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*Lance Not Included

Arthur Rackham, How Mordred Was Slain by Arthur, 1917. Public domain.

But you’ll wish you had one in Chris Bissette’s Freelance RPG

Posted byLīber LūdōrumApril 12, 2021Posted inReviews, Hacks & HomebrewTags:rpg, chris bissette, mini-rpg, freelanceLeave a comment on *Lance Not Included

I COME TO BURY THE GOD-KING: A Game/Book Review of Sophia Tinney’s Kingdoms RPG

Forge a dynasty from birth scream to last gasp

Posted byLīber LūdōrumFebruary 8, 2021Posted inReviewsTags:indie, Kingdoms, osr, ttrpgLeave a comment on I COME TO BURY THE GOD-KING: A Game/Book Review of Sophia Tinney’s Kingdoms RPG

Hindsight is d2020

Storm Crow's d2020

Let the bad times roll

Posted byLīber LūdōrumDecember 14, 2020December 14, 2020Posted inReviewsTags:dice, drinking game, word gameLeave a comment on Hindsight is d2020

Agon: A Review

Competition is (literally) the name of the game

Posted byLīber LūdōrumNovember 2, 2020Posted inReviewsTags:agon, evil hat, ttrpgLeave a comment on Agon: A Review

The Machine: A (Mostly) Material Review

Twittering Machine by Paul Klee

What is the sound of one player writing?

Posted byLīber LūdōrumOctober 12, 2020February 7, 2021Posted inReviewsTags:Adira Slattery, Fen Slattery, indie, journaling, materiality, narrative, rpg, The Machine1 Comment on The Machine: A (Mostly) Material Review

Basilisk’s Legacy: from Dark Fort to Mörk Borg

David Hoskins, ruin basilisk

The prehistory of a spiked flail to the face

Posted byLīber LūdōrumSeptember 20, 2020December 21, 2020Posted inReviewsTags:adaptation, aesthetics, Dark Fort, design, graphics, layout, Mork Borg, ttrpg1 Comment on Basilisk’s Legacy: from Dark Fort to Mörk Borg

Long on Wrath, Short on Glory

Wrath and Glory TTRPG logo

How Ulisses NA’s promising Warhammer 40,000 RPG got lost in a terrible rulebook

Posted byLīber LūdōrumSeptember 14, 2020October 12, 2020Posted inReviewsTags:document design, editing, proofreading, rulebook, ttrpg, ulisses north america, Warhammer 40000, WH40K, Wrath and GloryLeave a comment on Long on Wrath, Short on Glory

Mörk Borg: A Material Review

Johan Nohr, SHE, from Mörk Borg

An art/rulebook that will make your eyeballs bleed fire … and you’ll like it

Posted byLīber LūdōrumSeptember 14, 2020December 21, 2020Posted inReviewsTags:dada, free league, fria ligan, futurism, graphic design, marinetti, materiality, Mork Borg, ockult ortamastare, stockholm kartell, textuality, ttrpg, typography, tzara, zaum, zdanevich5 Comments on Mörk Borg: A Material Review

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