Archive for July, 2026

A Less-than-Heroic Review of Twilight Sword, Part Two

Sunday, July 12th, 2026

The Gamemaster (2020, Documentary) We get two long skinny pages about how to be a GM. It’s almost exactly like every other “how to GM” section in the universe. The only unusual tool introduced here is the Countdown Roll. If something big is going on in the background (NPCs are rebuilding a fort, exploring a […]

A Less-than-Heroic Review of Twilight Sword, Part One

Friday, July 10th, 2026

The Two Little Mice guys (Household, Outgunned, etc.) are at it again. Twilight Sword is what happens when an RPG designer plays Breath of the Wild and grabs their screen like Bill Gates in Pirates of Silicon Valley, screaming, “I WANT THIS!” Twilight Sword is published by Free League Publishing. It came out literally a […]

Nimble TTRPG: An Overview, Part Six

Tuesday, July 7th, 2026

The Summing-Uppening Zoom zoom zoom in the boom boom The Past, Extracted While writing this review, I’ve done some research online to see what other people think of Nimble. The response is varied. The people who’ve played it (almost) universally love it; those who’ve read it but haven’t played it think it’s intriguing; and those […]

Nimble TTRPG: An Overview, Part Five

Saturday, July 4th, 2026

Game Master’s Guide You can’t have your pudding if you don’t have a GM All right, entering the home stretch. The GM’s Guide is the longest book in the Nimble trilogy, so this may be the longest part of this review. Sorry ahead of time. Let’s go! GMing Nimbly The GM’s Guide pops right off […]