Hack100 is a tabletop role-playing game system in which characters can be created in minutes and the vast majority of in-game actions are covered by around a dozen, rather than dozens of, skills. It is also very flexible, eschewing standard lists of professions, skills, powers and monsters in favour of a freeform, collaborative approach. It is a ge…

FIST: Ultra Edition is a tabletop roleplaying game about paranormal mercenaries doing the tough jobs no one else can. In the game, you belong to a legendary rogue mercenary unit called FIST. You are a soldier of fortune who doesn’t fit into modern society. You are a disposable gun for hire, caught up in the death and destruction of pointless proxy …

A one-shot tabletop RPG for up to six players (and one GM); where you play orcs trying to infiltrate a human infested city and abduct Prince Theodore Holstein. The rules are written with an eye to make them easy to pick up and learn, and encourage stupid plans and wild distractions, so it's a great game for cons - or just to keep on your shelf if y…

The Monster Overhaul is a massive Role Playing Game bestiary designed for at-table utility. Monsters are presented alongside useful tools, ready for immediate use in any scenario. This 336 page book contains: 200+ Monsters, 160+ Pieces of original art. 20+ Maps, Random encounter tables, indexes, and a host of other useful tools. Drivethru: https://…

The 5th Edition - B/X hybrid, 5B applies OSR principles of play to a ruleset compatible with 5e D&D material. Including: Four Classes (Fighter, Thief, Cleric, Magic-User) XP for Gold Safety Tools Creature Reactions/Morale Theatre of the Mind Measurements On-the-Fly Roll-to-Cast Spells Slimmed Down 3-Volume Format Lots of examples https://www.drivet…

Shadowdark RPG is what old-school fantasy gaming would look like after being redesigned with 50 years of innovation. The game is fast, familiar, intuitive, and deadly. It’s built for sword-and-sorcery adventures where fell monsters slither in darkness and frosty gems glint upon forgotten thrones, waiting to be discovered. https://www.thearcanelibra…

We begin with a follow up to last week's episode with more research into why Denise Crosby (Tasha Yar) left. Because I am not buying the party line here, and find out the departure of this nepo-baby was not quite as the PR made it out to be. Things were not adding up last week and I get some much needed closure. Thank you to Den of Geek for providi…

You guys, TASHA YAR DIES IN THIS ONE. Like game over, no resurrection, straight up dead. I was not prepared for this, I knew the character was being taken out of the series but I assumed her character was getting transferred to like the more competent ship that Starfleet doesn't have a camera crew on! NOT COOL, TNG. Oh, and making her death even wo…

Space Aces is an homage to an undying love of happy, hopeful, & campy Sci Fi. A modular, lightweight, optimistic sci-fi tabletop adventure game toolbox for GM-led groups, co-op & solo play. Packed with over 75 tables, oracles & procedural generators for creating near-endless light-hearted rollicking romps through space a la Star Trek meets Futurama…

Ok guys, you're in for a treat, Dave did this week's episode description as he doesn't remember this one that well: This week the Prime Directive is suddenly a thing again as the Enterprise sets out to study a super cool star with a weirdly changing magnetic whatevers. The ship gets all friggin' bluey on them because no one thought powerful magneti…

So yet again, a Starfleet ship has gone missing. I mean at this point can they like budget in some Airtags or SOMETHING because this is really starting to look bad on Starfleet. How do you keep "losing ships?" Moreover, how do you keep losing all of the hundreds of people that were on the missing ship and are so blasé about it? I am embarrassed for…

Sorry for the hiatus last week, y'all. Family stuff came up! Anyhow, we're back, and I am as confused as ever because don't these people live and work together like 24/7, pretty much 365 days a year? If so, they really need to work on their interpersonal communication because damn do they not know each other well. Like do some trust falls, or a Rop…

Through The Void is a minimalist OSR (Old School Renaissance) inspired RPG for 1-7 players by Tony Vasinda and the Plus One Team. The core rules of the game fit on 1 sheet of paper. Explore abandoned asteroid mines, hulking relics of the solar wars, and lunar labs. Through The Void provides the characters sheets, rules, and procedures you need to b…

This episode debuts Wesley's new haircut, which looks terrible. I guess the ship barber doesn't care for his nepo status. Sick burn, barber, totally support your decision making. Speaking of blowing Wesley out of the airlock, it's his time to shine as he's going to take this insanely inconsistent and irritating entrance exam to Starfleet. Good luck…

Well if y'all have watched that documentary on Biosphere 2, you know how this episode ends. If you haven't, here's what you should know. Sealing 4 people up in a terraforming base that could be on that "Tiny House" show is a bad idea, especially when one of the actors moonlights as...a Bond KGB antagonist! Just to be clear though he's not in the KG…

A review of 13th Age. In the 13th Age of the world, adventurers seek their fortunes in the Dragon Empire while powerful individuals known as Icons pursue goals that may preserve the empire from chaos, or send it over the edge. It combines the best parts of traditional d20-rolling fantasy gaming with new story-focused rules. Pelgrane Press: https://…

