White Wolf Game Studio’s Werewolf: The Forsaken was released in 2005 with a second edition released in 2015, but to classic gamers it will always be “the new Werewolf.” The book continued many of the themes of the original Werewolf: The Apocalypse including spiritual werewolves, the natural world versus the man made, and especially the corrupting…
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Warhammer 40,000 Oddities #2 – Waaargh The Orks! (1990)
Of all the supremely weird material put out during the early Rogue Trader days of Warhammer 40,000, perhaps none is stranger or more dissonant with current lore than the original book about the space orks. Waaargh The Orks! was released in 1990 and serves as an interesting artifact of Warhammer 40,000 at its least grimdark.…
Rogue Trader (2009): The Emperor’s Undiminished Enthusiasm 3: The Legend of Larry’s Rak’Gold
In the previous adventures of Rogue Trader George Larrinicus Davidoff and his cruiser the Emperor’s Undiminished Enthusiasm, Larry and his crew investigated a distress call from a remote Mechanicus research station on the edge of the Alenic Depths only to find the station destroyed. A lone survivor explained that brutal aliens attacked the station and…
Rogue Trader (2009): The Emperor’s Undiminished Enthusiasm 2: 2 Enthusiasm 2 Emperor
Rogue Trader George Larrinicus Davidoff, aboard his crusier The Emperor’s Undiminished Enthusiasm, is traveling through the warp en route to set up an ambush. The plan is to intercept the aliens who attacked and destroyed Stygimatus Station and made off with the Adeptus Mechanicus’ experimental warp drives. A call has been placed to the Ultramarines…
Heroes Unlimited: School Prayering Mantis Vs. Merkill
Soar into the world of spandex, capes, and USA being number one in this patriotic play session of Palladium’s Heroes Unlimited. Zack’s mutant hero, School Prayering Mantis, joins the Sentinels of Liberty and Justice, a team of super heroes sponsored by the US government. The Sentinels are summoned to the White House and given a…
Rifts Merc Ops: Operation Dragon Drop
Welcome to the world of Palladium’s Rifts, a clunky system and a kitchen sink setting where worlds collide and there is a source book to cover almost any possible eventuality. There are demons, dragons, robots, mutants, wizards, powered armor, and even Canadians. This time around we look at the Merc Ops source book and Steve…
The Goofy Vampires of Jyhad (Vampire: The Eternal Struggle)
Vampire: The Eternal Struggle is a collectible card game from White Wolf based on their popular tabletop game Vampire: The Masquerade. The card game began life in 1994 as Jyhad, but quickly changed names to prevent people from confusing it with the Islamic term Jihad. The game was created by Richard Garfield, creator of Magic:…
Aliens Adventure Game (1991): “The Hunt for Elminster”
Today’s WTF, D&D!? is a tribute to Bill Paxton, who created some of the most memorable characters in film with roles like Hudson in Aliens, the car salesman in True Lies, Chet from Weird Science, and Twisterman, the man who chased twisters in the movie Twister. Bill was one of Steve and Zack’s favorite actors.…
WTF, D&D: Hard Ticket to Baghdad 4: Real Muthafuckin’ G’s
Previously on Hard Ticket to Baghdad: Eazy-E has traveled to the throne room of Saddam Hussein under the guise of Pauly Shore, but he is experiencing unspeakably strange sensations that threaten to reveal his identity. Meanwhile, Kurt Cobain and Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes have fought their way into Baghdad, sacrificing an old friend and commandeering a…
WTF, D&D: Hard Ticket to Baghdad 3: California Love
Previously on Hard Ticket to Baghdad: The real Bill Hicks aka Alex Jones arrived in Kuwait in a float plane and picked up Kurt Cobain, Lisa “Left Eye” Lopes, and their tentacled companion Station. They’re in pursuit of the Yellowcake uranium Saddam needs to fuel his Omniopticon and possibly tear open the cosmic veil that separates…