Tag: weird

[Review] Xas Irkalla (Core game); The Carcosa we Wanted, not the One we Deserved Pt. I – Rules

June 17, 2018

[Core Game] Xas Irkalla (2018) James Vail (Atramentis Games) Suffer a Blackened Birth into a Desolate Land of Surreal Horror. A World Wounded by Psychic Warfare, Mind-Controlled Cities, Interdimensional Labyrinths and Wasteland Tribes. You are the Alien Here, the Last Survivor of your Species. Your Existence Must be Earned.  Well fuck me sideways. I took … More [Review] Xas Irkalla (Core game); The Carcosa we Wanted, not the One we Deserved Pt. I – Rules

[Review] Liberation of the Demon Slayer (OSR); A Hot Mess

June 13, 2018

[Adventure] Liberation of the Demon Slayer (2013) Venger Satanis (Kor’Thalis Publishing) 0-1 Levels In no way whatsoever suitable for DCC uh I mean (((DCC))) Summary: Lovecraft + Star Trek TOS + Synnabar + 80s DnD Back after a small break and damn have I got something for your sorry eyes today. Liberation of the Demon … More [Review] Liberation of the Demon Slayer (OSR); A Hot Mess

[Review] On the Shoulders of Giants (Lotfp 3pp); Like a goofy fat kid trying to dance

May 26, 2018

[Campaign Setting] On the Shoulders of Giants (2018) Chance Philips (Appolyon Press) I’ve read a lot of campaign settings for fantasy games as well as a lot of fantasy novels and the one thing that strikes me is that in a medium where you can literally come up with anything you can imagine the bulk … More [Review] On the Shoulders of Giants (Lotfp 3pp); Like a goofy fat kid trying to dance

[Review] Sleeping Place of the Feathered Swine (Lotfp 3pp); D1 meets garbage pail kids.

April 25, 2018

[Adventure] Sleeping Place of the Feathered Swine (2014) Logan Knight (www.lastgraspgrimoire.com) Levels 1 – 2 (est.) Sleeping Place of the Feathered Swine is perhaps the grossest little adventure I have ever seen. Its every page is filled with wet, cloying, reeking corruption that oozes, trickles, vomits forth or wafts. No great pilgrimage into cyclopean halls … More [Review] Sleeping Place of the Feathered Swine (Lotfp 3pp); D1 meets garbage pail kids.

[Review] No Salvation for Witches (Lotfp); An eclectic mix of seemingly discordant elements

March 6, 2018

[Adventure] No Salvation for Witches (2014) Raphael Chandler (Lamentations of the Flame Princess) Level 1 – 4 Proper Horror is hard to do in elfgames. I can count on one hand the number of times I’ve genuinely managed to get under the player’s skin. Horror is a delicate thing and requires finesse, a combination of … More [Review] No Salvation for Witches (Lotfp); An eclectic mix of seemingly discordant elements

PrinceofNothingReviews: World of the Lost (lotfp) Pt. III; Barrier Peaks Redux

August 17, 2017

Some time needs to be spent mentioning the overly elaborate and almost Byzantine random encounter tables for both inside and outside. It is regretable that most of them are just creatures, with no other details added, but to Chandler’s credit, a FUCKING RANDOM TABLE is added so you can generate complex encounters between multiple parties … More PrinceofNothingReviews: World of the Lost (lotfp) Pt. III; Barrier Peaks Redux

PrinceofNothingReviews: World of the Lost (Lotfp) Pt. II; Sandbox-ah-la-roi

August 16, 2017

Amid a cluster of fifty-foot sapele trees with bright yellow petals, there is a contamination. Anyone moving through this area will experience a bright flash of light, followed by a moment of disorientation. All characters must save versus Magic. Failure means that there is a moment of darkness, and when the characters open their eyes … More PrinceofNothingReviews: World of the Lost (Lotfp) Pt. II; Sandbox-ah-la-roi

PrinceofNothingReviews: The Atheneum of Yearning (Lotfp 3PP); Had I the heavens embroidened cloths…

August 3, 2017

[Adventure] The Atheneum of Yearning (2017) Steven Oswald Level 3 – 6 I am proud to present the 2nd review request, a PWYW Lotfp 3rd party supplement. I give assurances to my other patron that the GREAT WORK is by no means neglected and continues on at a steady, if at times glacial, pace. The … More PrinceofNothingReviews: The Atheneum of Yearning (Lotfp 3PP); Had I the heavens embroidened cloths…

PrinceofNothingReviews: Into the Odd (OSR); Brevity is the soul of Wit.

July 30, 2017

[Core rules] Into the Odd (2015) Chris McDowall (Lost Pages) Summary: Perdido Street Station + Roadside Picnic + Viriconium Nothing to clear a bad hangover like a good elf-game review. Case in point. Into the Odd by Chris McDowall is an ultra rules-light OSR weird/steampunk game. In 48 pages McDowall manages to set down not … More PrinceofNothingReviews: Into the Odd (OSR); Brevity is the soul of Wit.

PrinceofNothingReviews: Thulian Echoes (Lotfp); He is back and he’s got a new Trick

May 3, 2017

[Adventure] Thulian Echoes (2014) Zzarchov Kowolski (Lamentations of the Flame Princess) Level 2 – 5 We are back with yet another Installment of the modules from the twisted mind of Zacharrov Kowolski, that strange Canadian pervert that sets all our hearts ablaze. Thulian Echoes is an honest to god adventure module verging somewhere between meta-narrative … More PrinceofNothingReviews: Thulian Echoes (Lotfp); He is back and he’s got a new Trick