Last night, I had an opportunity to create a new adventure for 4 gamers who were relatively new to Role Playing Games. I decided to run character creation through an OSR system I hacked together a few weeks ago. This allowed me to keep character creation simple and under half an hour. The adventure was … Continue reading New Seats At Your Table
Back in my college years, I decided I needed a lifetime drink. A lifetime drink is something that you feel comfortable ordering, something you know a lot about, and something you can enjoy for - well - a lifetime. It is a drink that you can always fall back on. It doesn’t need to be … Continue reading Lifetime Games
Space Explorer is a cooperative card and map game designed by Sid Sackson in 1977. It was published in a book of games called Beyond Competition, which includes five other titles. I’m usually excited to try vintage games that don’t involve trivia, because sometimes they are hiding once-tried-now-forgotten mechanics. I was especially excited to try … Continue reading Space Explorer by Sid Sackson – A Vintage Review
Flying along among the stars. Gritty Survival. Keeping one step ahead of your debtors. Open-ended space game. All of these describe one of the most promising paper games I have tried to date. Unfortunately, there is one more that describes Star Smuggler - heavily disorganized. Star Smuggler Star Smuggler is a space-themed rpg/board game that … Continue reading Star Smuggler: A Smug Review
Paper Dice Games 