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by endzeitgeist · Published May 6, 2020
No Salvation for Witches (OSR) (Patreon Request) This module clocks in at 68 pages, 1 page front cover, 1 page editorial, 2 pages of quote/preface, 1 page ToC, 1 page back cover, leaving us with 62 pages of content, laid out in the usual 6’’ by 9’’(A5) booklet-format, so let’s take a look! This review was requested by one...
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by endzeitgeist · Published February 8, 2019
ViewScream 2nd Edition (Unique Game) All right, and now for something COMPLETELY different! So, the first thing you’ll notice when opening this, is that it’s not just one file – it’s a ton of them! And there’s a reason for that! ViewScream is basically a rules-lite science fiction-horror game that fills a unique niche. This is a horror game, and...
Dear readers! Turns out I am not alone among the folks who really loved Rafael Chandler’s monster books! Keith Davies of Echelon Game Design has written a couple of articles on the Teratic Tome! Here you can find his conclusions, from a designer’s perspective, on what you can take away from the Teratic Tome regarding monster design: LINK...
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by endzeitgeist · Published August 1, 2018
Lusus Naturae (OSR) This massive bestiary clocks in at 136 pages,1 page logos, 1 page editorial, 2 pages of backer-thank you,1 page ToC, 2 pages of advertisement, 1 page SRD, leaving us with 128 pages of content, so let’s take a look! This review was requested by one of my patreons, to be undertaken at my leisure. Or,...
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by endzeitgeist · Published August 11, 2017
Narcosa (OSR) This massive book clocks in at 108 pages, 1 page editorial, 2 pages of ToC, 1 page weird glyphs, leaving us with 104 pages of content. The full-color cover artwork is included as a jpg and the scale-less map is also included thus. I own the softcover print version of this book, which sports the map as a...
Bad Myrmidon (OSR) This module clocks in at 52 pages, 1 page editorial, 2 pages of SRD, 1 page encouragement, leaving us with 48 pages of content. These have been formatted for booklet-size (A5 or, approximately 6” by 9”), which means you can fit up to 4 pages on a given sheet of paper. I tried it and the text...
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by endzeitgeist · Published April 15, 2017
SlaughterGrid (OSR) This module clocks in at 48 pages, 1 page front cover, 1 page editorial/ToC, 1 page inspirational music (which partially reads like a metal playlist I’d make – including favorites of mine like Amorphis, Enslaved, Nile and Shape of Despair – metalheads, check it out!), 2 pages of advertisement, 2 pages of SRD, leaving us with 41 pages...
Teratic Tome (OSR) The pdf of this massive book clocks in at 118 pages, 2 pages of editorial, 1 alphabetical list of monsters, 2 pages of art-credit, 1 page author bio, 2 pages of SRD, leaving us with a massive 110 pages of content. My review is mostly based on the hardcover print version, but more on that in the...
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by endzeitgeist · Published January 23, 2017
Obscene Serpent Religion (OSR) This little pdf clocks in at 32 pages, 1 page front cover, 1 page editorial, 1 page ToC, 1 page advertisement, leaving us with 28 pages of content, so let’s take a look! All right, the trope of the serpent cult is probably one of the oldest and most tired ones out there; throughout the...
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by endzeitgeist · Published January 20, 2017
The Starship from Hell (system-neutral) This pdf clocks in at 44 pages, 1 page editorial, 1 page ToC, 3 pages of advertisement, leaving us with 39 pages of content, though these are formatted for the A5 (” by 9”)-size, which means you can comfortable fit 4 of these pages on a given sheet of A4/US-letterpack paper, making printing this out...
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