It's Christmas in July again over on DriveThruRPG! This annual summer sale features discounts on RPG products all over the site, including the Jonstown Compendium. We've been blessed with an absolute mountain of Gloranthan goodness over the last several years. It can be hard to decide what to pick up! With budgets getting tight—and Chaosium's … Continue reading Xmas in July Deals on the Jonstown Compendium
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REVIEW: The Prosopaedia for RuneQuest
After an 18-month hiatus without official RuneQuest material from Chaosium, that oasis sprang to life last week. On July 13th Chaosium published the first volume in their much-anticipated series "Cults of RuneQuest," The Prosopaedia. Fans have been awaiting "the cults books" since the current edition's 2018 release, and if I were to measure the depth … Continue reading REVIEW: The Prosopaedia for RuneQuest
REVIEW: Mythic Babylon
As a total geek about Earth's historical Bronze Age, when I heard about Mythic Babylon's launch back in 2021 I knew I'd want to pick it up. The book's languished on my kink shelf, but it finally reached the top of my reading stack. Published by Design Mechanism for their D100 system Mythras, Mythic Babylon … Continue reading REVIEW: Mythic Babylon
Behind the Scenes #6
As usual, this week's article is a peek behind the scenes into my process and workflow. Over on Patreon! Monthly updates into the process are a big part of how I try to say thanks to those lovely persons who go above & beyond to help support the reviews, articles, and so on which go … Continue reading Behind the Scenes #6
In Development: Eden Fallen
Independent publisher Akhelas has a new roleplaying game in development using Chaosium's Basic Roleplaying: Universal Game Engine under the Open Roleplaying Creative (ORC) License. Eden Fallen is a science fiction roleplaying game set on a generation ship launched from Earth to begin colonization of planets outside the solar system. Centuries later the vessel—built around and … Continue reading In Development: Eden Fallen
Exploring Solo TTRPGs
By trying to transition this year into a full-time career as a writer, my "for fun" hobbies transformed into work. Now, I enjoy that work, but I've discovered that does mean it's hard to treat "for fun" hobbies as… for fun. So I've been playing a lot of games instead! One type of game I've … Continue reading Exploring Solo TTRPGs
REVIEW: The Voralans
What is life like as a mushroom? That's the basic question posed by Brian Duguid's most recent Jonstown Compendium release, The Voralans. Considering how much I loved his previous release—Children of Hykim—naturally I was much anticipating this new work. And, I'm delighted to say that I loved it. What's Inside? The ground covered is similar … Continue reading REVIEW: The Voralans
The Kink Shelf
If you're a roleplaying game enthusiast and even a little like me, you've probably got a kink shelf. This is the phrase I use in my own head to describe the shelf of RPGs I'll probably never play. Shelves plural, at this point. And you know, I'm okay with that. Would I like to play … Continue reading The Kink Shelf
Behind the Scenes #5
This week was the end of the month, which means it's time for another behind-the-scenes post! Over on my Patreon page! Sorry, everyone. Wanna read what I've been up to, and what I'm scheming for the future? You should check me out over there. It's super helpful for me keeping the lights on, cat fed, … Continue reading Behind the Scenes #5
Behind the Scenes #4
Well we've got April out of the way, which means I get to have a nice long ramble about what I've done last month, and what I plan to get done in May. And as usual, I've done that ramble over on my Patreon page. I do these as backers-only posts because giving a peek … Continue reading Behind the Scenes #4