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Radiance Player’s Guide

Posted on by Ron McClung

I stumbled across this RPG in a discussion about a friend wanting to start a new campaign that wasn’t Pathfinder or D&D 4e. He asked for suggestions for other systems and someone suggested this one. It was described as a combination of all that was good about 3rd edition OGL mashed together with good bits of 4th edition as well as some Star Wars d20. I was intrigued. In a time when the market is dominated by what is considered the next generation of the 3rd edition rules – Pathfinder – I was interested in seeing someone else’s approach to update the 3rd edition rules.

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21 Plots

Posted on by Ron McClung

John Watts and his group of friends are diehard Traveller fans and when Mongoose Publishing put out their edition of the classic version, Gypsy Knights Games arose from that group with a whole slew of material for the Traveller fan. 21 Plots is just one small part of the extensive product library.

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Conspiracy Rules (Dark Conspiracy III)

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Old school rises up again in a new release by 3Hombres Games. Dark Conspiracy is an old game once published in 1991 by the now defunct Game Designers’ Workshop, and has floated around in different hands since GDW’s demise in 1996. A second edition was published which updated the rules and a few adventures were published by it slowly died after that. A couple of fans worked hard to revive it and after some difficulties, the 3rd edition was put out in PDF form. The results of their labor is now available on DriveThruRPG.

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Fading Suns: d20 Roleplaying Game Rulebook

Posted on by Ron McClung

Fading Suns: d20 Roleplaying Game Rulebook is a new Role Playing Game Core Book from Holistic Design. I have already expressed my passion for this game setting in my review of the Fading Suns Role Playing Game Core Rulebook, but simply said, this is my favorite setting of all time. Every aspect of it fascinates me, and there are so many facets to it.

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Monsters and Other Childish Things (The Completely Monstrous Edition)

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Monsters and Other Childish Things (The Completely Monstrous Edition) (Monsters) is a interesting little “indie” roleplaying game with a very interesting premise. It is like cross between Monsters, Inc. and Pokemon, in some ways. You play normal children with family, lives, friends and school. But you also have something else that makes you different – a monster.

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Omnifray RPG Basic Handbook

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Omnifray RPG Basic Handbook From: Matthew James A. West Reviewed by: Ron McClung Omnifray RPG Basic Handbook is a new Independent (Indie) Role Playing Game from Matthew James A. West. Immediately upon receiving the tome that is Omnifray, I knew it was an indie game.  It is spiral bound like you would get a local…

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Trail Of Cthulhu

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From: Pelgrane Press Reviewed by: Ron McClung Trail Of Cthulhu is a new Role Playing Game Core Rule Book from Pelgrane Press. One of the most enduring role playing game subjects is, of course, the Cthulhu mythos. Associate your game concept with anything related to H.P. Lovecraft, and you are almost guaranteed a success. Trail…

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