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Gaming Updates and RPG Review Issue 25
Sep. 17th, 2014 11:05 pmLast Sunday week ran a session of Werewolf: The Yugoslav Wars. A series of misadventures led to the pack being captured by Serbian Krajina forces and taken to Slunj, except for one character who ended up frolicking with other wolves in the Plitvice Lakes National Park. They main group had a surprisingly difficult time extracting themselves from the situation - until of course they decided, finally true to the werewolf style - to adopt the path of extreme violence. Apropos last Thursday was a session of the Masks of Nyarlathotep, where the investigators managed to extract themselves from Cyprus and make their way to Keyna where the players where a little shocked at the extreme racial segregation of the time in Nairobi - and even more so from the significant cultural diversity witnessed in Mombasa (I am a little surprised that the Happy Valley Set aren't part of the official plot). This was followed on Sunday by Michael's game of GURPS Middle-Earth Lake Town where we successfully wrapped up another murder mystery and had a good debate on the legal rights of freemen for a quasi-dark ages setting. Tomorrow night will be Pendragon, where the player knights will probably return to the Grail Quest, having successfully defeated King Mark's attempted rebellion.
With the release of D&D 5th edition, the next issue of RPG Review will be focussed on various D&D articles, quelle surprise. Of particular note will be the interview with Lewis Pulsipher, rpg critic from the early days and designer of the Britannia boardgame. For my own part, I've reviewed an absolute stinker of an (allegedly Old School Renaissance) product, The Islands of Purple-Haunted Putrescence which lead to a 300+ discussion thread on Facebook, mainly about sexism in RPGs (it is awfully sexist, but that's not the only problem with it). In additon to this I've also written up, as a batch job, answers to last month's RPGaDay meme that was making its way around various social media. My responses features RuneQuest, Wordplay, GURPS, D&D, Alma Mater, Mouse Guard, Eclipse Phase, Megatraveller, and others. I'm currently composing a larger article on The Story of Dungeons & Dragons which will provide, in essay length, a history and review of various editions of the game, the companies that published the various editions, and the personalities involved in the process.
With the release of D&D 5th edition, the next issue of RPG Review will be focussed on various D&D articles, quelle surprise. Of particular note will be the interview with Lewis Pulsipher, rpg critic from the early days and designer of the Britannia boardgame. For my own part, I've reviewed an absolute stinker of an (allegedly Old School Renaissance) product, The Islands of Purple-Haunted Putrescence which lead to a 300+ discussion thread on Facebook, mainly about sexism in RPGs (it is awfully sexist, but that's not the only problem with it). In additon to this I've also written up, as a batch job, answers to last month's RPGaDay meme that was making its way around various social media. My responses features RuneQuest, Wordplay, GURPS, D&D, Alma Mater, Mouse Guard, Eclipse Phase, Megatraveller, and others. I'm currently composing a larger article on The Story of Dungeons & Dragons which will provide, in essay length, a history and review of various editions of the game, the companies that published the various editions, and the personalities involved in the process.
