The Chris Casey Experience

As part of my ongoing series of game reviews sparked by fiscal irresponsibility, today we’re looking at Meromorph Games’ Atma, a Roleplaying Card Game.

For Part One, clicketh yon linketh. 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 […]

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 […]

I thought I’d quickly review the Gamemaster’s Apprentice Deck (GMA) by Nathan Lockwood of Larcenous Designs, plus touch on its myriad alternate versions. These 120-card decks (60 cards double-sided in their print version) aren’t a game so much as a tool to help GMs create and run anything from one-shot adventures to entire campaigns. GMA […]

One more entry for my review mini-series about RPG adventures that fit in your pocket. See Part One for the money, Part Two for the show, and Part Three to get ready. Now, here we go. Bookmark No-HP RPG (Compleat Bundle) Publisher: Lester Smith GamesYear: 2021Dimensions: 2½” x 3½” (poker card size) or 6″ x 1½” (bookmark size) […]

Another installment of my review mini-series about literally pocket-sized RPGs. See Part One for the explanation, and Part Two for more of … whatever this is. Storytelling Mints Publisher: Archmage ArispenYear: 2025Dimensions: 3¼” x 2⅛” x ¾”Players: 1+ Yet another joint from Archmage Arispen, maker of the previously reviewed Tinny Dungeons. Storytelling Mints feels like […]

Continuing my miniseries of mini-RPGs. Check out part one for the skinny. Mini Myth: Hero’s Handbook Publisher: Studio MinchYear: 2025Dimensions: 105 x 148mm (A6 format, 4.1” x 5.6”) x maybe 3mmPlayers: 2-5 Now we’re heading into itch.io territory for some print-and-play RPGs. Mini Myth was originally produced for a one-page RPG jam, but is unusual […]

Let’s get small In this series, I’m going to indulge a peculiar fixation of mine: pocket TTRPGs, a.k.a. physical RPGs which fit entirely within a pants pocket. These are essentially the RPG equivalent of Micro Machines, Polly Pocket/Mighty Max, Gameboy Micro, Tech Deck, Z scale trains, bonsai, and anything else made unfeasibly tiny. Here are […]

Purple Monkey Dishwasher: The Game Hot on the heels of my last card-based TTRPG review, another one just crossed my doorstep. Nobi Nobi (sometimes written with “TRPG” on the end) is a 2017 Japanese card-based RPG for 3-5 players, which recently completed a successful Kickstarter for an English edition by the game’s French publishers. Don’t […]