Category: Reviews
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Con Report: Arisia 2020
The Happy Monsters made their way to Arisia in Boston once again this year for a weekend full of Savage fun. Friday afternoon saw Joy’s first chance for figure drawing (Arisia had two panels specifically for artists to practice their craft) and Scott’s chance to hit the Dealer Room. At 7, Scott and Joy joined…
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The Wild Die Reviews Legion of Liberty!
The gents of The Wild Die Podcast released a review of Legion of Liberty: Superheroes of 1776 today! Lots of great feedback to incorporate in the upcoming Children of the Apocalypse 2nd Edition and Relics and Rayguns. Listen here!
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Review: Ta-Da! by CMON Games
Sometimes at the end of your game night, you want a quick game to wrap things up and let everyone leave on a high note. Or, you might need a quick game you can play in 10-15 minutes to fill in between rounds of massive Eurogames or strategic battles. Ta-Da! from CMON is perfect for…
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Review: Savage RIFTS SWADE Updates
The finalized versions of the new Savage Worlds Adventure Edition (SWADE)-compatible Savage RIFTS books just dropped, so I thought I’d give my impressions. The current Savage RIFTS campaign running on the Happy MonsterCast started with homebrew adaptations, but as soon as the playtest documents dropped, I started using those. Updates to Existing Material Of course,…
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Legion of Liberty on The Wild Die
Legion of Liberty: Superheroes of 1776 gets a shout-out on Episode 81 of the Wild Die Podcast! Listen here!
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Review – Tiny Epic Zombies
If you ever wanted a game where your pink meeple, armed with a crowbar and an assault rifle, could ride a motorcycle through the walls of a shopping mall killing zombies… then your name is probably Scott Almes, designer of Tiny Epic Zombies by Gamelyn Games. Tiny Epic Zombies is a 1-5 player game that takes about 30-45…
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Children of the Apocalypse – Review and New Adventure
Recently, the Wild Die podcast reviewed the Children of the Apocalypse setting book. I thoroughly enjoyed the review (presented below), and thought that the Wild Die crew had some great ideas for adventures. The result is the new Pay-What-You-Want adventure Disks of Chaos, which follows the adventures of Sir Dave (“It’s pronounced dah-VEY”) Bearington as he attempts to secure these powerful artifacts…
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Savage Worlds Setting Review: Titan Effect
If you like the idea of the Secret Avengers and love conspiracy theories, Titan Effect (by Knight Errant Media) might be the Savage setting for you! Titan Effect is a modern-era covert operations setting with superpowered agents throwing down for control of the future of humanity. I backed the Kickstarter and received the final setting PDF recently, so…
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Children of the Apocalypse Review on the Wild Die
Manuel reviews the Children of the Apocalypse setting book on the Wild Die Podcast.
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Review – Necessary Evil
Since I’m working on my own superhero setting, I thought I would check out one of the classic settings from Pinnacle, Necessary Evil. In this setting, aliens have invaded Earth and wiped out almost all of the superheroes – leaving only the supervillains to lead a resistance. The superhero-building rules in Necessary Evil basically mirror those in the…