Etyri Criminals and Outcasts
Author: Ron McClung
Flails of Asar & the Neithian Guard
Barbarian Warriors worshiping Unknown Gods
Dawn Adventures 1 – The Subterranean Oceans of Argos Prime
Dawn Adventures 1: The Subterranean Oceans of Argos Prime is a new RPG Adventure from Gypsy Knights Games . The Dawn Subsector is the frontier of the frontier; the fringe of the Clement Sector which has had only a few hundred years to develop. There is a lot of mystery that surrounds what lies in the Tranquility Sector and any adventure based in it needs to have that feel. Dawn Adventures 1, as the name implies, is the first adventure based in the new subsector from Gypsy Knights Games. If adventuring in the politically charged worlds of the Clement Sector is not enough, this is where players go to escape all that and find new ways to adventure.
B-movie Inspirations: Nemesis (1992) and its sequels
Back in the early 90s, I got a copy of Nemesis from the local video store and watched it with a group of gamer friends as a movie night kind of thing. We were expecting just another terrible low budget B-movie with very little substance. We were pleasantly surprised by what is now considered a cult classic. It was a great action flick with awesome gun play and a deep story underneath it (although not very original). It turned out to be a very satisfying film. With actors like a very young Thomas Jane, Tim Thomerson, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa and Brion James, and using great sets like the Kaiser Steel Mill in Fontana, CA. and Yuma Territorial Prison State Park, how can you go wrong?
Career Companion, A Clement Sector Sourcebook
Even with the new incarnation of Traveller published by Mongoose in 2008, players of the game never really had options to truly flesh out their characters. There was no real character advancement system in Mongoose Traveller and the careers seemed cookie cutter, in many ways. It gets even more difficult if you design your own setting, like the Clement sector as many of the careers have to be re-tooled to apply.
The Nether Realm, Talisman Expansion
Talisman is one of those games I will always seem to buy for. I enjoy it with my kids and with my friends. In past editions, it did get repetitive but what I like most about the FFG version is the variety they seem to be injecting into the game. Unlike past editions, FFC has put out various sized expansions so as to control the bloat a game like this can develop. I bought two expansions recently – The Firelands and The Nether Realm – that are very small but have significant impact on the game.
The Firelands, Talisman Expansion
The Firelands, Talisman ExpansionFrom: Fantasy Flight GamesReviewed by: Ron McClung The Firelands, Talisman Expansion is a new Board Game Expansion from Fantasy Flight Games. Talisman is one of those games I always seem to buy for. I enjoy it with my kids and with my friends. In past editions, it did get repetitive but what…
Husks (True20)
Level 4 creature (Medium-Sized Undead)
Blackwater Creek
Setting/System: 1920s USA/Call of Cthulhu 7e I ran this at RonCon Spring 2015 in 7th edition CoC. It was a blast. The basic premise deals with a source of illegal whiskey somewhere in the backwoods of Massachusetts. I did not change the adventure all that much but I planned for at least 8 players (although…
MACE 2014 Report
It takes a lot for me to sit down and write about MACE after it is over. I invest so much time, emotion, and work into it that when it is over, I really go through something like postpartum. But writing about it helps with that in some ways, and the sooner I do it the more I can recall. This year was tough – probably one of the hardest years – and my fatigue has lasted longer than ever before. But I am going to make an effort just to get it down before things are less fresh in my mind.