RPGnet Newsletter #172

[RPGnet Forums]( RPGnet Newsletter #172 May 14, 2019 {NAME}, here is this week's RPGnet Newsletter! New Columns Christopher Cecil returned with another issue of gaming comic Fuzzy Thinking: [There's Always that One Dungeon Master.]( And, Sandy Antunes of Sandy's Soapbox discusses learning [When "Good Enough" is Good Enough.]( New Reviews The bulk of last week's reviews were of non-RPG tabletop games by Antonios S: - [Choose Your Own Adventure: House of Danger]( is the first entry in a narrative card game line, and unfortunately unthoughtfully transplants the game book concept upon a card game format without any alteration, and comes out as a pointless exercise with a railroaded, ultra-silly plot, and ridiculously low component quality. - [The Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle-earth]( is a fully cooperative board game for one to five players featuring an extremely easy ruleset to access and an engrossing story-driven game to play, with the app taking care of the burdensome calculations. - [Citadels]( is a renewed edition of the classic game that is as good as this game can get. - [Cassiopeia]( is an an optimization exercise in the guise of a card game that you will not regret picking up when it is available. - [Artline: Hermitage]( is a simple hand-management game with depictions of famous paintings and finding common characteristics. - [Madame]( is the eighth and final expansion for the first, white cycle of the T.I.M.E Stories game line that unfortunately does not offer a great payoff for the line. - [Scythe: The Wind Gambit]( expands the base game with rule changes and new minis that will force an adaptation in your play. Antonios also reviewed some RPG products: - [The Monolith Sourcebook](>The%20Sciences%20Division%20sourcebook%20for%20Star%20Trek%20Adventures%20presents%20some%20good%20information,%20but%20lacks%20focus.%20%0A