Carnival Row Revised

If you’ve been watching the second season of Carnival Row like I have, you know what an awesome setting it is. The season finale just dropped last Wednesday and it seems like a good time to remind you that there’s actually an official Carnival Row RPG using the Cypher system! And it’s free! It came out with the show’s original first season in 2019 but it’s been a lifetime since then so it’s worth looking at what new Cypher System options you could use if you want to dust off your Carnival Row RPG pdf and head back into the Burgh.

Stealing Stories for the Devil Review

This update is going up late thanks to a massive snowstorm at Mephit HQ, but I’m here today to talk about the newest Monte Cook Games game system, Stealing Stories for the Devil. This enigmatic heist game has mind-bending qualities and mechanics the are fun and flexible. Just what you’d expect from MCG.

Scion: Saints and Monsters Review

I’m back in the world of Scion today with a look at the Player’s Guide book Saints and Monsters. This book is brimming with different possible pathways for your Scion character so let’s see which of them are worth your time!

Better Worldbuilding with People

Today I want to talk about a thorny problem: race in gaming and how baked in racism is to fantasy and sci-fi. Specifically, I want to pass on my tips on how to avoid perpetuating it when you make your own world, or modify an existing world. I know this makes a lot of (white) people uncomfortable and that includes me, but hopefully you stick around anyways because this stuff is important.

ChatGPT and RPGs

The generative AI ChatGPT has been in the news lately for all sorts of reasons, most of them panicky. A lot of people are worried about how ChatGPT can change the world but there are also beneficial uses too! For example, it can be a really awesome resource for tabletop gaming.

Wildsea Review

Have you ever not heard a phrase for a long while and then suddenly come across it a whole bunch at once? For me this month that’s been “solarpunk,” and today I’m here to talk to you about a solarpunk RPg of epic scale: Wildsea.

Avatar Legends Review, Part 2

I’m back with the second half of my Avatar Legends RPG review. Last time I talked about character creation and the start of mechanics. I’m picking up right where I left off to give you the action-packed details!

Avatar Legends Review, Part 1

Today I’m taking a look at the new Avatar: Legends RPG from Magpie Games, a Powered by the Apocalypse game based on the Avatar cartoon from Nickelodeon. If you’ve seen Avatar (or just now Googled it) you will know that it’s a martial-arts-heavy story with a lot of big emotions. How well does that translate into a game? Let’s take a look and see!

Repost: Review of Würm

It’s been a weather-dominated week for the Mephit household with multiple snow days and cars stuck in the snow. I’m short on time for the review that I’m writing but I didn’t want to leave my readers hanging so I’m here with a thematically-appropriate post from five years ago about a survival-and-community game set in the Ice Age, which I still think rocks!

Small Publishers and the OGL

Hello! Today is something a little different: an interview somewhat about a game but also about the RPG community. I’ve asked my brother-in-law Ben, a self-published game author, to guest on here to discuss the OGL furor rocking your social media.