The RPGnet Reviews Archive

RPG Review: Den of the Destoyer (2008)

Baz King — 2009-11-20

Capsule Review by Baz King (3/3): If you and your group can get past the clunky exposition, then there are some memorable encounters to be had within. Certainly its brought the average up after recent installments. Worth a punt.

RPG Review: Dungeons & Dragons 4th Edition Monster Manual (2008)

Cason Snow — 2009-11-20

Playtest Review by Cason Snow (4/5): This book is a well thought out catalog of monsters that will keep characters occupied at all levels of play.

RPG Review: Fighting Fantasy RPG

Jonathan Hicks — 2009-11-20

Playtest Review by Jonathan Hicks (3/3): The Fighting Fantasy RPG - in my opinion the perfect RPG to ease new players into the hobby. Simple, light and fast with a mass of background material to help.

Card Game Review: Desperados (2009)

Shannon Appelcline — 2009-11-18

Playtest Review by Shannon Appelcline (4/3): A light partnership card game that plays fast, but that has limited depth. Also, the return of one of Knizia's earliest releases.

Computer Game Review: Borderlands (PC) (2009)

William S. Hillard — 2009-11-18

Playtest Review by William S. Hillard (4/4): Borderlands: RPG meets FPS in one of the best looting games out today.

RPG Review: Lost Mines of Karak (2008)

Baz King — 2009-11-18

Capsule Review by Baz King (3/3): This adventure really does feel like a side trek, padded out to make it fit the demands of the adventure path. It has a couple of very good locations and a few memorable encounters, but its let down by the ending.

RPG Review: Draconomicon: Chromatic Dragons (2008)

Christopher W. Richeson — 2009-11-16

Playtest Review by Christopher W. Richeson (4/4): Draconomicon offers excellent support for incorporating more dragon fighting goodness into your game.

RPG Review: Dungeon Delve (2009)

Cason Snow — 2009-11-16

Playtest Review by Cason Snow (4/4): Dungeon Delve provides a collection of short, well balanced adventures for both the new and busy DM.

RPG Review: On Her Majesty's Arcane Service (2009)

Graham Bottley — 2009-11-16

Capsule Review by Graham Bottley (2/4): OHMAS is a very interesting game. The layout and presentation is decent, but looks unfinished, but the core idea is very novel. Not exactly Fantasy, but also not Historical, this is a good, well written game with huge potential.

RPG Review: Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay Career Compendium (2009)

Darren MacLennan — 2009-11-16

Capsule Review by Darren MacLennan (5/4): For a catalog of careers, it's actually pretty darn good, mixing interesting blurblets about the various careers with some really excellent artwork.

RPG Review: Adventurer's Vault (2008)

Cason Snow — 2009-11-13

Capsule Review by Cason Snow (4/5): An extensive magic item compendium combining the best of the older editions and a hearty helping of the new.

RPG Review: Fallen Leaves (2009)

Lev Lafayette — 2009-11-13

Capsule Review by Lev Lafayette (3/4): A useful supplement for the Summerland RPG where foliage takes over the civilised world. Includes characters and places with adventure seeds.

RPG Review: Traveller Book 3: Scout (2009)

Shannon Appelcline — 2009-11-13

Capsule Review by Shannon Appelcline (2/3): Scout is definitely Scout-centric, but once you move past its strengths in character creation, equipment, and ships, the crunch factor decreases enough to make it a marginal buy.

Board/Tactical Game Review: Rise of Empires (2009)

Shannon Appelcline — 2009-11-11

Playtest Review by Shannon Appelcline (4/4): Conquer the world in 3 or 4 hours in this dense Eurogame.

Book/Fiction Review: Gateway to the Stars (1998)

Shannon Appelcline — 2009-11-11

Capsule Review by Shannon Appelcline (3/1): An entirely adequate science-fiction book of action and adventure that doesn't even come within a stone's throw of getting the Traveller setting right.

RPG Review: Creations End (2007)

Shelby "D.J." Babb — 2009-11-09

Capsule Review by Shelby "D.J." Babb (2/1): Creations End is another entry in the theological horror RPG niche, alongside such works as Kult, In Nomine, Dread: the First Book of Pandemonium, and Demon: the Fallen. How does it measure? Well.

RPG Review: Death in Luxor (2008)

Paul Strawser — 2009-11-09

Capsule Review by Paul Strawser (4/5): Age of Cthulhu line off to a great start with Death in Luxor.

RPG Review: HeroQuest Core Rules Second Edition (2009)

W. Glenn Kirkconell — 2009-11-09

Capsule Review by W. Glenn Kirkconell (4/3): This is a flexible, easy-to-learn, concise and elegant system, using relatively few abstract rules that can accommodate a variety of genres and campaign settings.

RPG Review: Martial Power (2008)

Christopher W. Richeson — 2009-11-06

Playtest Review by Christopher W. Richeson (4/4): Martial Power offers strong support for four of D&D's core classes by providing a host of new options and interesting themes.

RPG Review: RuneQuest Second Edition (1981)

Dave Humm — 2009-11-06

Playtest Review by Dave Humm (3/5): An excellent RPG system that has stood the test of time in one of the classic editions. An interesting setting and a set of rules that can be readily adapted for other games.