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System Mastery 329 – Jukebox

Hey how about we let Jon pick a game, that’s what I said. And then of course the moment I said okay we get a game with a karaoke mechanic.

System Mastery 328 – Heavy Metal Thunder Mouse

I still can’t remember if this is our first FATE game or not, I think it might be? It’s about mice, that are bikers. There’s also frogs and stuff. It’s fun. Let’s talk about it.

System Mastery 327 – Alternity

Sci-fi, TSR style. I can’t figure out why I thought this would be D&D based, maybe because it came out so late in the TSR lifecycle that I thought it was WOTC? Anyway, it’s certainly interesting to talk about!

System Mastery 326 – Ryuutama

Okay at this point I think it’s starting to get obvious that the two of us are down with the cozy games. This one is cute as heck. Get on a little journey. Jef is only moderately puzzled by some decisions!

System Mastery 325 – Root RPG

Sure it’s PBTA but really we want to talk about the rare-ish process by which specifically board games become specifically RPGs. Plus these animals kill each other and are cute.

System Mastery 324 – Zenescope Presents: Age of Darkness RPG

Sure it’s PBTA but really we want to talk about the rare-ish process by which specifically board games become specifically RPGs. Plus these animals kill each other and are cute.

System Mastery 324 – Zenescope Presents: Age of Darkness RPG

Western boob comics! Remember these? They’ve long since supplanted by that single mega milk manga image, you know the one. Anyway somewhere between the original Vampirella and that, there were a bevy of buxom comics companies that made titles like Gen13, Red Sonja, Danger Girl, and more. And also Zenescope. Never heard of them? Well strap in friends, because these mammary merchants done made themselves an RPG a while ago.

Note: This episode, featuring two Announcement Masteries, will otherwise be presented ad-free. But hey, speaking of those:

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System Mastery 323 – Dragonbane

Let’s take a look at a game out of Sweden, née as Drakar Och Demoner, a classic dungeon crawl game with fairly simple mechanics, sleek layout, and pretty nice art. But does it have enough other stuff to get to good? Well, let’s talk it out.

System Mastery 322 – Incursion

Find out which one of us gets mad enough to break the no research rule as we dive in to discuss this game of alien abduction and intergalactic comedy exploration from the far off year of 1992.

System Mastery 321 – Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai

Just one of your everyday run of the mill licensed games made out of Jim Jarmusch movies. Can’t tell you how sick I am of playing Palladium’s version of Down By Law.