The Elusive Shift: A Review in Quotes

Consult the ghosts for secrets from the past. I initially bounced off of Jon Peterson's Playing at the World. It was too heady and abstract but also grievously specific. Couldn't get into it. Then I saw a couple of reviews of his new(er) book, The Elusive Shift, and figured it was worth a shot. There …

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A-Maze Us with a Maze (Labyrinth Review)

Overview Bought this because Ben Milton worked on it. I'm a simple man. Ran it for my brother, mother, and father whilst in Amish country, hence the absence. None of us have seen Labyrinth, though I likely will after this at some point. Brother was a goblin, dad a Firey, mom a human. We played …

The Waking of Willowby Hall

The Waking of Willowby Hall is an adventure from Ben Milton of Questing Beast, Maze Rats, Knave, and more. He has the most famous hands in the hobby. He gracious did an interview here about a year ago (Part I and Part II). I backed this one during the last ZineQuest and I'm thrilled that …

Union: Electric Bastionland + Neverland

Play with me in this space... Would this be Electric NeverBastionland? Or Electric BastionNeverland? I'm in love with Neverland. I love the Disney cartoon, Hook (the Robin Williams, Dustin Hoffman, Dante Basco one), Peter and the Starcatchers, and the original writings. My English teacher had me read the original in middle-school. Here's a Questing Beast …

Any Planet Is Earth

The only art needed in the game. Credit: Jeff Woodman. There's a project which I am credited for "generous and critical feedback." I had no idea my frothings and ravings could be construed as such. Very kind words. The project is called "Any Planet Is Earth" and was created by Annowme on Discord / Jim …

Electric Bastionland

Electric Bastionland is out for backers. The Oddendum has a whole bunch of essays about how to run the game. It is because these essays are in the game that I wanted it so bad. Chris McDowall is able to put things so simply, it's perfect. Here's Chris on Information in the game: In RPGs, …

Union: Veins of the Earth + Mausritter = Hollow Knight

I consume a lot of media. I've also been trained by my liberal arts education (whoopee) to connect things and cross-pollenate them to make them awesome. It's a bad habit.  Anyways, I've already connected games like Maze Rats and Hot Springs Island with an integrated ruleset, so doing this for other modules and rulesets is …