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System Mastery 310 – Tales from the Floating Vagabond 2e

Part of this job is getting to hold extremely weird things in our hands, things we never expected to be real, and this is certainly one of those times. Three hundred and seven episodes ago we discussed Tales from the Floating Vagabond. Between then and now the author, Lee Garvin, passed away years ago. Now we have the second edition ANYWAY, and it’s neat to hold. Let’s talk about it!

System Mastery 309 – Invisible Sun Lore

Yeah yeah, we did the thing. God knows there was plenty more content. James is still here to help us process all this stuff. Thanks James!

Announcement Mastery
FAR HORIZONS CO-OP, publisher of the San Jenaro Short Games Digests, Brinkwood: Blood of Tyrants, and The Far Horizons Guide to Cults is excited to announce an upcoming Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign for The Far Horizons Guide to Mysterious Locations (late author’s note: This project contains no AI art): https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/falconianproductions/far-horizons-guide-to-mysterious-locations/

System Mastery 308 – Invisible Sun

This is almost certainly the largest product we’ve ever attempted to review! As a result there are some gaps in coverage here. We may yet revisit this game just to do a deep dive on the setting, if there’s interest. Otherwise, welcome to the whimsical world of not quite wizards that is Invisible Sun, recorded twice for various reasons, and featuring our network president James D’Amato, because we like that guy.

System Mastery 307 – Micro Games Roundup 2

Let’s lay out what we’re discussing here this week. It’s three games (in four books) comprising Clever Girl, #Flirt Squad, and Anyone Can Wear The Mask. We love checking in on micro games from time to time, they’re a refreshing change from the elderly tomes we normally peruse.

System Mastery 306 – The Expanse

More TV sci-fi! More TV sci-fi! Actually wait, hold on, this one is based on the books. No TV in here, which is probably for the best, because you guessed it, neither of us watched the show. Is this relatively modern relatively hard sci-fi space game fun? Well let’s find out.

System Mastery 305 – Time Lord

Who loves Doctor Who? Specifically and exclusively any Doctor Who made before 1991? Not us it turns out, though this game is pretty fun! It’s got some neat design ideas and good advice and writing, and also a lot of information about old Doctors.

System Mastery 304 – Runequest (1984)

This is one of the venerable old giants of the fantasy gaming industry. Avalon Hill producing Chaosium’s Runequest. Couldn’t be more classic. But how does it read 40 years later? Let’s all find out together.

Neon City Outlaws!
Go support an awesome game, you’ve got like two days and a late pledge window if you’re lucky! Jef’s been reading it and it’s so good!

System Mastery 302 – Capers

By all account, this is the first ever superhero RPG, but don’t let that fool you, it contains virtually nothing you’d recognize as a superhero game. In fact, it’s wild what it contains. You’ll see.

Mutants From the Archives: Pet Shop Blues Kickstarter! Go support this at once, you!

jk! Games site:
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System Mastery 302 – Capers

Okay the rumors that we like every supers game are scurrilous, devious, and increasingly accurate. This is Capers, and it’s a supers game set in a slightly less socially shitty 1920s, which is a neat thing.

System Mastery 301 – The Arcanum

Hi folks, let’s start up another 300 of these, what do you say? This one is about The Arcanum, an early 80s game that sure seems similar for some reasons (the same reasons they always do? Probably!