Author – Luciella Elisabeth Scarlett (@LuciellaES) Where to Buy – https://luciellaes.itch.io/fight-bears-cough-blood-kill-god I can’t help falling in love with a great title, and they don’t come much better than Fight Bears, Cough Blood, Kill God (FBCBKG). Luckily, this game is so much more than a catchy title. In this short two-person RPG, players explore the novice/mentor […]
Author – Max Kämmerer (@maxkaemmerer) Where to Buy – https://maxkaemmerer.itch.io/etched-in-stone Etched in Stone by Max Kämmerer fits entirely on a bookmark. Really, excluding the beautiful image on one side, the game fits entirely on half a bookmark. There are no frills to this game. There is no complexity to speak of. There is no pretense. […]
Author – Kazumi Chin (@kazumiochin) Where to Buy – https://kazumiochin.itch.io/dino-ninja As I’ve gotten older I’ve come to realize 12-year-old me and 35-year-old me have approximately the same taste in entertainment. I can’t honestly say whether that’s a good thing or a bad thing, however I can say beyond a doubt it is what allowed me […]
Author: Steve Dee (@TinStarGames1) Design: Matt Roberts Where to Buy: https://tinstargames.itch.io/two-faces Do you know how hard it is to write 500 words about an RPG that’s only 400ish words long on its own? I mean…only a little, honestly. The trick is to stall. To tarry. To dawdle and to use a lot of extra, unnecessary […]
Writing: Ian Yusem Design: Meredith Silver Legal writing: Emily Weiss Layout: Eric K. Hill Where to Buy: Print & PDF -https://www.exaltedfuneral.com/products/dinoplex-cataclysm-pdf PDF Only – https://ian-yusem.itch.io/dinoplex-cataclysm Hear me out. What if you took Jurassic Park…but put it on a space station? That’s what I imagine the pre-design meeting was like for the creators of Dinoplex: Cataclysm. […]
Author – Charlie Ferguson-Avery (@CharlieFergaves) Where to Buy – https://feral-indie-studios.itch.io/vast-in-the-dark I’m a sucker for a good liminal space, and even more so for TTRPG products that deal with them. The Stygian Library and The Gardens of Ynn are two of my all-time favorites (shout out to Dying Stylishly Games), and now I have a third […]
Author – Mr. Ray (@Mr_Ray_rpg) Art – Meghan Murphy Where to Buy – https://mr-ray.itch.io/3-baddies-and-a-baby Before setting down to write this review I had to ask myself, “Is it logical to write a 500-word review on a one-page RPG?” After all, the game in question is only 567 words so, in reality, you could read the […]
Author – Kalum from the Rolistes Podcast (@rolistespod) Where to Buy – https://rolistespod.itch.io/paris-gondo-text-only I’m not gonna lie. When I first read the title Paris Gondo: The Life-Saving Magic of Inventorying, I had no inkling it was a pun or play on words because, well, I’m an American and we pronounce the S in Paris. Also, […]
Author – Starshine Scribbles (@Starshinescrib) Where to Buy – https://starshinescribbles.itch.io/megamart This Game Takes Place Entirely In A Mega Mart Parking Lot!, as the illustrative name suggests, is designed to let players weave tales in that most fantastic, liminal space that is the mega mart parking lot. Once the game begins, players can neither leave the […]
Author – Kai Poh (@tunkaipoh) Graphic Design/Layout – Elisha Rusli Where to Buy – https://roleoverplaydead.itch.io/ech0 There’s something special about an RPG that sets out to tell a very specific type of story and achieves that design goal in only a handful of pages. In many games I’ve read (but not reviewed on the blog), authors […]
