John Farrell
John Farrell is an affordable housing attorney living in West Chester Pennsylvania. He once travelled the weird west as Carrie A. Nation in Joker's Wild at: https://jokerswildpodcast.weebly.com/




2015 saw grand expansions of the Tabletop genre, and it was a great sign of what we can all expect from the quality and popularity of the hobby. There were some phenomenal steps forward for all genres and game types. Cutting everything we all saw down to a list of
by John Farrell
France’s countryside in the 1830s was a treacherous place to travel at night. As the tavern masters of The Bloody Inn, you can show travelers that trusting the wrong people can be just as unwise. The game places you, and the players who choose to join you, as runners
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Dragons: Riders of the Berk Collector’s Edition adds to the story of viking dragon-riders from the popular film and television series. This comic series tells new stories, setting out to bring the characters into a new medium. It does that and then stops dead, with no apparent ambition to
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I love little else like a good mystery, memorable characters, and a taste of foreign culture. Samurai gave me none of these things. The first four volumes of Titan Comic’s Samurai tell a contained story that is clearly meant as the first small arc in a sweeping epic. It
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A man walks into a restaurant and orders an albatross sandwich; he gets his order, takes one bite, swallows it, and goes outside and shoots himself in the head with a pistol. What is his story? These are the kinds of mysteries you encounter in Dark Stories from Z-Man Games,
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Just as every game needs a Dungeon Master, all dungeon masters need their own tricks, tools, and options. While not strictly essential to running a game, the Dungeon Master’s guide is a brilliant set of tools to make the job easier and more interesting. At 320 pages filled with
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Continuing its trend of inviting new players into the hobby, Wizards of the Coast has released the Basic Set for Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition. Included is everything needed to learn the rules of the game and start playing, with a substantially reduced cost as compared to even one of
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After many years of trial, error, and reformation, the original genre creator returns to claim its place as the lord of high fantasy. Wizards of the Coast has had a rough decade, fighting a sometimes losing battle with challengers to the throne fueled by dissatisfied fans; after some soul searching
by John Farrell