[Fanzine Focus XL] LOWBORN Issue 2 On the tail of the Old School Renaissance has come another movement—the rise of the fanzine. Although the fanzine—a nonprofessional and nono...

[#FanzineFocus XL] LOWBORN Issue 2

A review of the second issue of ‘An Independent Grim Perilous Fanzine for Zweihänder RPG’.

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Miskatonic Monday #365: The Haunter Much like the Jonstown Compendium for RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha and The Companions of Arthur for material set in Greg Stafford’...

#MiskatonicMonday #365: The Haunter

A review of the sequel to Of Wrath and Blood and ‘The Haunting’ for Call of Cthulhu, Seventh Edition, published by Chaosium, Inc.

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[Fanzine Focus XL] Carcass Crawler Issue #4 On the tail of the Old School Renaissance has come another movement—the rise of the fanzine. Although the fanzine—a nonprofessional and nono...

[#FanzineFocus XL] Carcass Crawler Issue #4

A review of the fourth issue of ‘The Official Fanzine Old-School Essentials zine’ published by Necrotic Gnome.

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[Free RPG Day 2025] The Well of Shadows Now in its eighteenth year, Free RPG Day for 2025 took place on Saturday, June 21st. As per usual, Free RPG Day consisted of an array of n...

[#FreeRPGDay 2025] The Well of Shadows

A review of the introductory scenario for Tales of the Valiant published by Kobold Press for Free RPG Day 2025.

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Into which we can pour all our hopes and dreams...

Does your wife know you refer to her that way?

Which begs the question, who currently holds the position of "Dave Paterson"?

True, but @davepaters.bsky.social still has to go before Congress...

When is that going to happen Dave Paters...?

WHEN?!

Barbarian.

When people say, "Can I get...?", what they mean is, "Hey, you've been working really hard. Put your feet up, take a break, whilst I make my own double decaf expresso latte with sprinkles, and pay you for the privilege because you are tired."

It is a sign that the purchaser cares.

[Fanzine Focus XL] Crawling Under A Broken Moon Issue No. 10 On the tail of Old School Renaissance has come another movement—the rise of the fanzine. Although the fanzine—a nonprofessional and nonoffic...

[#FanzineFocus XL] Crawling Under A Broken Moon Issue No. 10

A review of the tenth issue of the fanzine for the post-apocalyptic Umerica setting for Dungeon Crawl Classics from Goodman Games.

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And ultimately, the renaissance does come from the fans of Call of Cthulhu, both in terms of development and content.

Difficult to pick highlights from the 00s.

Unseen Masters (2001)
Tatters of the King (2006)
Secrets of Kenya (2007)

The renaissance began in 2008-9 with Miskatonic River Press. A combination of new writers, stronger material, and a familiar setting.

It was also hard for the fan to pick the good from the bad. Some monographs did get republished, but less than a handful. Thankfully, some of the better authors are still writing and have found publishing outlets.

Later, there were the Monographs. But like anything Chaoisum did during this period, there was an air of desperation to them. As an outlet for creatives, they were limited. Direct sales only and they were uncurated. So no development or editing, which lead to a lot of schlock.

Miskatonic Monday #364: The Borrowed Much like the  Jonstown Compendium  for  RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha  and  The Companions of Arthur  for material set in Greg Staffo...

#MiskatonicMonday #364: The Borrowed

A review of the World War 2, Home Front scenario for Call of Cthulhu, Seventh Edition, published by Chaosium, Inc.

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1975: En Garde! 1974 is an important year for the gaming hobby. It is the year that Dungeons & Dragons was introduced, the original RPG from which all othe...

1975: En Garde!

A retrospective review of the roleplaying game published in 1975 by Game Designer’s Workshop.

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#MiskatonicMonday #363: Cold Brood

A review of the twenties, Australia-set scenario for Call of Cthulhu, Seventh Edition, published by Chaosium, Inc.

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Heroic, But Perilous Time has long since passed since the Old World was destroyed in the End Times. Since that time, eight Mortal Realms have arisen from their r...

Heroic, But Perilous

A review of Warhammer Age of Sigmar – Soulbound: Perilous Adventures in the Mortal Realms, the roleplaying game published by Cubicle 7 Entertainment.

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Yes, it is.

Looking forward to @orcusdorkus.bsky.social's experiments in the air fryer.

Weird Out West The hunter rides the range, armed with a Sharps Model 1874 rifle in the .50-90 Sharps, a gun big enough to take down Nightcrawlers, the twen...

Weird Out West

A review of High Noon at Midnight, the genre supplement for the Cypher System published by Monte Cook Games.

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Friday Fear: Medieval Mysteries It is rare that scenarios are set during the period of the Spanish Inquisition, despite it lasting over three-hundred-and-fifty years. ‘Fire...

Friday Fear: Medieval Mysteries

A review of the Inquisition-based scenario duology by Scott George for Chill from the ‘Frightshow Classics’ by Yeti Spaghetti and Friends.

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Yes, Margaret Thatcher is dead Keeping track of when, exactly, The Right Honourable Baroness Margaret Hilda Thatcher will finally cop it.

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Magazine Madness 38: Senet Issue 15 The gaming magazine is dead. After all, when was the last time that you were able to purchase a gaming magazine at your nearest newsagent? G...

#MagazineMadness 38: Senet Issue 15

A review of the fifteenth issue of the magazine about #boardgames from Senet Magazine Limited.

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Pocket Sized Perils #6 For every Ptolus: City by the Spire or Zweihander: Grim & Perilous Roleplaying or World’s Largest Dungeon or Invisible Sun —the desire t...

Pocket Sized Perils #6

A review of Flaming Fandango in Faratusa, the pamphlet adventure by Brendan Barnett for Dungeons & Dragons, Fifth Edition.

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Friday Filler: Rafter Five Everyone has agreed that the best way of getting off the island is to build a raft. However, nobody can agree on the best way to build a raf...

#FridayFiller: Rafter Five

A review of the raft-building and balancing game from Oink Games.

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Burns So Very Very Brightly It begins with an interview deep in the Rep-Detect Unit headquarters of the LAPD Tower. On one side of the table is a ‘Blade Runner’, an off...

Burns So Very Very Brightly

A review of Blade Runner: The Roleplaying Game – Case File 02: Fiery Angels published by Free League Publishing.

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Friday Fantasy: The Magonium Mine Murders ‘Trouble down mine’ is the least of the problems facing the Player Characters in The Magonium Mine Murders , a scenario which details the ma...

#FridayFantasy: The Magonium Mine Murders

A review of the murder-mystery scenario published by Gonzo History Project for use with Old School Essentials from Necrotic Gnome.

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Companion Chronicles #18: The Love and Labours of Sir Cauline Much like the Miskatonic Repository for Call of Cthulhu, Seventh Edition and the Jonstown Compendium for RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Gloran...

#CompanionChronicles #18: The Love and Labours of Sir Cauline

A review of the #Pendragon, Sixth Edition scenario published by Chaosium, Inc. on The Companions of Arthur community content programme.

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Magazine Madness 37: Senet Issue 14 The gaming magazine is dead. After all, when was the last time that you were able to purchase a gaming magazine at your nearest newsagent? G...

#MagazineMadness 37: Senet Issue 14

A review of the fourteenth issue of the magazine about #boardgames from Senet Magazine Limited.

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