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System Mastery 250 – GURPS

Happy April Fools! Well, sort of. We were busy. We actually were hosting a quiz show thing on April 1st proper. So this early April episode will have to serve.Well I suppose it was about time. Let’s dive into the world of world creation by taking a hard look at GURPS, one of the earliest examples of the “Do anything at all” RPG model, from Steve Jackson Games. If I can post this right. My tech level is pretty low.

System Mastery 249 – Rifter 9 1/2

Happy April Fools! Well, sort of. We were busy. We actually were hosting a quiz show thing on April 1st proper. So this early April episode will have to serve.

System Mastery 248 – Infinite Domains

What is this, some sort of generic universal role playing system? Some sort of master book to rule them all? It’s Infinite Domains and it arrived on the scene in 1996 to throw a new hat into the ring of “do anything” RPG systems, starting with a fantasy set of trappings.

System Mastery 246 – Dallas

You know you read about this in some message board or listicle article years ago. And you know you’ve always wondered what the heck it actually is. Well wonder no longer, friends! Answers await you!

System Mastery 244 – Teenagers from Outer Space

Night falls on Darkest Vancouver. Will you be ready to draw your coolest anime sword and battle the eternal dancefight against the other forever-walkers like yourself? Today’s episode is a comedy game that sort of uses Highlander rules to make fun of White Wolf. It’s neat!

Announcement Mastery!

Solo But Not Alone 3 – The awesome charity project by Peach Garden Games in support of Jasper’s Game Day is returning bigger and better than ever, offering a bundle of 148 brand new solo RPGs for you to play all for the low donation floor of only $10 (but you can and should give more!)  Help prevent suicide in the games community and get yourself some amazing games in the process?  What an amazing deal!

System Mastery 244 – Teenagers from Outer Space

A lightweight anime-inspired comedy game from… 1987? Damn, Mike Pondsmith must have been one of those guys that bought unlabeled anime VHS tapes from trenchcoat weirdos at comic cons when they still had walking room in them. Whatever the case may be, this is a fun, weird read. But a good game? Well let’s find out.

System Mastery 243 – Star Wars D20

No no, not Saga Edition, the other one. This is OGL shovel-ware Star Wars. It’s got a real prominent author all right, but these “Just change the names on D&D stuff” versions of OGL content are so hard to fit to anything, let alone something as demanding and iconic as Star Wars. Did they do it? Well, check it out!

System Mastery 242 – Like a Rogue, One-Page Apocalypse Vol 1, Christmas Fallout

To close out our year we’ve decided to take a little look at a couple of very little games, because we just had a lot of family business going on around this time. We discuss a solo game about surviving a zombie apocalypse in the dead of winter, and another one about being word wizards exploring a lexicon library. Merry festive times to all!

System Mastery 241 – Kill Puppies for Satan

No more Sweater Weather? Guess it’s time for edgy fucked up December. Who wants to be nice to people and solve teddy bear ouchies when you can cram a firecracker in a frog or whatever as a member of Satan’s grimiest little volunteer militia.

System Mastery 240 – Threadbare

If you haven’t played as a bear with a clothes hangar for one arm that has to help solve the mystery of where Starscream’s left wing went, have you really lived? Threadbare is a PBTA game in the stitchpunk genre (more on that within) all about survival, adaptation, and purpose, and it can be played with absolutely no combat so hey, it’s perfect, because Sweater Weather isn’t over yet!