Category Archives: Reviews

Review: Rogue Trader

2009-10-19 – 17:00:59

Rogue Trader is here, and the lot of you interstellar rapscallions can thank my friend Dylan for loaning me his shiny new book for a bit. I’ve got it so that I can make a half-assed character generator, but I might as well go ahead and review it while I’m at it. Four-hundred [...]

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By Christopher Pye | Also posted in Dark Heresy, Gaming, RPGs, Rogue Trader, WarHammer | Tagged , , , , , , | Comments (0)

Review: Inquisitor’s Handbook (Dark Heresy)

2009-06-5 – 17:47:41

The Inquisitor’s Handbook was the first splatbook released for Dark Heresy. It was also the last book published by Black Industries before they closed up shop. The resulting book is one that is full of welcome additions to Dark Heresy, as well as many things that the game would probably be better off [...]

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By Christopher Pye | Also posted in Dark Heresy, Game Design, Gaming, RPGs, WarHammer | Tagged , , , | Comments (4)

Review: Ronin (D20 OGL) by Highmoon Media

2009-05-20 – 22:37:04

Ronin is a new d20 OGL game published by Highmoon Media Productions.  The product description at RPGnow looks something like this:

Ronin brings you to Japan during the Edo Period, characterized by the rule of the Tokugawa Shogunate (1600-1868). This is the height of samurai culture, when feudal lords commanded fearsome warriors and ruled vast lands, [...]

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By Christopher Pye | Also posted in D20 OGL, Dungeons and Dragons, Gaming, RPGs | Tagged , , , , | Comments (1)

Review: Creatures Anathema (Dark Heresy)

2009-05-8 – 1:19:18

“Flesh is the soul’s mirror. By their misshapen forms will you know their heresy.”

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By Christopher Pye | Also posted in Dark Heresy, Gaming, RPGs, WarHammer 40K | Tagged , , , , | Comments (2)

The Player’s Handbook 2: Page-by-Page (Part 1)

2009-03-18 – 6:18:39

I got my hands on the PHB2 today.  There’s too much for me to cover in the whole book, so I’ll be breaking it down into three or four segments.  So far I’ve only really gotten a look at the races and racial paragon paths, so that’s what’s going to be presented here in the [...]

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By Christopher Pye | Also posted in Dungeons and Dragons, Gaming, RPGs | Tagged , , , , | Comments (3)