Ep.43 Scratching the Rules Itch

In this episode we have a roundtable discussion about what we like in our rules, from light to heavy, narrative games, and generally what scratches our rules itch best.

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Ep. 17 Blood and Honor Review

I review Blood and Honor, the samurai game by John Wick, in the audio version of this classic review.

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Original Review

Blood in the Black Notes

Blood and Honor - Actual Play Review

This time I'd like to tell you all about a game that has a particular charm for me, John Wick's Blood and Honor. This samurai game is basically John's answer to the years he spent on Legend of the Five Rings following his publishing of Houses of the Blooded.

Houses of the Blooded was touted as an answer to D&D. I think really it was a call for everything in a game world to have the kind of polish embellished love that combat is afforded. I loved that message, and the clean mechanics that went along with it. The thing that rankled me a bit was