System Mastery

By Jef Aldrich and Jon TaylorLeisure Games Hobbies

System Mastery episodes

March 14, 2019 Cadillacs and Dinosaurs – System Mastery 143
https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2019/03/system-mastery-143-cadillacs-and-dinosaurs.mp3
With Jef still recovering in the hospital, Jon turns to fan-favorite guest Claire to join in and help review this RPG based on a comic book. It promises two things up front and delivers on none of it. Booo.

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1 hr 27 min
February 27, 2019 Unknown Armies (2nd edition) – System Mastery 142
https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/system-mastery-142-unknown-armies.mp3
You want true power and to really know the truth? You have to really really want it in Greg Stolze’s Unknown Armies, a game of obsession, power, and the power of themes.

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1 hr 55 min
February 13, 2019 Tenchi Muyo! RPG and Resource Book – System Mastery 141
https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2019/02/system-mastery-141-tenchi-muyo-resource-book-and-rpg.mp3
It’s a Tri-Stat game! We’ve done a few of these already so you already know the basics. Weird combat system where the attacker and the defender have very little to do with each other? Check. A million point buy options? Check? Balance basically a fig leaf? Check. So what are we left to do but dissect the 70% of this book that isn’t RPG. Let’s learn about harem animes!

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1 hr 28 min
January 29, 2019 Leystorm: The Dominion – System Mastery 140
https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2019/01/system-mastery-140-leystorm-the-dominion.mp3
In a grim future where everyone is lopsided and has dreads, can a few awful chumps win a mighty rebellion against Darth Emperor of Mankind? This mid-90s science fantasy game answers your questions and more! Questions like “What the hell is this?” and “Ainsley?”

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1 hr 18 min
January 16, 2019 Maelstrom Storytelling – System Mastery 139
https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2019/01/system-mastery-139-maelstrom-storytelling.mp3
1997, a dark year indeed. Bad Batman movies and stuff. Seriously, it was not a good scene, unless you were crazy for middling swing music. But hey, this book came out, and it wasn’t terrible! It’s Maelstrom Storytelling, and while it’s a little funky and the art is not art, it’s at least a neat concept!

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1 hr 23 min
January 04, 2019 Expounded Universe 66 – Hestizo Cuts Loose
We’re back from Christmas vacation, and what are we returning to? All these damned zombies, bein’ gross and eatin’ eyeballs. The action heats up as Hestizo finally does some fighting, […]
58 min
January 01, 2019 Systems Failure – System Mastery 138
https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2019/01/System-Mastery-138-Systems-Failure.mp3
We’re back from our very needed rest and relaxation, and working harder than ever to fill your ears with reviews of roleplaying games. This time we’re talking the Y2K bug RPG Systems Failure, a Palladium Game with some fun twists!

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1 hr 41 min
December 21, 2018 Expounded Universe 65 – So Many Poop Jokes
Hey the last thing we’re making this year, so we made sure to load it up with fresh buttered poop humor, just for your holidays. Hestizo and Tulkh make discoveries […]
1 hr
December 19, 2018 Kult – System Mastery 137
https://systemmastery.files.wordpress.com/2018/12/System-Mastery-137-Kult.mp3
We’ve seen a lot of requests for this game, and now we understand why. Come along, won’t you, on the game preachers in the 80s wished actually existed so they had something to condemn beyond nerds doing math about elves.

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1 hr 27 min
December 12, 2018 Expounded Universe 64 – Forever 21 Eye Spiders
I have to be honest here, I’m sick and pretty well wiped out on Nyquil, so I only vaguely remember what we even talked about in this episode. I remember […]
1 hr 2 min