About Us

RPGReview is a resource for role playing and simulation gamers, covering table-top, live-action and computer moderated games.

We offer a free journal every quarter, a club listing, mailing lists. We also have a number of second-hand RPGs available for sale.

The icon used by this site is "Arachne" by Gustave Doré, a French artist of the 19th century.

Twenty Fifth Issue: Dungeons & Dragons September 2014

Wed, 10/29/2014 - 03:16 — rpgrev

The twenty-fifth issue of RPG Review has been released. Either download the PDF or read online.

Twenty Third and Twenty Fourth Issue: Different Worlds June 2014

Tue, 07/29/2014 - 12:09 — rpgrev

The twenty-third and twenty-fourth double issue of RPG Review has been released. Either download the PDF or read online.

Twenty Second Issue: The Great Survivors December 2013

Sun, 02/09/2014 - 03:09 — rpgrev

The twenty-second issue of RPG Review has been released. Either download the PDF or read online.

Twenty First Issue: Computers and Roleplaying September 2013

Fri, 10/25/2013 - 22:34 — rpgrev

The twenty-first issue of RPG Review has been released. Either download the PDF or read online.

Twentieth Issue: Monsters and Aliens

Thu, 07/11/2013 - 23:52 — rpgrev

The twentieth issue of RPG Review has been released with the following content:

Administrivia, Editorial, Letters many contributors p2-4
Hot Gossip: Industry News by Wu Mingshi p5
Bunnies & Burroughs by Lev Lafayette p6-11
Alien and Monster Reviews by Lev Lafayette p12-26
Aliens in Eclipse Phase by Martin Tegelj p27-30

Nineteenth Issue: The Apocalypse

Wed, 05/15/2013 - 12:22 — rpgrev

The nineteenth issue of RPG Review has been released with the following content:

Administrivia, Editorial, Letters many contributors p2-3
Hot Gossip: Industry News by Wu Mingshi p4
End of the World (As We Know It) by REM p5
Review of Apocalypse Games by Lev Lafayette p6-23
Twilight 2000 Revisited by Lev Lafayette p24-33

World War III for Twilight 2K: How It Could Have Occurred

Sat, 04/27/2013 - 13:15 — rpgrev

The background assumption is that the 1991 coup [1] in the Soviet Union was a lot more aggressive and successful than the historical version (which lasted two days and led to the breakup of the Soviet Union). In this alternate history a much wider section of the KGB and the Soviet Army backed the coup, and the State Committee on the State of Emergency was able to reunite the Soviet Union with force of arms following a demands by Helmet Kohl (and an increasing military presence) to renegotiate the Polish border from the Oder-Neisse line [2]. Moving rapidly, insurrections also occurred among hardline communists in the former Warsaw pact (such as Intermovement [3] in the Baltics), calling for Soviet intervention. Ignoring international protests, in 1992 the Soviets retook their former territories in the Eastern bloc, despite majority civilian opposition.

Review of Apocalypse Games

Sat, 04/27/2013 - 13:14 — rpgrev

As a setting genre of roleplaying games, the apocalyptic has done moderately well. Indeed, the sheer number of games that have been realeased which can be considered "apocalyptic" is extremely large, although many of these are either small, independent publications that have not gained significant market traction or, as will be revealed, have a tenuous association with the genre. In terms of real history, the term used to mean a revelation. It is certainly the case that the scenarios described in biblical book of Revelations that has led to a contemporary association of the Apocalypse as meaning "End Time". It is this association that people understand the term, and therefore that is what will be used in these descriptions.

Eighteenth Issue Released: Cthulu Mythos

Sat, 02/09/2013 - 21:35 — rpgrev

The eighteenth issue of RPG Review has been released with the following content:

Administrivia, Editorial, Letters many contributors p2-3
Valedictions, Lynn Willis The Chaosium p4
Hot Gossip: Industry News by Wu Mingshi p5
Three Cthulhu System Reviews by Lev Lafayette p6-17
Variant Cthulhu Settings by Lev Lafayette p18-30
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