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The Hub Federation

Posted on January 29, 2014December 21, 2022 by Ron McClung

The Hub Federation is a new RPG Supplement from Gypsy Knights Games . The Hub Federation is the closest thing that the Clement Sector comes to a “federation” or “stellar nation.” It has limited authority and influence but has the potential (and probably desire) to grow. It is made up of six primary worlds, centered around the capital Hub. The other systems are Wilhelmveldt, Donar, Reuschle, Sigewife, and Wellington. This is the companion sourcebook to the Subsector Surcebook 3: Hub, also reviewed here.

Subsector Sourcebook 3 – Hub

Posted on January 28, 2014December 21, 2022 by Ron McClung

Subsector Sourcebook 3: Hub is a new RPG Supplement from Gypsy Knights Games. What I like about the Clement Sector a lot is the carried amount of independent worlds throughout it. However, I also like the possibility of an all-powerful authority somewhere. The Hub Subsector, the first sector to be populated by humans in Clements, presents an interesting dynamic between a burgeoning “federation” and several independent worlds.

Tunse’al Quick Starts & Side Tracks

Posted on January 28, 2014December 21, 2022 by Ron McClung

Tunse’al Quick Starts & Side Tracks is one of the lower quality items from the 2013 Free RPG day, but it takes advantage of one of the more popular and fun generic systems on the market. It is apparently a Kickstarter setting. By now, they have released a few PDF products on RPGNow or DriveThruRPG.

The Breshingridge Center & more!

Posted on January 17, 2014December 18, 2015 by Ron McClung

1Coming soon to Protodimension Magazine by me: (1) The Breshingridge Center – a minion hunting organization for DC. It’s a fairly large article – 10 pages double spaced. I expanded on the Center considerably. (2) The Mysteries of Vaal-Al Part 1- the first three mysteries (chronologically) from “These 10 Unsolved Mysteries Will Give You Chills….

B-Movie Inspiration: The Warrior And The Sorceress (1984)

Posted on January 3, 2014February 17, 2022 by Ron McClung

Once again, we delve into the dark and weird world of Roger Corman (although he was uncredited as the executive producer). His work during the 80s was priceless in many ways, while at the same time mind-numbing. This time, he took a page from Lucas’s book. He takes a classic Akira Kurosawa film, called Yojimbo, and re-imagines it in a science fantasy setting, in it’s own “galaxy far far away,” on a planet called Ura. It is an interesting cheesy mixture of fantasy and sci-fi with bad acting, a woman that is topless just about the whole movie (actress Maria Socas), a telepathic (and very poorly conceived) monitor lizard, a dance by a woman with four breasts (beat that Total Recall) and kung fu from the venerable David Carridine.

MACE 2013 Report

Posted on December 30, 2013March 3, 2025 by Ron McClung

It’s been nearly a month since MACE 2013 ended. I have been caught up in various things post-con related as well as real-life related, so this report is late in coming. Since it has been a month, much of the emotion and energy has died down in me but I have to say that this was definitely one of the best MACE events ever. Between the tons of gaming and connecting up with so many old and new friends, it was an amazing weekend.

Thracian Gold

Posted on November 22, 2013September 22, 2021 by Ron McClung

System/Setting: CoC 6e/World War II Eastern Europe This was my follow up adventure to Good Night Vienna from the same supplement. I was not as pleased with this adventure in terms of action and horror. I think it relied too much on historical events. Ran it at Comic Monstore Spooktacular event up in Salisbury and…

In the City – Origins

Posted on October 31, 2013December 21, 2022 by Ron McClung

In the City: Origins is a new Card Drafting Game from Sherwood Games. In March of 2013, I had the pleasure of meeting Duncan Davis at MACE West. There he demonstrated a game called Into the City: Origins. The following June, I ran into him again at Origins and he was gracious enough to demo his game for me. I had a great time learning it and I bought it from him there.

Review: Dungeon Crawl Classics & XCrawl (Free RPG Day)

Posted on October 30, 2013December 20, 2022 by Ron McClung

Free RPG Day: Dungeon Crawl Classics & XCrawl is a new Free RPG Day Adventure Booklet from Goodman Games. One of the more surprising things about this year’s Free RPG Day was the amount of free full size books it contained. One of those books was the complete Dungeon Crawl Classic RPG core rulebook, which is no small book. That book is reviewed separately on this web site. I only mention that because this booklet – Free RPG Day: Dungeon Crawl Classics & XCrawl – contains no rules and in fact contains adventures for two separate settings.

Realms of Cthulhu

Posted on October 29, 2013December 21, 2022 by Ron McClung

Realms of Cthulhu is a Savage Worlds RPG Setting Book from Reality Blurs. Call of Cthulhu has been one of my core games for years. I fell in love with it back in the late 80s when I got to play it for the first time. I have been a diehard supporter of the core CoC system since I started running it. It is very open, free-formatted, and easy to play. It allowed for such great role play and storytelling in my many years of experience with it. I continue to run it at least once or twice a year at a con locally.