Month: January 2017

PrinceofNothingReviews: England Upturned (Lotfp); Ambitious historical weird fantasy

January 31, 2017

[Adventure/Sandbox] England Upturned (2016) Barry Blatt (Lamentations of the Flame Princess) Level 1 – 2 Hah! The reviewing blitzkrieg continues unabated. Ever onward. England Upturned is an English Civil War sandbox taking place in 1642, after the Thirty Years War. Tensions are mounting but the shit has not yet hit the fan. The author is … More PrinceofNothingReviews: England Upturned (Lotfp); Ambitious historical weird fantasy

PrinceofNothingReviews: A single, small cut (Lotfp); Terre des Hommes, Ch. III: L’Avion, p. 60.

January 23, 2017

[Side-trek] A Single, Small Cut (2014) Michael Curtis (Lamentations of the Flame Princess) Level 3 A single, small cut by Michael Curtis made me very happy. It gave me hope. After wading through the entire Raggi section of the Lotfp catalog one gets tired, as even the good adventures exert a heavy toll on one’s … More PrinceofNothingReviews: A single, small cut (Lotfp); Terre des Hommes, Ch. III: L’Avion, p. 60.

PrinceofNothingReviews: The Doom-Cave of the Crystal-Headed Children (Lotfp); Peak Raggi

January 17, 2017

[Adventure] Doom-Cave of the Crystal-Headed Children (2014) James Raggi IV (Lamentations of the Flame Princess) Any Level (but estimated 2 – 4) Doom-Cave of the Crystal-Headed Children is Raggi’s most recent adventure and it therefore follows that it is the wackiest, given Loftp’s shift from Grim-dickish traditional Dnd with Weird Elements to Grimly Serious 17th … More PrinceofNothingReviews: The Doom-Cave of the Crystal-Headed Children (Lotfp); Peak Raggi

PrinceofNothingReviews: Tales of the Scarecrow (Lotfp); Short but sweet.

January 11, 2017

[Adventure/Sidetrack] Tales of the Scarecrow (2012) James Raggi IV (Lamentations of the Flame Princess) Level 1 – 3 Finally, something that is an unqualified, asterisked success that won’t gross out the kids. We return once again to that most quixotic of all OSR Publishers, Lamentations of the Flame Princess. James Raggi strikes again with an … More PrinceofNothingReviews: Tales of the Scarecrow (Lotfp); Short but sweet.

PrinceofNothingReviews: Fuck for Satan (Lotfp); A literal farce

January 11, 2017

[Adventure] Fuck for Satan (2013) James Raggi IV (Lamentations of the Flame Princess) Levels 1-2 Oh James Raggi. You had everyone going there for a second. The God that Crawls was nice, had some good ideas and was playable. Better then Any Man was a magnificently executed historical weird adventure. You were showing signs of improvement. Everyone … More PrinceofNothingReviews: Fuck for Satan (Lotfp); A literal farce

PrinceofNothingreviews: Sea of Blood (2e); Jumping the Shark

January 4, 2017

[Adventure] Sea of Blood (1997) Bruce Cordell (TSR) Levels 7 – 9 A belated merry Christmas and a belated Happy Newyears to all my readers, fans, adherents and enemies on this joyous day, which marks the end of my delve into Cordell’s underwater adventure series, ending with the 3rd and most ambitious installment; Sea of … More PrinceofNothingreviews: Sea of Blood (2e); Jumping the Shark