Lestrades_Game

 This is a play perspective rather than a book review. The majority of RPG 'reviews' are really book reviews and are generally not that helpful. Do you like pretty art? Do you expect chapters on character generation and background lore? Yes you will like this game, and almost every other RPG in print. I've played a few sessions of the One Ring with a fairly novice GM and skimmed the rule book. All sessions have been online. Its OK., there's your summary.  I'll layout my sandbox, then give the negatives and end with the positives in case anyone reads this wanting to justify their purchase, or future purchase. I have a wargamer mindset. This does not mean I think every game should have a CRT or crunchy minis rules for combat, quite the opposite, but it does mean I expect there to be a strategy game in an RPG book, and one that a GM of modest ability can bring out. My view is that the vast majority of RPG products completely fail to achieve what Gygax and Arneson did i...

 I have let this blog die twice, but I feel motivated to post through 2023 after a 4 year hiatus. So once again poor grammar and spelling will abound. If I get 6 posts done across the year that's a success, if I exceed 12 that's great.  - I am not really playing many wargames, so I can't really blog about them. I have played Caesar Rome vs Gaul from GMT in 2020. It was good but I've only played it once. I also played a game of Next War Poland, and  I played a COIN game Colonial Twilight. These were all fun in their manner but not exactly the basis for regular blog posting. - I am reading a fair amount, so I will post about the novels I read. I will try and comment on how they relate to gaming diversions. - I am reading RPG books, so I will post on some of them - I am playing some RPGs, can write about them - I occasionally run RPGs. I write far more material than I run, which is what you are not supposed to do but I suspect many do. I may post about this.