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Reviews

Review: Bedlam in Neverwinter
Review: Raiders of the Serpent Sea – Player’s Guide
Review: The Shattered Obelisk
Review: Alice is Missing
Review: Dragons of Stormwreck Isle
Review: D&D Essentials Kit
Review: D&D Starter Set (2014)
Review: Suppressed Transmission
Review: The Persephone Extraction
Review: The Zalozhniy Quartet
Review: Night’s Black Agents
Video Review: Candela Obscura Quickstart
Review: Shadow of the Dragon Queen
Review: D&D – Honor Among Thieves
Review: Journeys Through the Radiant Citadel
Review: Gardens of Ynn & Stygian Library
Review: Call of the Netherdeep
Review: Ptolus – City of Adventure
Review: Candlekeep Mysteries
Review: Descent Into Avernus
Review: Stealing the Throne
Review: Storm King’s Thunder
Review: Brindlewood Bay
Review: Legacy of the Crystal Shard
Capsule Reviews – Adventurers League
DMs Guild – Rhodarin Avernus Capsule Reviews
DMs Guild Capsule Reviews IV
DMs Guild – Avernus Capsule Reviews III
Review: Icewind Dale – Rime of the Frostmaiden
Review: Ultraviolet Grasslands
DMs Guild – More Avernus Capsule Reviews
DMs Guild – Avernus Capsule Reviews
Review: The Quiet Year
The Rise of Skywalker – A Critique
Review: A Talent for War by Jack McDevitt
Review: Death’s Heretic by James L. Sutter
Review: Dragon Heist
Review: New Angeles
Review: The Strange Supplements
Review: Cthulhu City
The Last Jedi – A Reflection and Critique
Review: The Strange – Strange Revelations
Review: Tales from the Loop
The End of Watchmen
A Very Brief Review of Chobits
Review: Ten Candles
Review: Superman vs. Batman – Dawn of Justice
Review: Numenera – Weird Discoveries
Review: Star Wars – Force and Destiny
Review: End of the World – Zombie Apocalypse
Review: Hoard of the Dragon Queen
Hugo Reviews 2014: John W. Campbell Awards
Hugo Reviews 2014: Best Dramatic Presentation (Short Form)
Hugo Reviews 2014: Novellas
Hugo Reviews 2014: Novelettes
Hugo Reviews 2014: Short Stories
Review: Man of Steel
Review: Prometheus – A Litany of Stupid
D&D Next Playtest: First Impressions
Review: 3:16 – Mechanical Failure
Review: Isle of the Unknown
Review: Carcosa
Review: Apocalypse World
Review: D&D Gamma World
Review: The Cape
Review: X-Men – First Class
Review: Portal 2
Review: Castle Ravenloft
Movie Week – The Big Wrap-Up
Movie Week – Iron Man 2
Movie Week – Clash of the Titans
Movie Week – Karate Kid
Movie Week – Prince of Persia
Review: The Halls of the Mountain King
Review: X-Men Origins – Wolverine
Fixing Munchkin Quest
Review: The Clone Wars
Fringe Festival: Closing Weekend
Fringe Festival 2010
Review: Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
Christopher Nolan’s Batman
Review: Keep on the Shadowfell – First Impressions
Go, Speed Racer, Go!
Review: God of War II
Hustling Hustle
Review: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Spoiler-Free)
Review: Harry Potter and the Order of Phoenix
Review: Harry Potter Movies
Pirates of the Caribbean vs. The Matrix
Review: War of the Worlds

