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So, I wrote a pseudo-review over on twitter where I just sorta screamed about how much I liked this setting while I read through it, but to try and give folks a more concise version of all that:
Diana has made an incredible, imaginative setting that could fairly easily be slotted in to *any* game, not just a 5e game. Her Neverland is chock full of opportunities for intrigue, high adventure, battles on the high seas or in the air, and whimsical magic. All the parts of Neverland you know and love are present, expanded beyond their source material in ways that made me, someone who didn't know the canon mythology very well, questioning what was existing and what was expanded.
There are joinable factions beyond the Lost Ones and The Pirates, and they're distinct while feeling recognizeable, despite me not knowing of them ahead of time. They feel like they belong, and give reasoning for their worldviews and who they're likely to ally with (and in which circumstances).
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Rating: [5 of 5 Stars!] |
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There was a time when there was only one RPG that you could buy. Arguably, many of us started playing various "monsters" -- goblins, dwarfs, orcs, half-orcs, a 3/4 orc (Don't ask!), thieves, and evil magicians were normal in my gaming groups.
Then came the second RPG -- i.e. Tunnels & Trolls. A new concept (among several) in RPG was introduced - There were no automatic monsters. Every species (or "race," if you prefer) was a "Kindred" and with the same access to legal protection as humans -- provided they lived and interacted with humans.
Yet the dungeons, tunnels, mine shafts, etc., were the haven of so many truly anti-social types of all kindreds. And it wasn't long before the creator of that second RPG wondered what life looked like to those creatures who hid in the dark and hoarded loot the player characters wanted. Gold, jewels, toilet paper, hand sanitizer, and other valuable hoarded objects meant that mostly-human groups would i...
Rating: [5 of 5 Stars!] |
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For the past few days I have soloed my way through Cards & Catacombs, a dungeon crawl game (which is free/pay what you want on DriveThruRPG). It uses a deck of cards, so you will not need your dice. The first time I played this I used a cleric, archer, thief, and mage. We encountered four demons and it was a bloody mess. Three of my characters died and my mage had one hit point left. The devil that was attacking him also had one hit point left. I was biting my nails and then my mage was killed. Bummer. The second time I used it I played one character, a fighter. I also added some cards from the Dungeoneer card game Tomb of the Lich Lord (Atlas-games). This worked out much better. He got into a fight with a poltergeist and he defeated it. For loot, he found 16 gold pieces, a back pack, and a teleport staff (four uses). He was anxious to get back to town and spend his gold, so he used his magic staff. Great fun. Give this a try....
Rating: [4 of 5 Stars!] |
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What a great update to a great game! Monsters! Monsters! was a breakthrough in its time. Before the Reverse Dungeon, it let players play "The Other Side" as all sorts of fun creatures, making the lives of innocent villagers, uptight nobles, and self-important adventurers just as troublesome as they deserve.
Now we have a new updated version, after several decades! It's compatible with Deluxe Tunnels and Trolls, allowing all sorts of material developed for that game to be plug and play with this. plus, this material can all be dropped into dT&T! Add new monsters, more personalized monsters into dT&T, or, play the other side of the dungeon as the gamemaster sends adventurers in to loot your humble underground abode (or decaying castle, haunted wood, fetid swamp, fevered nightmare, or...You name it.)
The art and design are updated as well as the rules, giving a clean modern look to this great game. Magic for the creatures, and spells, are updated as well as po...
Rating: [5 of 5 Stars!] |
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I'm a sucker for "savage world"-type settings, so purchased this on a whim when it popped up. Review based on overall impressions after reading through; note that I haven't tried the game system or any of the publisher's other games.
Game system looks fairly streamlined. Skill-based with ability scores, on a d100 scale. There are no "classes", but characters can have "archetypes", which are Civilised, Barbarian, Nomad, or Primitive, and which determine starting skill point allocation. Alternatively, you can assign base skill points yourself and "roll your own". Checks involve rolling against your ability and skill scores with d100, and can be opposed.
The game world has all the standard Conan-type places and races (Cimmerians, Hyperboreans, Picts, Stygia, etc.) albeit set in an early version of "our" world map with areas corresponding to real countries. There is a bit of backstory about the rise and fall of the serp...
Rating: [4 of 5 Stars!] |
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