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An RPG rundown; recommendations and reviews of the best role-playing games on the market.

Wake Up (Escape From Tarkov Short Story)
Do you ever just..... wonder? How it all went down? How it all could’ve been so different? I do. I do everyday. I’m here, alone; things have only gotten worse. Terragroup's mission was a success; whatever it might've been.
By Jirasu4 years ago in Gamers
What is Your RPG Character's Theme Song?
Creating a character for a roleplaying game can be tough. In addition to their species, attributes, skills, special abilities, templates, and all the other mechanical considerations, you then have to breathe life into them to make them feel like a real person. Everything from a family history, to a list of personal desires and motivations, to hopes, fears, and personality quirks needs to be mixed together in order to create a unique, memorable individual who's just as much fun to play as they are to play with.
By Neal Litherland4 years ago in Gamers
It's not II at least?
I have to start off by saying that no Dragon Quest game is really that bad. (II, not even you) However there are certainly better and worse DQ titles and I think this one falls into the latter.
By John Eva4 years ago in Gamers
How To Build The Mandalorian in The Pathfinder RPG
A lone gunman who takes the hardest jobs, and who always delivers. A dedicated protector who will stop at nothing to ensure the safety of a foundling. A man with a code in a galaxy in turmoil where everything is up for sale to the highest bidder. Bounty hunting is a complicated profession.
By Neal Litherland4 years ago in Gamers
Lighthouse in Tarkov: How is it?
Lighthouse has been out for some time now. As the newest map added to Tarkov, how does it fair to the other maps? How does it feel to play as a PMC and a scav? Is it worth playing at all? The design itself is awesome. Especially when you take a look at the map’s layout. It makes so much sense; it feels good to move and navigate around this coastal town with shales, sunken villages, and a water treatment plant that’s not accessible under traditional circumstances. That being said, right out the gate, the spawns are... rough. At least as a PMC. And here I was thinking Interchange was awful. Because the map is longer and closer to the shape of a rectangle, rather than something like a square, spawns are usually on either the east or west sides of the map. Next to each other.... with varying levels of elevation. Yeah, you can kind of see where this is going. It leads to very quick back to stash situations, compounded if you spawn on the coast line. While certainly a very somber and peaceful scene, the shore has points of interest. And the most notable, the actual lighthouse itself, is not currently accessible to us. Which, we knew going into this wipe. When it will become open for us to explore and finally see our first real, in-game trader, we don’t know. I would expect this year, but let’s not be too optimistic, shall we?
By Jirasu4 years ago in Gamers
How To Ruin a Promising LARP in 3 Easy Steps
For readers who don't know me, I like to consider myself a fairly big LARPer. While I've tried a little bit of everything, one of my absolute favorite games is Changeling: The Lost. It's varied enough to allow you to play nearly any concept you can think of, and the tone can run the gamut from dark and terrifying, to whimsical and haunting.
By Neal Litherland4 years ago in Gamers
Pixelated Romance
Roleplaying video games are highly popular and successful. Each title has elements in common, such as a well-driven story, interesting characters that have depth, smooth game play, and sex and romance. Yes, sex too.
By Rae Forrand4 years ago in Gamers
The Untouchable. Top Story - January 2022.
She moved silently through the shadows of the city, unseen by all. Her breath was ragged beneath her stained, green cloak, and the burden over her shoulder strained her muscles. It wasn't the largest she'd carried on her duties, but it had been some time since she'd had to take one this large on her own. Finally she came to the blue lantern atop the low bridge... the one that marked the Blackwater Crossing.
By Neal Litherland4 years ago in Gamers
Design Principles from the Father of Final Fantasy
It is quite evident that Miyamoto’s masterful work on the Mario series established two-dimensional side-scrolling platformers as an industry staple, for instance. Following into the early 1990s, engineer and industry visionary John Carmack soon became the brainchild of the first-person shooter for his work on DOOM with the genre’s first major evolution soon taking place with Gabe Newell’s Half-Life.
By Arbiter Writing4 years ago in Gamers
5 Characters Players Want In MHA: Strongest Hero (Round 3)
To all of my readers who are aware of the fact that I've already written two articles about this subject, in case you were wondering... no I am not finished expressing my desires just yet. If you're a fan of the My Hero Academia series or manga then you should already be aware of the abundance of unique and interesting characters that exist within it. Now if you are an extremist fan like I am then you might also be aware of the videogame My Hero Academia: Strongest Hero, which was released on mobile devices. For those who aren't, it's pretty much a role-playing game based on the series and players have the ability to unlock some of the most popular characters to join their hero agency and help take down villains.
By Carlos Guerra4 years ago in Gamers
12.12 for Tarkov is out; how is it?
Now that patch 12.12 for Tarkov has been out for a couple weeks, combined with the Twitch Drops event just starting, it makes sense now to have a discussion about the state of the game and what the general consensus is with how this patch feels, plays, and the overall outlook for the game is.
By Jirasu4 years ago in Gamers
Game Masters Shouldn't Leave Players Twisting in The Breeze
I've been a gamer for many years now, and over that time I've accumulated a list of red flags that I keep a close eye on whenever I'm thinking about joining a new game. This particular story happened at a Werewolf: The Apocalypse LARP I was part of, and it is a perfect illustration of one of the bigger warning signs that a lot of folks don't keep an eye out for.
By Neal Litherland4 years ago in Gamers