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USR Sword & Sorcery
Publisher: Jay Murphy
by Collin S. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 04/12/2020 00:43:26

This is a rules light game, there are only three stats that you assign dice to similar to savage worlds stats. Your hit points are derived. There are no skills only specialisms which give you pluses to do certain things. Combat is a contested thing, with weapons giving bonuses and armor soaking some hits, but the hits initially taken is the difference between the contested roll, with the hits going to the loser. Simple. But it works. There are hit locations and a pretty nice critical hit table. Also this game has the best carousing fumble table I've seen so far in a game. There are some great random tables. Magic is broken down into artifact use, sorcery, and mesmerism. For a few bucks if nothing else this game is worth pilfering the carousing table from and maybe some of the random tables. Great little game the only issue is it might be too simplistic for some.



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Creator Reply:
First actual review here on the site. Thanks for leaving your thoughtful reply. Sounds like the game plays the same way for you as it runs for me! There is a supplement, Horror Material & Magic Malignant, offering a bestiary, npcs and magic spells/rituals. If you like using the game I recommend the supplement. All the best, Jay
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Horrors Material & Magic Malignant
Publisher: Jay Murphy
by Collin S. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 04/12/2020 00:34:51

This is swords and sorcery. A rogues gallery of NPCs you can plug into your game in section one is very useful, and the archtypes can be used as ideas for other games. You also get a small but adequate bestary, some artifcats, a break down on the different lotus flowers and their uses, and brief but imagination kick starting list of the horrible things sorcerers do to people. Worth the four bucks.



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White Box: Eastern Adventures
Publisher: Tasaka Games
by collin s. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 04/04/2019 02:14:55

I have yet to play it, but skimming the rules this looks like a very solid "oriental adventures" system that will work well. The spell and monster list are not huge but they are more than ample enough to give you enough foes and power to run a long term campaign, and you can always pull more stuff in from other sources as well. This is a complete RPG with rules for pretty much everything you need from moral, monsters, hirelings, encoumberance, setting specific rules for honor, etc... And the print price 5 bucks and the pdf being free it is a steal. Download the free PDF and check it out for youself.



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Havenshield RPG Player's Handbook
Publisher: Oldegrave Adventure Company
by collin s. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 05/19/2018 01:50:38

I don't really understand why this is free....as the game this game is definitely a commercial grade effort. I like the 2D6 mechanic as things move along faster than in traditional D&D type games. It's free...download the bundle and give it a try. Don't let the 2D6 throw you as being too simplistic.



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Augmented Reality, The Holistic City Kit For Cyberpunk Games
Publisher: Geist Hack Games
by collin s. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 05/18/2018 20:21:46

For a pay-what-you-want product you can't lose here. I'd say it's worth up to 10 bucks, so don't feel guilty dropping anything more than say 5. You will get all sorts of random charts to bring all sorts of flavor to any cyberpunk / shadowrun / corporate hell type game. Recommended.



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Heroes & Monsters
Publisher: MHGames
by collin s. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 09/30/2017 00:43:59

I don't know why this only got one three star review. The book is well laid out and gives you everything you need to run D&D black hack style. Maybe it was just too similar to the original black hack and various clones? I don't know, I read it and I liked it.

I love D&D 5th edition but it is just too top heavy for me. I'm looking at lighter OSR solutions like Heroes & Monsters that I can tweak a little bit. I'd probably add some skills / careers outside of class in and this would mostly work for me.



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Advanced Mutant Companion (Mutant Future)
Publisher: A. Hagen
by collin s. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 08/02/2017 14:46:28

This simple book adds some great touches to Mutant Future. The AMC introduces backgrounds that you use in a similar way as Barbarians of Lemuria...rather than have big list of skills you have backgrounds. If a task is related to that background, you get to use your background points to add to the roll under attribute needed for success. There will be some GM fiat here...OK you can use that background or no you can't, but that is fine. I've found in play this works well. Additional mutations, some feats, and a modified level up table flush out a Mutant Future campaign well. Recommended. Also consider the author's Labrynth Lord Advanced Campanion as well. For the price of a Starbucks coffee you can't go wrong.



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Sticks & Stones Prehistoric-ish Role-Playing Setting for Savage Worlds
Publisher: Jade Tower Studio
by collin s. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 05/20/2017 19:04:31

With only minimal teaking this setting is perfect for running a Conan or Lemuria type setting. Or run it as is. Sticks and Stones is a well written and laid out gem that for some reason most people have missed. For 99 cents you can't go wrong.



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Dungeon Questing
Publisher: MHGames
by collin s. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 05/16/2016 15:22:37

I noticed The Black Hack is really popular right now, and there is nothing wrong with that. Dungeon Questing is more to my taste though. It uses a 2D6 mechanic, is a very rules lite flavor of OSR clone, but it is more flushed out than Black Hack appears to be (I read the Black Hack SRD I haven't bought it yet but probably will). Monsters are flushed out much further, as well as spells and other things. Dungeon Questing is skill based with what is it 17 or 18 key skills. I like this, I can already see adding a few of them. I'm looking forward to playing this. I didn't trust the 2D6 mechanic, thinking it was too limited, until I played Barbarians of Lemuria. The simplistic mechanic works fine and moves very fast. In BOL you can get a lot of adventuring done in four hours...I'm assuming it is the same with Dungeon Questing. So far it looks like a fine rules light OSR and it is a steal for $2.50. Recommended.



