Five TV Shows That Are Clearly Roleplaying Games
These small-screen series wouldn't look out of place at your kitchen table.
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Zombie Apocalypse: An Expensive Pickup Game That Doesn’t Deliver
This apocalyptic RPG has a bright spot, but unrealistic ambitions drag it down.
5th Edition: Dungeons and Dragons Hasn’t Learned From Its Mistakes
This new version of the world-famous RPG fails in similar ways to its predecessors.
Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition: Two Shambles Forward, One Shamble Back
This Lovecraftian RPG's new version won't blow any minds—just break them a bit.
Fall of Magic Is the RPG Tolkien Would Have Played
This story-driven RPG gives you the feel of Middle-Earth—for better or worse.
The Deep Forest Subverts Destructive Tropes
This monstrous RPG avoids some of fantasy's most harmful habits.
The Force Is Moderately Strong With Edge of the Empire
This interstellar RPG had a lot of trying, but only some of the doing.
Fiasco Teaches Us to Love When Our Characters Fail
How this RPG succeeds by making your PCs screw up.
Five Great Magic Systems in Roleplaying Games
How these RPGs made spellcasting innovative, nuanced, and fun.
Ten WTF Ways To Die in Roleplaying Games
These killer events will leave players scratching their heads.
Primetime Adventures Is Great for Dramatic Roleplaying
This TV-inspired RPG turns the storytelling up to 11.
Five Systems for Running Your Horror Campaign
The RPGs to visit when you and your players want the heebie-jeebies.
Dungeon World Is a Game to Skip
This traditional-style RPG leaves much to be desired on the rules front.
Episode 29: Narrative Roleplaying Games
Chris, Oren, Mike, and special guest Sarah Gould discuss roleplaying games with mechanics for building a story.
Five Roleplaying Games That Don’t Do Their Setting Justice
These kitchen-table campaigns fall short of the stories that inspired them.
Torchbearer Is Fun – With House Rules
This traditionalist RPG needs some work, but for the practiced it's a gold mine.
Why Mouse Guard Is Amazing
Why you should give this comics-inspired RPG a try.
Three GM-less Games for Your Roleplaying Group
When you've no leader to follow, check out these systems.
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