By Anthony “LibrariaNPC” DeMinico, 18 July 2018 It’s no small secret that I’ve been trying to streamline my RPG kit over the years. From buying gimmicky dice bags to bags designed for organization, to having long conversations with fellow convention GMs to building a budget GM kit, I’ve been striving to find that nice balance…
An Elaborate Tail: Mice & Mystics
By Carl Rosa, 11 July 2018 Mice and Mystics (M&M) is a game from Plaid Hat Games. It is designed as a cooperative game for up to four players (with the ability to squeeze a fifth in to maintain “the board”). The game features a fantasy-type setting where an evil sorceress queen named Vanestra is…
Taking Off With Tachyon Squadron
By Anthony “LibrariaNPC” DeMinico, 27 June 2018 Being a sci-fi fan, I do love spaceships…and watching small fighters doing amazing things. There’s a great deal of sci-fi materials focusing around a group of pilots, their (mis)adventures, how they grow, cope with their losses, and still overcome whatever it is the Universe decides to throw at…
Perilous Adventures With Zweihänder
By Anthony “LibrariaNPC” DeMinico, 13 June 2018 While I like to consider myself relatively well-read with tabletop games, there is on genre that has been a glaring weakness for me: Grimdark. There are a number of reasons, but they mostly boiled down to accessibility, interest, and sheer costs. By the time I got into the…
The Next Guardian of the Galaxy Should Be…
WARNING – This article will contain spoilers for Avengers: Infinity War. You have been warned. By the time Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol. 3 rolls around, the Guardians may find themselves short-handed. This is because in Avengers: Infinity War, Thanos sacrifices his daughter and Guardians member, Gamora, to receive the Soul Stone. In doing so,…
From The Shelf Of The NPC: Maelstrom Domesday
By Anthony “LibrariaNPC” DeMinico, 16 May 2018 One of the random things I’ve done after college was to grab any RPG I could get my hands on and read it, scouring it for useful information and ideas to utilize elsewhere. This has been exceptionally useful as I start looking at new editions of games coming…
Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Analysis
By Engi, 09 May 2018 Miss Kobayashi’s Dragon Maid has more Dragons than the Third Age of Middle Earth. Aside from the titular maid character, Tohru, there are four other draconic characters that enter Kobayashi’s life: Lucoa, Fafnir, Kanna, and Elma. These characters are all inspired by known mythological beings, but possess their own quirks…
Elder Scrolls Inspired Cocktails
By Aditi, 04 MAY 2018 Aditi and Dundee make two cocktails named after elements from the Elder Scrolls video game series on their Twitch channel. Reminder to all manner of Man and Mer, please drink responsibly. Blood on the Ice Inspired by the Skyrim quest Blood on the Ice, which you can find in Windhelm,…
Part-Time Review of Part-Time Gods 2nd Edition
By Anthony “LibrariaNPC” DeMinico, 02 May 2018 It is no small secret that I am an avid fan of mythology. It’s also no secret that it’s my love of mythology that got me into various franchises, like Fate and Scion. Therefore, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that I dove headfirst into Part-Time Gods 2nd…
