A few months ago I posted a review of Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye, Volume One, IDW’s guide to Transformers characters paperback written by James McDonough and Adam Patyk. At the time that I purchased the first volume, from Rogues Gallery -- a Round Rock, Texas comic and game store - I also grabbed the second volume in the series. I had ( Read more... )

Despite the fact that I’ve stated my intention to review every release in the Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay series, I again find myself deep in another release in the Dark Heresy series. The guys over at Fantasy Flight Games were kind enough to ship me a copy of the latest book in the series, Creatures Anathema, and I just can’t resist the desire to ( Read more... )

The latest book in the Dark Heresy series, and the first published under Fantasy Flight Games (not counting the various reprints), Disciples of the Dark Gods is a massive expansion to the Dark Heresy roleplaying game. Weighing in at 256-pages, this gorgeous hardcover book is, as the introduction say:

“. . . your guide to the foul, horrific, and ( Read more... )

While poking around at Rogues Gallery, a Round Rock, Texas comic and game store that I try to hit at least a few times each year, I spotted IDW’s Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye Official Guidebook. A 260-page trade paperback written by James McDonough and Adam Patyk, it only took me a few moments of flipping through the book to decide that ( Read more... )

I enjoyed the work of Mike Mignola for several years, and especially the Hellboy stories, before pleasure and responsibility overlapped and, eventually, the merger of the two parts of my life managed to erase my love for the Hellboy series. You see, taking a thing you enjoy in your free time and turning it into an almost-constant source of stress, ( Read more... )

NOTE: While this review discusses game play, and gives an overview of the game’s components and concepts, you will not learn to play the game by reading this review. Instead, consider this a set of thoughts and opinions after a single session and try to use my review as a roadmap to assist you in learning the game. You need to download the rulebook ( Read more... )

As some have noticed (and even asked me "why?"), I've been getting back into posting reviews. I used to do this a lot (about five or six years ago) but then I got sidetracked and busy and forgot how much fun it is to write reviews of cool new games and other junk that I enjoy. By nature I like to share my opinions and when I find something that I ( Read more... )

Note: I wrote this review while frustrated and annoyed by various aspects of the game, most notably its Organized Play system. Some of my frustrations (okay, many) show through. I will say that I like several elements of the game, and will continue to play, but I feel that I must warn you that parts of this review are not favorable and may not ( Read more... )

There’s only one way in which Green Ronin and Black Industries could have improved on The Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay Companion: they could have used a different title. You see, if the title of the book had been “The Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 2006 Annual,” then there’s a very good chance that by this time I would have three of these books to enjoy ( Read more... )

When Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay was first published in early 2005, one of the very first support products was the Character Pack, a confusing release in this age of PDFs for one simple reason: the supplement consisted of a short booklet and a pad of character sheets. A pad of character sheets? In this century, when we have the internet? What an odd ( Read more... )