The 2nd edition of 6d6 Core is a colourful book with clever formatting and layout. The publishers may not like the comparison but I was reminded of a carefully thought out and helpful text book. I offer that as a compliment. That's what I want from a core rules set.

The 6d6 system is one you might need to read over once or twice but swiftly becomes nice and intuitive. The use of potential to throttle action while giving players both the sense of investment in their actions and tactical decisions is a nice one. The advantages system to determine what characters can do and how well they can do it is equally smooth and clever.

I'd recommend 6d6 Core to gamers with the intelligence to look around for intuitive systems and alternative ecologies to support their next game.

Journeys in Darkness is well worth checking out - it's not just music, it's music that's been created with gaming in mind. By that I mean the tracks (and Tomb of the Cursed is one of my favourites) is designed to work with the GM. It doesn't distract. It provides ambience and yet has enough spice (especially on the first play) to encourage players to pay attention.