statis Pro, and Strat-O-Matic. For me all of them shine when you can pull out two legendary teams from different eras and play a "what if?" game that feels satisfying and legitimate.

Here, decades later, Deadball not only makes the game feel as if you are watcing the game play out in your head (I'm not sure how W.M. Akers has managed that, but, well, HE HAS), but the game is quick, easy to learn, not overly stats heavy. At the same time you get the sense that the games make sense. OH THERE ARE those crazy blowouots, but that's baseball! Unless you are totally wedded to box scores over "the game," this is the one you want. I've been on board with this system for years, but if you are new to it, go with the Second Edition; it incorporates all of the key variants of the prior books.



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Deadball: Baseball With Dice (Second Edition)
by Aaron S. [Verified Purchaser] Date Added: 07/19/2022 12:43:03

Creator W.M. Akers sums it up perfectly: "Deadball: Worse than baseball. Better than everything else."

What makes this game great? 1) Its intuitiveness -- It's easy to see how a .320 hitter manifests in Deadball, and why he's better than a .260 hitter. It's obvious how a lights out closer, a control pitcher, a defensive whiz at shortstop, or a slugging first baseman enhance your team with their abilities and strengths. The translation of player types to game effects is obvious, and the pace of gameplay natural. (When does a slugger's power matter? When you expect. When do you roll for defense? At exactly the time it feels like you should.) This makes the game easy to learn, and better yet, easy to translate in the mind's eye into baseball action on the field. Deadball streamlines things enough to keep them simple, while maintaining enough complexity to capture the feel of real baseball.

2) Its versatility -- Want to re-play the 1960 World Series? It's easy to translate real-life teams into Deadball teams. Want to see how the 1935 Tigers fare against the 2012 Nationals? Deadball makes that translation just as quick. Looking to create a fictional league with players all your own? That's straightforward, too. Interested in just picking up and playing? Deadball comes prepped with its own fictional league with rosters already drawn up, ready for the action to begin.

Is this a solo game, or two player? Either. My impression is most people play solo, but my friends and I play head-to-head and it's a blast that way, too. If you've heard a baseball game on the radio, it's easy to fall into a cadence where you announce your rolls back and forth, adding color commentary that spells out just what's happening on the field.

Is this a game or a simulation? Somewhere in between. You have about as much control over the game outcome as an MLB manager does. But if you like watching baseball games--and especially if you enjoy listening to them on the radio--this game will seriously scratch that itch.

How does the Second Edition compare to past editions? It's a streamlined, clarified, tweaked ruleset that takes the best of Deadball Years 1-4 and spells them out more clearly than ever. The rules have never been more straightforward to translate from the page to the table, and some of the rules that didn't quite sing before have been modified or cast aside in favor of alternatives. It's also fully compatible with the previous editions--if there's a rule you miss or a deep dive in one of those rulesets that you want to incorporate, you're playing with the same chassis and the game is just as flexible and easy to house rule as ever. I would buy a previous edition if you'd like to add complexity in its area of focus (or if you want the history and past seasons of the Southern Circuit), but Deadball, Second Edition has everything you need and is absolutely the place to start.



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Deadball: Baseball With Dice
by Will P. [Verified Purchaser] Date Added: 05/11/2022 16:44:09

Deadball is amazingly versatile to play different levels and eras of baseball. Such a fun game that remains in-depth enough to hold my attention, but still simple enough to play without being overly complicated. It's even customizable enough for me to use for a Covid-era all-time great college softball tournament social media project for the NCAA Division II conference that I work for.



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Deadball: Baseball With Dice
by Keith T. [Verified Purchaser] Date Added: 03/16/2022 19:20:29

I enjoy Baseball and often catach a game or two. However, the length of each game sometimes is too much for me. Deadball came along and it is amazing. The game can go with me and I can continue the game anywhere (the need for space was something I thought would be a restriction but hey, PDF rosters and dice apps means the game is handheld and portable). Not difficult to learn, inclusion of some modifers that takes pure luck off the table, I have had many seasons of fun. With the supplements that have been published, this game is as fresh as the day I purchased it (I believe it was Kickstarter). One of my few games on the table on a regular basis.



