Heroes, Part Three: Magic & Mayhem, Part Two: Jedi Academy Songweaver Songweavers have been gifted with the ineffable power of music by a muse or a god or something. They’re … they’re bards. They’re pretty much bards. They begin with 13 HP and a d8 Hit Die, proficiency in cloth and leather armor and DEX […]
Heroes, Part Two: Magic & Mayhem Mage Masters of the elephants elements, Mages are all about those spells. Gimme them spells. Spells! So many spells! Aahahahaha! They start with 10 HP and a d6 Hit Die. They’re proficient with cloth armor and blades, staves, and wands, not that they’ll use them much as weapons. Mages […]
Heroes Dibs on Masi Oka … okay, fine, I’ll be Greg Grunberg again Okay, I lied. I was going to move on to the GM’s Guide, but controversy erupted after my review of the Core Rules. So let’s start in on the Heroes (classes) book instead, after which my agenda for this switch will become […]
Nimble is a D&D-5e-alike-but-not-really-but-sorta-but-nah-unless? developed by Evan Diaz and the creatively named Nimble Co. Nimble started out in 2023 as a D&D 5e hack (now known as “Nimble 5e”), but came into its own as a full-fledged system in 2025 (sometimes referred to as “Nimble 2,” though that’s not what they call it themselves). The […]
HandiQuest Publisher: Lester Smith GamesYear: 2022Dimensions: 2½” x 3½” x negligible thickness for the system alone, or ⅝” for everything you need to playPlayers: 1 This unfortunately-named solo ruleset comes with the Bookmark No-HP RPG Compleat Bundle on DTRPG, or can be purchased separately for a couple bucks. The system is printed on four double-sided […]
ALONe (an acronym for A Lonesome October Night … um … e) is a solo RPG engine built directly on top of the Gamemaster’s Apprentice Deck, both by Nathan Rockwood of Larcenous Designs. The original beta version of ALONe came out around the same time as the original GMA deck in 2015. Nathan finally decided […]