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Ultima Forsan - Setting Book
Publisher: SpaceOrange42
by collin s. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 11/28/2015 01:15:23

I just read through this setting and it is awesome. Dark plague filled cities...one bite and your are infected. Lop that arm off before the infection spreads. Attach and new crafted prosthetic and some augmented steam punk esque armor and get back into the action fighting the infected and all the horrible forms the plague melds the flesh of animals and men together as. Cool stuff.

As others have noted there are are some spelling errors and some interesting sentence choices, but as a non-english lit. Major they didn't bother me though sure I'd like to see an update with those errors corrected.

I'm looking forward to running this.



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Creator Reply:
Thank you Collin, we are indeed working on the errors.
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Ghostories Expanded RPG
Publisher: Precis Intermedia
by collin s. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 08/14/2014 00:14:43

I think Thomas B's review pretty much hit the highlights, so I'll keep my review brief. Then Genre Diversion 1.1 rules are fast and with this rule book you could easily do X-Files, Fringe, Buffy the vampire slayer, Bureau 13, really any game that crosses into the supernatural. Highly recommended.



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Defunct Listing
Publisher: Amagi Games
by collin s. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 07/17/2014 23:15:51

I saw this as a "pay as you want" offering and figured I'd throw a dollar at it and check it out. What I got was I'd say over 200 pages of content (in 18 or so pdf section) and an excellent setting. I can't vouch for the rules yet but I can say that there is enough creativity to so at least to be worth a few dollars for data mining for ideas. If I can get anyone to play it with me I might come back and buy it again paying some more bucks to encourage further development. Definitely worth checking out.



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Creator Reply:
Excellent to hear! So far as mining for ideas goes: Big thumbs up - dig in! And there\'s no reason not to grab some of the art while you\'re at it - it\'s all in there, and open for re-use as you like. At the time of this writing, some of the art still needs a bit of cleaning-up, but that\'s happening. The same is true of the game as a text, right now - It plays quite well, by the feedback reports, but there\'s editing aplenty going on right now to make a smoother *read*.
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Beasts & Barbarians Golden Edition
Publisher: GRAmel
by collin s. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 12/17/2013 16:46:18

I have yet to play B&B but I've used the adventure generator it contains twice to generate successful adventures, one for a Barbarians of Lemuria session and the other for a Mutant Future one. A lot of cool concepts are contained in B&B that can be used with other Sword and Sorcery games as well as other SW settings. That being said, even though I have yet to play it on it's own it looks really good as a SW campaign setting. Recommended.



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Damned Are The Living
Publisher: Friz Games
by collin s. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 09/19/2013 15:53:20

I have a confession to make. I've only just glanced at the rules and I have yet to run or play this game. Why waste your time with a review? Because from what I have seen this is a complete rule set that appears to be very playable with some nifty ideas. I also dig the quotes from a lot of horror / zombie apocalypse authors in the side bars to add flavor to the setting and spur ideas for the GM. For the high price of a dollar this game is absolutely worth it. Once I play the game I will go ahead and review it in depth, but pick it up while you can for a buck, you won't regret it (unless you don't have an extra buck).



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Blood & Honor
Publisher: John Wick Presents
by collin s. [Verified Purchaser]
Date Added: 11/21/2012 12:13:24

I had about 60 bucks burning a hole in my pocket in the form of some birthday money, so I decided to pick up some PDF's here on RPGNOW. Blood & Honor looked interesting, and for the small price I added it just to round out my purchases. I bought a few RPG's on the top 100 list, but so far the one that I'm digging the most is Blood & Honor.

Now I haven't had a chance to play it yet, but just skimming the rules there are a lot of great ideas here. I haven't ever played a game system before that uses aspect invocation and letting the players describe outcomes, and to be honest being an old school gamer I'm not sure how that will play out with the people I game with. Regardless this game has lots of great ideas that will get you thinking a little differently about RPG's if you are a more D&D OSR type of player. I have a feeling that if my gaming group could get past it's hang ups this game could be a blast.

I dig the concepts that you are both part of a clan and a member of the samurai, and the honor of both you must uphold, and the quirks of being a member of each can put players in situations that they have to work through which they normally would easily avoided in other game systems. I also like the season rules, where there are periods between game sessions where you draw income and improve your clans holdings. Pretty neat.

At 188 pages I'm just hitting a few of the highlights. I'm sure there is a lot more to add to a review but here is my take from one or two partial skim throughs. The PDF was laid out in a single column, easy to read manner. There are color illustrations drawn from Japanese art as well as splashes of water color that give the game a good Samurai / old Japan feel.

Recommended.



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