Ex-RPGNet REVIEWS

RPGNet and Me

#1: Heavy Gear – The Paxton Gambit
#2: Trinity (The Game Formerly Known as Aeon)
#3: Amber Diceless Roleplay
#4: Immortal
#5: Heavy Gear (2nd Edition)
#6: Heavy Gear – Life on Terra Nova
#7: Knightmare Chess
#8: Twitch
#9: Deadlands – Ghost Dancers
#10: Roborally (Mk 1)
#11: Pivot
#12: Fading Suns
#13: Greyhawk – Return of the Eight
#14: Multiverser
#15: Trinity – Darkness Revealed 1
#16: Killer
#17: Knights of the Dinner Table (Vol. 1)
#18: Trinity – Darkness Revealed 2
#19: Trinity Field Report – Extrasolar Colonies
#20: Final Fantasy VII
#21: Tomb of Horrors
#22: Trinity Field Report – Alien Races
#23: Vampire – Storyteller’s Companion
#24: San Angelo – City of Heroes
#25: Before I Kill You, Mr. Bond…
#26: Feng Shui – Back for Seconds
#27: Feng Shui – Marked for Death
#28: Guillotine
#29: Unknown Armies
#30: Heavy Gear – Life on Terra Nova (2nd Edition)
#31: Heavy Gear – The Making of Universe
#32: Heavy Gear – Crisis of Faith
#33: Heavy Gear – Blood on the Wind
#34: Heavy Gear – Into the Badlands
#35: Heavy Gear – The Duelist’s Handbook
#36: Heavy Gear – The New Breed
#37: Heavy Gear – Character Compendium
#38: Trinity Field Report – Psi Laws
#39: Trinity Field Report – Media
#40: Big Eyes, Small Mouth
#41: DeathDice
#42: Cosmic Wimpout
#43: Extraordinary Adventures of Baron Munchausen
#44: Magic the Gathering Encyclopedia
#45: Multiverser – 1st Book of Worlds
#46: Video Fighter 1: Dragons of Fury
#47: Tekumel
#48: Tekumel – Man of Gold
#48B: Tekumel – Flamesong
#49: Sovereign Stone – Quickstart Rules
#50: Heavy Ordnance
#51: Hogwash
#52: BESM – Big Robots, Cool Starships
#53: Trinity – Darkness Revealed 3
#54: Dragon Magazine – 100 Issue
#55: Sovereign Stone
#56: Falling
#57: Sailor Moon Roleplaying Game
#58: Forgotten Realms – The Accursed Tower
#59: Jovian Chronicles
#60: Jovian Chronicles – Gamemastering Made Easy
#61: Jovian Chronicles – Jovian Blueprint File
#62: Jovian Chronicles – CEGA Blueprint File
#63: Jovian Chronicles – Companion
#64: Jovian Chronicles – Chaos Principle
#65: Go Wild!
#66: The Very Clever Pipe Game
#67: Official John Wick Review Policy
#68: Brawl
#69: Devil Bunny Needs a Ham
#70: Dice Wars
#71: Government Funded Robot Assassins from Hell
#72: Sailor Moon – Character Diaries
#73: The Great Dalmuti
#74: MindTrap
#75: Dragon Magazine Archive
#76: Mao
#77: Puppetland
#78: Settlers of Catan
#79: Power Kill
#80: Sailor Moon – Complete Book of Yoma
#81: Legend of the Five Rings
#82: Games Unplugged #1
#83: Vampire – Fountains of Bright Crimson
#84: Heavy Gear – Life on Caprice
#85: Lighting Strike – Behind the Veil
#86: Heavy Gear – Storyline Books (Part 1)
#87: Three Days to Kill
#88: Orkworld
#89: NeMoren’s Vault
#90: The Wizard’s Amulet
#91: The Black Amulet
#92: Shiki
#93: Usagi Yojimbo
#94: Usagi Yojimbo – Monsters!
#95: The Sunless Citadel
#96: The Fantastic Adventure
#97: Forge – Out of Chaos
#98: AEG Adventure Boosters 1
#99: AEG Adventure Boosters 2
#100: Forge – The Vemora
#101: Tékumel – Flamesong
#102: Spear of Lohgin
#103: City State of the Invincible Overlord
#104: Death in Freeport
#105: Terror in Freeport
#106: Adventure Booster – Crypt of St. Bethesda
#107: Adventure Booster – Out of Body, Out of Mind
#108: Adventure Booster – Jerimund’s Orb
#109: Adventure Booster – Kurishan’s Garden
#110: BESM – Fast Play Rules
#111: BESM – GM Screen
#112: Blue Planet – First Colony
#113: Blue Planet – Fluid Mechanics
#114: Blue Planet – Frontier Justice
#115: Diablo II – To Hell and Back
#116: The Gates of Firestorm Peak
#117: D&D – Speaker in Dreams
#118: D&D – The Standing Stone
#119: The Horror Beneath
#120: The Witchfire Trilogy
#121: Galal’s Grave
#122: Knightmare Chess 2
#123: Mystick – Domination
#124: Ork!
#125: In the Belly of the Beast
#126: The Tide of Years
#127: Points in Space 1
#128: A Lion in the Ropes
#129: The Malady of Kings
#130: Mortality of the Green
#131: A Knight’s Tale
#132: Thieves in the Forest
#133: D&D – The Forge of Fury
#134: D&D Gazetteer
#135: Blue Planet – Player’s Guide
#136: Blue Planet – Moderator’s Guide
#137: Heavy Gear – Black Talon
#138: Heavy Gear – Tactical Space Support
#139: Lejendary Adventures – Beasts of Lejend
#140: Pantheon
#141: Shards of the Stone
#142: Maiden Voyage
#143: Night Below
#144: Murder of the Seven Points
#145: Rappan Athuk 1
#146: Madness in Freeport
#147: HarnWorld
#148: HarnWorld – Azadmere
#149: HarnWorld – Kiraz
#150: Legions of Hell
#151: Heavy Gear – Blueprint File
#152: Bastard #1
#153: Minions – The Fearless Foes
#154: The Pit of Loch-Durnan
#155: Arms & Armor
#156: AD&D – Slavers
#157: Traps & Treachery
#158: D&D – Heart of Nightfang Spire
#159: A1 – Slave Pits of the Undercity
#160: A2 – Secret of the Slavers Stockade
#161: A3 – Assault on the Aerie of the Slave Lords
#162: A4 – In the Dungeons of the Slave Lord
#163: Amazing Engine – Bughunters
#164: GURPS Space
#165: D&D – Deep Horizon
#166: Backdrops
#167: A Song of Ice and Fire

