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In the previous chapter of Amageddon Crusade: The Red Angel's Gate, we were introduced to the major players of the latest in a history of conflict on the planet of Armageddon. The greatest threat of all, it seemed, was the Red Angel's Gate, a hole in reality and blatant invitation for the arrival...

I bought Crusade: Armageddon for Warhammer 40,000 10th edition. Having finally finished my Pariah Nexus campaign, I'm reading Armageddon chapter by chapter. This is my review of the first chapter, War without end.

I haven't played any of the missions yet, so this is just a review of the...

I played the What Lies Within DLC for Mansions of Madness, and this is my review of it. My short spoiler-free summary is that What Lies Within is an intriguing investigative adventure with a highly engaging story. This review contains no spoilers beyond the prologue.

One nice thing about Wh...

I backed the Labyrinth setting for Tales of the Valiant from Kobold Press on Kickstarter. Along with the worldbook and the campaign book, I purchased the supplemental game material by Beadle & Grimm. I'd heard of Beadle & Grimm when they were doing bespoke kits for popular D&D 5e modules, and I...

I backed the Labyrinth setting for Tales of the Valiant from Kobold Press on Kickstarter. Several months ago, my gaming group started playing through the Labyrinth Adventures campaign. We didn't love the first adventure Lost Book of Mektar so we were really hoping for an improvement with the...

In 2025, Games Workshop released a War of the Rohirrim campaign book, as a special order only, for Middle-earth Strategy Battle Game. I enjoyed War of the Rohirrim a lot more than I'd expected to, and I still regret not buying the Quest of the Ring Bearer campaign book, so I ordered this cam...

I backed the Labyrinth setting for Tales of the Valiant from Kobold Press on Kickstarter. Several months ago, my gaming group started playing through the Labyrinth Adventures campaign, starting with the first module The Lost Book of Mektar. I'd be lying if I said it wasn't a rough start, but...

I played the Dearly Departed scenario for Mansions of Madness, and this is my review of it. My short spoiler-free summary is that Dearly Departed is a fun but difficult scenario with a focus on relentless combat. For the rest of this review, there are minor plot spoilers, so don't read on if y...

Assume there are two approaches to game delivery: Books and boxes. Actually there are other methods but these two methods of defining a game, which somebody can buy off of a shelf, encapsulate a good portion of the market. The difference is that a book is just text, and a box has everything in the b...

Coming as I do from the world of RPG, I'm used to a long-lasting core game release, with several playable modules published each year. After I started playing Warhammer 40,000, I was pleased to learn that Games Workshop provides a similar structure. Over the lifecycle of each edition (which is arg...

Imperium Maledictum is a skill-based d100 roleplaying game set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe. I purchased the PDF from Drivethrurpg and enjoyed it so thoroughly that I special ordered the hardcover (I even had to import it from the UK). This is my review of the book and the game system.

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A year after purchasing the Imperium Maledictum RPG rulebook, I had the chance to run the Chemical Burn adventure at the Kapcon gaming convention in Wellington. Then I ran it a second time with one of my weekly gaming groups. This is my review of the module, with no spoilers until the appropriat...

I'm playing through all the Mansions of Madness scenarios I own, and reviewing each one as I go. Vengeful Impulses is part of the Beyond the Threshold expansion, and it's rated 2 stars difficulty (the lowest for any scenario I've seen so far). This review contains spoilers.

The premise of th...

I'm playing through all the Mansions of Madness scenarios I own, and reviewing each one as I go. Shattered Bonds is the third adventure listed in the app, and it's rated 5 stars (the highest rating in the game) for difficulty. This review contains spoilers.

I've already said in previous review...

I've been playing a lot of Mansions of Madness lately, and I've noticed that I spend way too much time sorting through game assets. A character gains a clue, and I grab the container of interaction tokens instead. A character uses a spell and has to draw a new one, and I grab the Conditions deck i...

I'm playing through all the Mansions of Madness scenarios I own, and reviewing each one as I go. Gates of Silverwood Manor is a 4-star difficulty scenario from the expansion set Beyond the Threshold.

In the scenario, police officer Tetsuo Mori asks for your help with some missing persons cas...