System Mastery

By Jef Aldrich and Jon Taylor

Jef and Jon review old roleplaying games... more

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Number 1: System Mastery 217 – Conspiracy X
https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2022/01/system-mastery-217-conspiracy-x.mp3 What if everything you thought you knew was actually all evidence of a secret conspiracy? Deja Vu? Real psychic powers. Men in Black? Lizard people in black. That’s the premise of Conpiracy X, a late 90s secret agents vs. everything game with a surprisingly complex combat engine. Oh man. Surprisingly complex. Announcement Mastery Solo But Not Alone 2 Grab a ton (101!) solo RPGs for yourself for only 10 bucks while supporting a vital cause at the same time. Help people in real need by joining Jasper’s Game Day in their needed efforts preventing suicide. It’s a win win and it can be yours to support or just get games you want at https://itch.io/b/1227/solo-but-not-alone-2. Act fast, this fundraising event will end March 2022! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
January 12, 20221h 30min
Number 2: System Mastery 216 – Psychosis: Ship of Fools
https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2021/12/system-mastery-216-psychosis-ship-of-fools-1.mp3 Post-Show PS: Turns out there is at least one more of these, Jef’s on-air googling failed to turn up Psychosis: Solitary Confinement. Cool? Cool. Well, when the name of the mental disorder is right there in the title you know you’re in for something at least a little iffy. Luckily this is so far removed from reality regarding how far everyone is removed from reality that it mostly comes out okay in the wash. It’s a game where you never quite know what’s going on, and the entire story is a spoiler alert. From the decade that brought you Steal My Sunshine, it’s Psychosis: Ship of Fools. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
December 29, 20211h 14min
Number 3: Call of Cthulhu (5.6) – System Mastery 175
https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2020/06/system-mastery-175-call-of-cthulhu.mp3 Yes, it’s not a D&D game. Don’t worry. It’s going to be okay. We still found a classic, the Chaosium flagship and the biggest name in leaning heavily on public domain stuff Call of Cthulhu. And hey, you might just be in need right now of people dumping on the febrile racism of a cowardly germophobe (Lovecraft. I meant Lovecraft.) so here’s that, just for you all. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
June 03, 20201h 32min
Number 4: Alma Mater – System Mastery 174
https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2020/05/system-mastery-174-alma-mater.mp3 We’ve posted so many episodes at this point that the only reason this one’s description isn’t just “Fuck this game” is that I’m not sure I didn’t do that for a previous odious heap. This game was banned from GenCon in the 80s because it’s got a bunch of teen sex in it. That’s one of the reasons it’s bad. Sure. Here’s an hour of other ones. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 20, 20201h 22min
Number 5: System Mastery Special – Things We Hate About D&D – Part 1
https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2020/05/system-mastery-special-things-we-hate-about-dd-part-1.mp3 So hey, remember when we wrote that book? Jef apparently didn’t because this special content powered by pre-orders has been sitting unedited on an external HD for months. The only thing that could force him to remember was the diligent reminders from listeners couple with the completion of our second book (details coming soon!). For now, please enjoy this fine list of things that we don’t like about D&D (or D&D Culture, we may have had some crossed wires in there). You earned it! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 11, 20201h 9min