Closing out *Character Creation Challenge 2026* with one of the best game releases of the year. It's *Alien: The RPG - Evolved Edition*. Corporate scientists have all the fun.
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Closing out *Character Creation Challenge 2026* with one of the best game releases of the year. It's *Alien: The RPG - Evolved Edition*. Corporate scientists have all the fun.
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A little bit solo, a little bit group, a little bit Cronenberg nightmare body horror, a little bit alternate historical, 1000 AD France. Choir of Flesh has a lot of things going on.
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A little bit solo, a little bit group, a little bit Cronenberg nightmare body horror, a little bit alternate historical, 1000 AD France. Choir of Flesh has a lot of things going on.
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Probably one of the most fun, modern, satirical settings I've had the pleasure of reading, but mechanically, I'm of two minds. Join me in the Mystery Flesh Pit.
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Probably one of the most fun, modern, satirical settings I've had the pleasure of reading, but mechanically, I'm of two minds. Join me in the Mystery Flesh Pit.
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Look, we all know how I feel about super crunchy systems, and Exalted 3e is exactly that. So let's get stuck in and put together the worst kind of bureaucrat.
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Look, we all know how I feel about super crunchy systems, and Exalted 3e is exactly that. So let's get stuck in and put together the worst kind of bureaucrat.
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Exalted is a big, beefy, hungus monster of a setting and a game's text. But what if someone used one of the most open, freeform mechanical systems as its spine?
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Exalted is a big, beefy, hungus monster of a setting and a game's text. But what if someone used one of the most open, freeform mechanical systems as its spine?
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I may have just experienced my favorite version of the Paranoia RPG rules, and it's not even an RPG. How does adventure wargaming work here? Let's find out.
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I may have just experienced my favorite version of the Paranoia RPG rules, and it's not even an RPG. How does adventure wargaming work here? Let's find out.
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When you tell mom that you want that dungeon game, and she tells you that you have that dungeon game at home, what do you actually have at home? You have this.
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When you tell mom that you want that dungeon game, and she tells you that you have that dungeon game at home, what do you actually have at home? You have this.
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It's not often I get to tinker with a game which would be perfect for tentacle porn, but here we are. Your ero game needs have been fulfilled. It's really quite good.
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It's not often I get to tinker with a game which would be perfect for tentacle porn, but here we are. Your ero game needs have been fulfilled. It's really quite good.
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What does a lightweight BRP look like for a modern Cthulhu game? It looks a lot like *Cthulhu Unleashed.* Let's ask a detective for some help.
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What does a lightweight BRP look like for a modern Cthulhu game? It looks a lot like *Cthulhu Unleashed.* Let's ask a detective for some help.
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If the system seems familiar, you've been paying attention. Songs and Sagas take us to low magic fantasy Viking territory. Time to go digging through grave mounds.
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If the system seems familiar, you've been paying attention. Songs and Sagas take us to low magic fantasy Viking territory. Time to go digging through grave mounds.
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Are you looking for a super lightweight mechanical game which has a very scenario-focused mode of play? Cosmic Dark might be for you, or it might not. Let's poke at it.
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Are you looking for a super lightweight mechanical game which has a very scenario-focused mode of play? Cosmic Dark might be for you, or it might not. Let's poke at it.
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What if you like your adventure wargaming with a lot more wargaming and just a tiny little bit of character exploration? Well, you can drop Feet First Into Hell and ride with the Hell Patrol.
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What if you like your adventure wargaming with a lot more wargaming and just a tiny little bit of character exploration? Well, you can drop Feet First Into Hell and ride with the Hell Patrol.
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I think it's time to take up a little superheroics. *Bay of Villains* needs a new crew operating. Something a little corporate.
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I think it's time to take up a little superheroics. *Bay of Villains* needs a new crew operating. Something a little corporate.
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It's time for a trip out to the high seas with our straightforward swashbuckler, Renaud, and another lightweight, zero-cost game, Boundless Tides.
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It's time for a trip out to the high seas with our straightforward swashbuckler, Renaud, and another lightweight, zero-cost game, Boundless Tides.
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It's time to take on a little fear and maybe a little panic. Fear and Panic is a lightweight percentile-based system for horror gaming. Let's see if it can handle an Alabama.
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It's time to take on a little fear and maybe a little panic. Fear and Panic is a lightweight percentile-based system for horror gaming. Let's see if it can handle an Alabama.
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Minimalist OSR-adjacent PBTA-inspired kitchen sink fantasy that you can have for free? It's more likely than you think.
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Minimalist OSR-adjacent PBTA-inspired kitchen sink fantasy that you can have for free? It's more likely than you think.
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Minimalist OSR-adjacent PBTA-inspired kitchen sink fantasy that you can have for free? It's more likely than you think.
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Minimalist OSR-adjacent PBTA-inspired kitchen sink fantasy that you can have for free? It's more likely than you think.
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Design for folks that want your vision. Make that vision clear. "Enforce" (encourage) that vision with in-game incentives.
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Design for folks that want your vision. Make that vision clear. "Enforce" (encourage) that vision with in-game incentives.
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Sometimes you get to be the horror, and this is one of those times. Ever wanted to be a Cthulhu mythos entity? Ever wanted to take over, destroy, or subvert the world? Well, now's your chance!
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Sometimes you get to be the horror, and this is one of those times. Ever wanted to be a Cthulhu mythos entity? Ever wanted to take over, destroy, or subvert the world? Well, now's your chance!
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New editions always add new complications in terms of game design. Some steps forward, some steps back. It's character creation time again for *Elegy*.
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New editions always add new complications in terms of game design. Some steps forward, some steps back. It's character creation time again for *Elegy*.
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Sometimes you just need that reminder that they can't all be winners, even in a genre you love. Let's put together an IronFrame recon hardsuit pilot, shall we?
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Sometimes you just need that reminder that they can't all be winners, even in a genre you love. Let's put together an IronFrame recon hardsuit pilot, shall we?
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We're going to dip our toes back into a little necromancy within a game named *Bloodstained Fangs*. Supernatural urban fantasy, I'm looking at you. More high speed, low drag mechanical design.
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We're going to dip our toes back into a little necromancy within a game named *Bloodstained Fangs*. Supernatural urban fantasy, I'm looking at you. More high speed, low drag mechanical design.
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Small enough to fit on a bookmark. Hardy enough to run your favorite characters. It's Lightweight Universal Roleplaying. And our new favorite shifty mech pilot with a secret.
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Small enough to fit on a bookmark. Hardy enough to run your favorite characters. It's Lightweight Universal Roleplaying. And our new favorite shifty mech pilot with a secret.
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If you were looking for XCOM on the tabletop with all that entails, come and see this story of the worst colony administrator in the Unity.
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If you were looking for XCOM on the tabletop with all that entails, come and see this story of the worst colony administrator in the Unity.
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