Tag: RPG
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The Best 80s Game You Probably Didn’t Play
Way back in the 1980s, there were gamebooks, those choose-your-own-adventure type of books where you made a decision and then turned to a specially-numbered paragraph to find out what happened next. Now, they’re back. Ian Livingstone, who (along with fellow Games Workshop founder Steve Jackson) sold millions of Fighting Fantasy books worldwide in the 80s,…
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Leverage: The Quickstart Job
True to all things geekish, I give you my review of Margaret Weis Productions‘ newest role-playing game, based on the Leverage TV show. In a nutshell: This is a fun little trial-sized game with a slick, big-budget wrapping over a savory indie center. You need not be a fan of the TV show to appreciate…
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Free RPG Day is tomorrow!
Who doesn’t love free stuff? Free is my favorite price! And also, being a true nerd of epic “I Grok Spock” proportions, I personally feel that Free RPG Day is possibly the coolest gamer grab ever. Here’s the scoop: a bunch of role-playing game publishers have banded together to publish brand-new, trial-size versions of their…
LAURENCE MACNAUGHTON 