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Critical Hit: A Gaming Mystery
by James C. [Verified Purchaser] Date Added: 07/08/2021 13:52:39
Another Akers Masterpiece.

I have loved the Deadball as well as the Strange Times shorts. Although I was already a fan, this book was a tremendous surprise. After recieving my digital copy from the Kickstarter campaign, I was initially resigned to waiting for the physical copies to get started. As I finished my current read, I began flipping through my digial shelf of shame and came across the file in my collection.

In what is perhaps the quickest read I have done, this book drew me in from the beginning and kept me engaged throughout. I am very glad I decided to jump on this title and will probably do another run through once I get the hard copy. If you are familiar with W.M. Akers, you will not be disappointed. If you are not familiar with Mr. Akers, then this would be a great place to start. In the realm of my short list of gaming related novels, this one stands at the top of the mountain.

Thank you sir and I look forward to any of your future works....



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Critical Hit: A Gaming Mystery
by John C. [Verified Purchaser] Date Added: 07/07/2021 12:15:36

I've loved W.M. Akers's writing since his Deadball (game) books and his Westside series of novels. The writing style is vivid, laced with unexpected twists, and studded with humor. Critical Hit brings something new to the experience, it is inspired by the universe of Old School RPG's.

On my Kallax shelves, near my 1st Games Workshop edition of Talisman and the much-newer Gloomhaven I have a prized book on a display stand; it's my 1st Ed. AD&D Dungeon Master's Manual. I grew up playing early TSR Dungeons & Dragons and still occasionally find myself in a Pathfinder session with my daughter and her friends on Zoom. Video games? I have stacks of JRPGs. The dungeon crawl is a world I am familiar with. In Critiocal Hit Akers shows that it is his world as well. It's an adventurious "what if?" story of that world of graph paper and polyhedral dice and smudged character sheets coming real. Gamers, mystery buffs, fantasy/adventure fans have got themselves a real page turner here.



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Lost Ship: A Survival Game
by Penncy P. [Verified Purchaser] Date Added: 03/04/2021 16:14:40

I bought this game a LONG time ago during the kickstarter phase. I've printed out a few copies, and today I finally got to sit down and actually play a game. I will say that the first game you play, you should really play along with the instructions. Just as you read the instructions, play through the rounds with them. By the 3rd leap, all I needed was the quick reference guide, but that first leap I had to read the instructions quite a few times.

This is a great game if you feel like sitting down and spending some time with a fictional crew. It would be a great way - I imagine - to draft a module for any space opera RPG you might be GMing. Lots of replayability. First game I made it home in 3 leaps. Would have liked to experience more of the anomalies and just the game overall, so I'll definately be drafting up another ship soon and playing another game.



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Comrades: A Revolutionary RPG
by Cherch I. [Verified Purchaser] Date Added: 02/28/2021 06:23:28

Comrades is excellently written, and it is most probably the best RPG I've ever read. While the text is rather straight-to-the-point, it gives everything you need to play (from the tiny details of the game mechanics to broader aspects of role-playing). This was my entry point to the PbTa system, and I cannot feel more thankful to W.M. Akers for that. The game really "invites" you to embrace the philosophy of that system, and tells you why it is awesome to play.

A possible caveat is that, for some, the "wording" may be too narrow. I mean the fact that is written somehow based on historical (left-wing) revolutions. In my group, we have played in a "rebelion-revolution" context that did not have any left-wing implications, without altering the system at all. The game worked perfectly. I beleive one could have overcome that just by being more "general" in the text and the playbooks. But I believe it is a matter of taste. In any case, this should not be an excuse for not buying the game. Just do it, and play whatever you want to play. You will not regret.



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