Dragon Warriors was my first ever RPG (not counting the homebrew system a young-me invented with buckets of d6 and Star Wars figures!). I’m not alone; thousands of gamers in the UK and, well, outside of the US have this 1985 classic as their first roleplaing experience. The game was written by Dave Morris and […]
Interview with RPG designer James Desborough
James Desborough runs Postmortem Studios and is a self-employed games designer. This month Desborough finds himself in a whirlwind of attention when a petition against him urged Mongoose Publishing to drop his work. That petition used to be available here but now redirects here and has transformed into a petition to Steve Jackson Games to […]
Jimmy Swill’s Wayfarers interview
Ye Olde Gaming Companye has a RPG on the way. Wayfarers is a sword and sorcery style RPG and is being published in conjunction with Mongoose. The game is not yet out but you can sign up for a pre-order today. Jimmy Swill is a co-founder of YOGC and has kindly agreed to do Q&A […]
The Quintessential Fighter II
Game: The Quintessential Fighter II Publisher: Mongoose Publishing Series: d20 Reviewer: Wyrdmaster Review Dated: 25th, February 2004 Reviewer’s Rating: 7/10 [ Good ] Total Score: 7 Average Score: 7.00 This isn’t just a review of the second Quintessential Fighter, oh no, this is a review of The Quintessential Fighter II … Book One. There […]
The Quintessential Sorcerer
Game: The Quintessential Sorcerer Publisher: Mongoose Publishing Series: d20 Reviewer: Wyrdmaster Review Dated: 8th, August 2003 Reviewer’s Rating: 7/10 [ Good ] Total Score: 7 Average Score: 7.00 The Quintessential Sorcerer was one of those books that were due out round about the release date for D&D 3.5. Mongoose Publishing did the sensible thing […]
The Quintessential Bard
Game: The Quintessential Bard Publisher: Mongoose Publishing Series: d20 Reviewer: Wyrdmaster Review Dated: 31st, May 2003 Reviewer’s Rating: 8/10 [ Really good ] Total Score: 24 Average Score: 6.00 The Collector Series from Mongoose Publishing has done well to follow the style first introduced in the Quintessential Fighter (book one) and yet remain flexible […]
Encyclopaedia Arcane: Crossbreeding
Game: Encyclopaedia Arcane: CrossbreedingPublisher: Mongoose PublishingSeries: d20Reviewer: WyrdmasterReview Dated: 1st, April 2003Reviewer’s Rating: 7/10 [ Good ]Total Score: 18Average Score: 6.00 Crossbreeding: Flesh and Blood starts to move the emphasis from the “arcane” to the “encyclopaedia” in Mongoose’s Encyclopaedia Arcane series. The last half of the book is a bestiary, an encyclopaedia if you […]
The Quintessential Psion
Game: The Quintessential Psion Publisher: Mongoose Publishing Series: d20 Reviewer: Wyrdmaster Review Dated: 4th, March 2003 Reviewer’s Rating: 7/10 [ Good ] Total Score: 16 Average Score: 8.00 If you’re looking for a friendly, classic, heroic fantasy supplement for the Psion then the Quintessential Psion is not for you. If you have been after […]
The Quintessential Paladin
Game: The Quintessential Paladin Publisher: Mongoose Publishing Series: d20 Reviewer: Wyrdmaster Review Dated: 6th, February 2003 Reviewer’s Rating: 7/10 [ Good ] Total Score: 7 Average Score: 7.00 It says at the start of the Character Concepts chapter that at first sight the Paladin appears to be a narrow class. It says at the […]
The Quintessential Samurai
Game: The Quintessential Samurai Publisher: Mongoose Publishing Series: d20 Reviewer: Wyrdmaster Review Dated: 22nd, December 2002 Reviewer’s Rating: 9/10 [ Something special ] Total Score: 20 Average Score: 6.67 My first reaction to the Quintessential Samurai was an overwhelming “Eh?”. I hadn’t read it. I hadn’t even opened the book. I was wondering why […]
