Tommy's Take on Thanos Rising

I know board game reviews aren't what tends to draw folks to this blog (and based on my blog views since Google+ died, I'm not sure anything really draw people here), but my son(s, actually) and I have been playing Thanos Rising by USAOpoloy, and I thought I'd post some thoughts.

Tommy's Take on Sentinel Comics The Roleplaying Game Starter Kit

Last year, we started playing the Sentinel Comics: The Roleplaying Game Starter Kit, and got through all but one of the adventures, before real life derailed things pretty significantly.

So this is one part review, one part post-mortem from the two previous articles: First Impressions. Second Impressions.

Tommy's Take on Zombie World

A novel concept: An RPG featuring zombies!



All snark aside, Zombie World has a couple of unique hooks that caught my eye during their Kickstarter, so I decided to check it out.

The Middle-Earth RPGs are heading into the West...(for now?)

In case you hadn't heard, both The One Ring and its D&D 5e variant Adventures in Middle-Earth are falling out of print soon as Cubicle7 and license holder Sophisticated Games have ended their agreement suddenly.

I ran The One Ring for my group and quite enjoyed it (and reviewed it here), and used the Mythic GM Emulator Deck to try Adventures in Middle-Earth. I think both are great systems and I can't make a strong recommendation for one over the other, but Cubicle7 has offered both in charity bundles:

The One Ring collection is available in two Bundles of Holding: The One Ring and The One Ring Journeys.

Adventures in Middle-Earth is simultaneously available in a Humble Bundle.

Sophisticated Games has hinted on social media that the games are not necessarily dead, but either way, both lines of plenty of material to support your campaigns, and this is your best bet to get them cheap (AND support charity!).

On Comments, Spam and Moderation

So after G+ died and I had to transfer everything back to Blogger comments, I apparently missed the part about specifying where comment moderation requests needed to be emailed to, so I had comments sitting since February that weren't posting on the blog (a LOT of which were spam, justifying the moderation).

That has since been amended.

My apologies, I wasn't ignoring anyone. I just genuinely assumed no one was really paying attention to the few things I had posted.

Very sorry about that.

Don't forget to check out my review of Savage Worlds Adventure Edition below!

Tommy's Take on Savage Worlds Adventure Edition

So a new version of Savage Worlds came out.




















I took a look at the Essentials Boxed Set a while back, but I thought I'd take a look at the book now, if it's all the same to you.

Clock is Ticking on Solomon Kane

In case you hadn't heard, Pinnacle is losing the Solomon Kane license at the end of this year, and so your chance to buy the books or PDFs (if you haven't yet) is on borrowed time.

While Solomon Kane is not fully updated to SWADE, there is a free separate conversion document on Pinnacle's website. The rulebook itself is completely standalone, so you can even run it without a copy of the Savage Worlds rules, since they are already included (though an earlier version, as noted above).

The Savage World of Solomon Kane is one of my favorite books by Pinnacle, and I wouldn't sleep on this one, personally.

Bundle of Holding for Wiggy

Hey all,

Wiggy Wade-Williams, RPG writer and longtime friend of this blog, is in bad shape after suffering *three* strokes this year, and Bundle of Holding has released a Necropolis 2350 bundle to support him.

If you're not familiar with Wiggy's work, he was foundational in the early days of Savage Worlds (including the Savage World of Solomon Kane, which is a bonafide masterpiece in my book), before going on to create Triple Ace Games, where he released Hellfrost and Necropolis 2350 for Savage Worlds, as well as a slew of great games for the Ubiquity System, such as Leagues of Adventure, Leagues of Gothic Horror, and All for One: Regime Diabolique.

He's also spoken very highly of me as a reviewer, citing me as one of his only three reviewers he reads, because of my objectivity in my reviews, and how I "review games for what they are, not what he(I) would like them to be".

He is a ridiculously talented, and prolific, dude, and hopefully he can get back on his feet. His contributions to my gaming, and his vote of confidence in my blogging and reviewing, cannot be understated by me.

Tommy

Feed Me Games: New social media site for gamers.

Hey all,

I don't know if anyone's still out there reading this, but if you are, thought I'd mention that I'd joined up at Feed Me Games, a social media site geared specifically for gamers. Looks solid so far, just not a lot of people or engagement yet. A few G+ refugees have trickled in over there. Basic interface is very Facebook-esque, without the creepiness of the Zuckerberg data mining.

If you're still looking for a home to settle into in the aftermath of the G+ implosion, I'd check it out.

Tommy's Take on the Savage Worlds Adventure Edition Essentials Box

Got my Essentials box. Thought I'd do a deep dive.

It's a very nice box.