Category: review
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Review: Steelheart
One of the things that I ensured I did during my recent holiday (in November, posts since then were absent due to a crazy few weeks at work) was to read fiction, something I don’t get to do as much as I’d like these days (the real world, work etc being what it is). One…
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Review: Cortex Plus Hacker’s Guide
The Cortex Plus Hacker’s Guide by Margaret Weiss Productions is, as the title suggests, a book all about hacking and tweaking the Cortex Plus system. The book collects together a series of essays written by both the Cortex Plus creators and fans and published following a successful Kickstarter project. It is available now through DriveThruRPG.…
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Review: Firefly RPG GenCon Exclusive
The Firefly RPG is an upcoming game from Margaret Weis Productions, with the GenCon Exclusive preview released during GenCon 2013. The full game is due to be released in early 2014 and utilises the Cortex Plus Action system. Before I launch fully into this review I want to make clear the answer to a common…
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Quick Review: The Gamers: Hands of Fate
As my many Demon Hunter themed posts might have hinted at I am a massive fan of Dead Gentlemen Productions who are responsible for not only Demon Hunters but also The Game: Hands of Fate. As I contributed to the Kickstarter I got to see the movie slightly early but I’m happy to say that…
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Review: Masks by Engine Publishing
This post was originally published over at Nearly Enough Dice. Masks is the second GM aid book by Engine Publishing, the writers behind the ever popular Gnome Stew blog and presents a library of 1000 memorable NPCs, spread over the Fantasy, Modern and Sci-Fi genres. Masks won the 2012 Gold ENnie Award for Best Aid/Accessory, was…
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Review: Remember Me
This review was originally published over at Nearly Enough Dice Remember Me is the first release from French studio DONTNOD and is available now for PS3, Xbox 360 and PC. Setting The game focuses on Nilin, a memory hunter fighting against Memorize, a corporation whose digital memory implants have transformed the lives of everybody in…
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On Star Trek: Into Darkness
**** SPOILERS AHEAD! **** I went to see Star Trek: Into Darkness this afternoon and to say I was disappointed is an understatment. Insulted would be more accurate or to quote what I posted on Facebook: So Star Trek: Into Darkness. An idiotic over the top summer blockbuster which lacks any intelligent consistency as it…
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For the love of caffeine
While I’m a big fan of gadgets, gizmos and things which make me go ‘ooh thats nifty’ I don’t buy them as often as I’d like to, partly because I have some self restraint (and more than when it comes to gaming stuff) but also because I have a use it till it dies approach…
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Review: Shadowrun 2050
This was originally published on the Nearly Enough Dice blog at http://nearlyenoughdice.com/review-shadowrun-2050 Shadowrun 2050 is tagged as an historical setting book for Shadowrun 4th edition, with the aim of allowing GM’s to run 4th edition games in the world originally presented by the 1st edition rules. The book is split into 8 main sections, the…
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Review: Technoir
This review was originally published at http://nearlyenoughdice.com/review-technoir on the 24th of November. Mix one part cyberpunk with equal measures of hard boiled investigation and film noir before pouring into a glass made from a lightweight rule system. Serve in a smoke filled bar, under the shadow of a looming Corporate skyscraper and you’ve got yourself…
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