John Farrell

Symbaroum is many things. This dark fantasy game is as terrifying as it is mysterious. It’s as expansive as it is isolating. Its successes come in many forms, and this piece comes at an interesting time in its life cycle; the starter set, recently released, contains starter characters, maps,

I found the Alien RPG starter set to be a worthy entry into the franchise, packing useful components into an introductory adventure to deliver a package that clever groups could use for weeks worth of play. Destroyer of Worlds, the new adventure set, requires either the starter set or the

I was hesitant to learn that Alien was being adapted to an RPG setting until I learned of Free League’s involvement. Their products are the best in the business by a surprising margin, and the Alien RPG starter set is a perfect look at their plans for a setting

With the earth burning, the skies full of hostile ships, and a coalition of enemies, you are humanity’s last hope. Hope is slim in Faza, a cooperative science fiction game that sees you and up to three friends attempting to destroy the three enemy Motherships that have been plaguing

I recently found Vaesen to be a sincere yet terrifying Nordic horror game, and it has now sees an injection of content in the forms of an adventure book and a new GM screen. A Wicked Secret and other Mysteries is a collection of four adventures, each stretching across biomes

Vaesen’s Nordic Horror experience stands out among myriad monster of the week horror RPGs in almost every way that I value as a reviewer: its aesthetics are strong, its presentation is excellent, its use of source material is thoughtful and unique, and its mechanics, while not quite as developed,

Mork Borg receives the highest recommendation of any game I have ever reviewed. It is more than a dark fantasy low magic horror roleplaying game, but as a game it delivers in spades, rusty and covered in filth though those spades may be. Mork Borg is a new landmark in

The line between good concept and good implementation is a fine but important one, and Ring of Pain is unfortunately on the wrong side of it. This miniature roguelike has great aesthetics and mechanical principles, but doesn’t seem to know what to actually do with any of those things.