By Anthony "LibrariaNPC" DeMinico, 15 April 2020 Big Eyes, Small Mouth (BESM) is more than just a trope in anime: it is one of the earliest anime-inspired RPGs in the West. While I was late getting to the party (getting it in the early 2000s), it was one of the games that helped expand my... Continue Reading →
By Anthony "LibrariaNPC" DeMinico, 01 April 2020 With the majorly positive reactions to The Witcher series on Netflix, it was only a matter of time before I and others ventured back to the Continent to see what we’ve missed over the years. Thanks to the generosity of R. Talsorian Games, I was able to jump... Continue Reading →
By Anthony "LibrariaNPC" DeMinico, 18 March 2020 Edited 15 April 2020 ; Updated purchase links Running games with a multiverse is both an amazing experience and horrendously complex. Between all of the “What Ifs” that are utilized in a series like Sliders, all of the time travel hijinks we see in pop culture, and the... Continue Reading →
By Anthony "LibrariaNPC" DeMinico, 04 March 2020 As we all know, you can't keep a good NPC down! After taking a few months off to get through a chunk of my backlog (not all, but some!), I'm getting back into the saddle and sharing some of what I've been reading and working on. This week,... Continue Reading →
By Anthony "LibrariaNPC" DeMinico, 09 October 2019 I’ve had the pleasure of speaking with G. Michael Truran about game theory over the last year or two, and I have to admit that a lot has changed since I reviewed his ashcan game Plunderlight. This time around, I was requested to take a look at the... Continue Reading →
By Anthony "LibrariaNPC" DeMinico, 25 September 2019 Continuing along with the OSR bandwagon I found myself to be following on Kickstarter, we arrive to the book John Silence. While I ignored a large number of the tweets about it early on due to assuming it was “just another OSR,” some commentary from fellow gamers and... Continue Reading →
By Anthony "LibrariaNPC" DeMinico, 04 September 2019 During the 80’s and 90’s, there was something almost magical about being a kid on Saturday mornings. No school, no job, no major responsibilities; just a bowl of cereal and the amazing list of Saturday morning cartoons. If there was some way to bottle that and sell it,... Continue Reading →
By Anthony "LibrariaNPC" DeMinico, 28 August 2019 Building a dungeon on the fly is a Dungeon Master’s dream, but having a coherent dungeon on short notice has always been one of my biggest headaches. I’ve been trying to find solutions to this problem for years, from pre-made dungeons to tweaks to various online generators, but... Continue Reading →
By Anthony "LibrariaNPC" DeMinico, 14 August 2019 I originally took a glance at Dragons Conquer America by Burning Games back in October of 2017. Since then, the game has had a few hiccups with Kickstarter campaigns and some delays with the final product, but as of late March, they have followed through and sent out... Continue Reading →
