RPGnet Newsletter #183

[RPGnet Forums]( RPGnet Newsletter #183 August 27, 2019 {NAME}, here is this week's RPGnet Newsletter! New Columns It's Christopher Cecil. It's Fuzzy Thinking. It's a gaming top-ten list in comic form: [Top Ten Rejected 1st Ed. AD&D Module Titles.]( Jonathan Hicks made some Observations from a Gamer's Chair regarding the purpose of our hobby in: [The Aim of Roleplaying Games.]( And, Lloyd Brown addressed a question that everyone engaged in The Business of Gaming Retail must answer at some point: [When Is It Time to Hire?]( New Reviews Antonios S survived [Rough Nights & Hard Days,]( an adventure collection for WFRP 4e that is intense, quirky, full of action and surprises, yet ultimately funny and bizarre at the same time. Antonios also did some recon on [Commands & Colors: Medieval,]( a two-player game of medieval warfare of light to medium complexity with a tried and true game engine. Lev Lafayette reviewed [Sandman: Map of Halaal,]( a packed box set that was highly innovative for its time, and has a great deal of charm but lacked a serious development of the game system and what was a fairly contrived narrative. Lev also took a look at the gaming classic [Amber Diceless Role-Playing,]( which is great as a storytelling aid but incomplete as a game system. And, we wind up the week with a couple of OSR reviews from Endzeitgeist. [The Towers of the Weretoads]( is a delightfully-disgusting PWYW mini-adventure. [One Prisoner, One Waiting, One Sacrificed,]( is a substantively great (if typo-ridden) dark fantasy fairy tale adventure. Threads You Might Have Missed It seems like we do too many of these, but the hobby lost another light last week: [Rick Loomis,]( award-winning founder of Flying Buffalo games, publisher of Tunnels & Trolls, passed away on the 23rd. For your grittier superhero or urban fantasy games, check out some meditations on [What kind of crimes would 'real' supervillains get up to?]( And, if science fiction is more to your interests, enjoy this discussion of [Colony Ships.]( Lastly, this thread is very much worth reading for anyone running an investigative game: [What "parts" are required for a mystery/investigative scenario?]( Sign Off Have a good week, everyone. - Iustum Newsletter Editor [Unsubscribe from mailing list]( [Visit RPGnet Forums](