GAMES UNPLUGGED REVIEWS

Review: Enchanted Worlds
Review: Orkworld

GAMING OUTPOST REVIEWS

Review: Enchanted Worlds

WHAT I’M READING

WIR Grading Practices
Definitions of Speculative Fiction
The Five Facets of Speculative Fiction

WIR #1: Nightside City – Lawrence Watt-Evans
WIR #2: The Garden of Iden – Kage Baker
WIR #3: Gods in Darkness – Karl Edward Wagner
WIR #4: Ruby Dynasty Series – Catherine Asaro
WIR #5: Stars My Destination / The Demolished Man – Alfred Bester
WIR #6 – Sky Coyote / Mendoza in Hollywood – Kage Baker
WIR #7: Cyteen – C.J. Cherryh
WIR #8: Archangel Protocol – Lyda Morehouse
WIR #9: Memory – Lois McMaster Bujold
WIR #10: Digital Knight – Ryk E. Spoor
WIR #11: The Warrior’s Apprentice / Cetaganda – Lois McMaster Bujold
WIR #12: The Vor Game – Lois McMaster Bujold
WIR #13: Downbelow Station – C.J. Cherryh
WIR #14: Diplomatic Immunity – Lois McMaster Bujold
WIR #15: A Song of Ice and Fire – George R.R. Martin
WIR #16: The Graveyard Game – Kage Baker
WIR #17: Mote in God’s Eye – Niven/Pournelle
WIR #18: The Gripping Hand – Niven/Pournelle
WIR #19: Ethan of Athos – Lois McMaster Bujold
WIR #20: The Misenchanted Sword – Lawrence Watt-Evans
WIR #21: Diaspora – Greg Egan
WIR #22: Gardens of the Moon – Steven Erikson
WIR #23: Snow Crash – Neal Stephenson
WIR #24: Deadhouse Gates – Steven Erikson
WIR #25: Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser – Fritz Leiber
WIR #26: The Psi Corps Trilogy – J. Gregory Keyes
WIR #27: Komarr / Civil Campaign – Lois McMaster Bujold
WIR #28: Midnight Sun – Karl Edward Wagner
WIR #29: Northwest Smith – C.L. Moore
WIR #30: 40,000 in Gehenna – C.J. Cherryh
WIR #31: Startide Rising – David Brin
WIR #32: The Tank Lords – David Drake
WIR #33: The Myth Novels – Robert Asprin
WIR #34: Unicorn Variations – Roger Zelazny
WIR #35: The Uplift War – David Brin
WIR #36: Merchanter Novels – C.J. Cherryh
WIR #37: Lord of Light – Roger Zelazny
WIR #38: Skylark Series – E.E. “Doc” Smith”
WIR #39: Lensman – E.E. “Doc” Smith (forthcoming)
WIR #40: Star Wars – Thrawn Trilogy
WIR #41: Star Wars – Black Fleet Crisis
WIR #42: Star Wars – The New Rebellion
WIR #43: Star Wars – Shadows of the Empire
WIR #44: Star Wars – Han Solo Trilogy
WIR #45: Star Wars – Corellian Trilogy
WIR #46: The Short Stories of Vernor Vinge
WIR #47: The Early Novels of Vernor Vinge
WIR #48: Across Realtime – Vernor Vinge
WIR #49: A Fire Upon the Deep – Vernor Vinge
WIR #50: A Deepness in the Sky – Vernor Vinge
WIR #51: Rainbows End – Vernor Vinge
WIR #52: Dune – Frank Herbert
WIR #53: Dune Messiah – Frank Herbert
WIR #53A: Quick Shot – Dune Saga
WIR #54: Icewind Dale Trilogy – R.A. Salvatore
WIR #55: The Legacy / Starless Night – R.A. Salvatore
WIR #56: Crestfallen of the Stars
WIR #57: Ringworld Sequels – Larry Niven
WIR #58: Jhereg – Steven Brust
WIR #59: Yendi – Steven Brust
WIR #60: Teckla – Steven Brust
WIR #61: Taltos – Steven Brust
WIR #62: Phoenix – Steven Brust
WIR #63: Athyra – Steven Brust
WIR #64: Orca – Steven Brust
WIR #65: Dragon – Steven Brust
WIR #66: Sign of the Labrys – Margaret St. Clair
WIR #67: Khaavren Romances – Steven Brust
WIR #68: Gateway – Frederik Pohl
WIR #69: Gateway Sequels – Frederik Pohl
WIR #70: The Gateway Trip – Frederik Pohl
WIR #71: Twilight Saga – Stephanie Meyer
WIR #72: Pushing Ice – Alastair Reynolds
WIR #73: The Elfish Gene – Mark Barrowcliffe
WIR #74: Collected Fantasies of Clark Ashston Smith (Vol. 1)
WIR #75: The Lightning Thief – Rick Riordan
WIR #77: Why I Don’t Like Geoff Johns
WIR #77: Halo Novels

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