Though Star Trek Adventures, particularly in its tightened-up second edition, is my current gold standard when it comes to Trek-based tabletop RPGs, it’s hardly the first game in that sphere. As I outlined in my review of Star Trek Adventures‘ first edition, there were a fair few officially licensed Trek RPGs that preceded it – … Continue reading Star Trek: The FASA Frontier (and Philosophical Theories On Spiritual Successors)| Refereeing and Reflection
Although Chaosium have provided at least some support for the popular 1890s-based Cthulhu By Gaslight setting for Call of Cthulhu during the game’s 7th Edition era thanks to the Cthulhu Through the Ages supplement, which provides 7th Edition guidance for creating Investigators in a number of eras (and thus provides all you need to use … Continue reading A Victorian Antique Restored: Cthulhu By Gaslight Investigators’ Guide| Refereeing and Reflection
Extremely online billionaire and corrupt barnacle on the hull of the American ship of state Elon Musk recently stirred up some controversy by hinting he might buy out Hasbro. This may or may not be serious – he talks about buying lots of things he doesn’t end up touching, he only went through on the … Continue reading The Making of Original Dungeons & Dragons: The Manufacture of a Controversy| Refereeing and Reflection
Age of Vikings is a brand-new RPG from Chaosium… or rather, it is and it isn’t. Age of Vikings is certainly a new brand for them – but its author, Pedro Ziviani, had previously wr…| Refereeing and Reflection
Last year, Modiphius released the second edition rulebook for their Star Trek Adventures RPG. Back when I reviewed the first edition, I was rather favourably impressed, though when my Wednesday nig…| Refereeing and Reflection
It seems genuinely difficult for a 100% new tabletop RPG to take off these days, especially one with a brand new system and an original setting. New editions, hacks of existing games, new applicati…| Refereeing and Reflection