Well we got a doozy this week. This is a pretty middle of the road episode, gotta say. Long story short, a childless planet kidnaps a few kids off of the Enterprise, including Wesley (they have kidnapper's remorse like immediately) but I guess it's bad manners to return kidnapped kids so they're just stuck with him? No one seems to understand radia…

So we have this dude in super terrible prosthetics who is like in his mid 20s pretending to be 100 and it takes you out of the episode right away. I mean, these are really embarrassing prosthetics. I'm guessing the make up dude responsible for them was just dumped by his significant other and was just phoning it in that week. It's bad. And they for…

Well well well, this is exactly why Starfleet needs to update their IT staff and not make them as disposable as Singh, because then episodes like this wouldn't happen. The Enterprise stops by a space base for some R & R and software updates to make the holodeck a little bit less murdery only for it to go awry when the software starts acting crazy! …

Hi guys, so Dave is sick with a stomach flu and yet again we've been foiled by our own weak human blob bodies. We wanted to do something to celebrate hitting 3,750 downloads, so we are giving away three custom mugs (including shipping) to the first three people who get the questions asked in this segment correct! You have to be speedy and accurate!…

If you really like left nipples, this is episode is for you! The team visits a matriarchal planet where the women make their men wear navel necks that expose their left nipples. And very tight pants, probs with padding. Because male writers in the 80's totally know what women want to see, so chill ladies, this is for your benefit. But don't worry e…

Honestly though, what are they teaching at Starfleet Academy? Because it's definitely not good leadership. Or empathy. Picard needs to memorize some Hallmark apology cards or something. The crew (not Data) decide to invite themselves to Data's home planet where they poke around his past and bring up a homicidal Data doppelgänger that maybe was left…

Despite depriving his entire crew of some much need free massages and relaxation after the whole "Troi's betrothed jumping ship to chill with ebola Farrah Fawcett," Picard decides he's just too stressed to do his work and instead goes on a selfish adventure in the 1940s on the Holodeck, which apparently is like the Matrix in this episode because if…

VICTORY BASIC is a classic dungeon delving game inspired by original and basic edition fantasy wargames rules. The system is based in part on the Dungeon World roleplaying game published by Sage Kobold Productions. Rules: https://sersavictory.itch.io/victory-basic Cyclic Dungeon Generation: https://sersavictory.itch.io/cyclic-dungeon-generation * *…

Troi's in for a surprise this episode when a disembodied head spewing rubies announces she's about to tie the knot! But things do "knot" go to plan! Which is good, because Troi's betrothed is obsessed with Farrah Fawcett. Riker gets pouty as he ponders the loss of his potential friend with benefits, everyone gets psyched for a visit to a spa planet…

Finally! They give the people (meaning me and apparently a ton of fan fic writers) what we want! Q reappears and sets his sights on hunky hard to get Riker, they have a playful back and forth and Dave cannot convince me this isn't just a massive set up in the form of a "humanity test" just so Q and Riker can have a lovely date together. Also, Starf…

You guys. My (Amara’s) favorite burrito place closed down permanently and we found out an hour before recording this episode, so I’m like at an eleven the entire time, sorry in advance. Picard is dodgy as heck in my book, and Dave and I recorded over two hours of heated debate about Picard and Ferengi relations which is why this episode is a bit ju…

Hold on to your space britches, the crew finds a super sex positive planet and are about to have a wild party when Wesley wesleys and we end up with a political situation, and is a giant beaver dam/c***block. Dr. Crusher pretends to understand mechanical engineering, Riker leers, the poor male aliens in this episode have some major discomfort in th…

So we finally get a South Asian member of the cast and I am totally psyched, but it's short lived. RIP Singh, we hardly knew ye. Palpatine makes a surprise guest appearance, we find out Space Apple Pencils may electrocute you, and the Enterprise gets the White Lotus treatment. Also there is some heavy pro vegan messaging from Riker and Yar in this …

Oh the depths of the writers' room to which they must have descended to write a more irritating character than Wes, in an attempt to make Wes more likeable. Introducing: Space Elon! He works his assistant basically to near death, doesn't actually know what he's talking about, and basically wrecks everything, tearing the social fabric of the Enterpr…

So Dave disagrees, but I am team Ferengi all the way. Listen to the episode and find out why - the Enterprise basically provokes like 90% of the drama. Oh - Zordon makes a surprise cameo from The Power Rangers, and people are just being rude to Data for absolutely no reason! Also Picard gets a little too flag happy. Oh and "Doctor" Crusher doesn't …

YIKES. We recorded an entire episode for "Code of Honor," the episode between "The Naked Now" and "The Last Outpost." We aren't going to say this TNG episode didn't age well, because it should not have been made in the first place! To be honest, it was tough finding the humor in such a crappy episode - that's not just us saying it, Riker's actor ha…

Today we listen to the weirdest episode of Season One, where people are infected with "Polywater" which is some kind of aphrodisiac or confidence booster, like oysters mixed with cocaine? Dave doesn't know, Amara is just along for the ride. We learn what a "wild party" is by Starfleet standards, and spoiler, it's pretty lame and boring. Amara begin…

Join us for the thrilling conclusion of something* something at Farpoint! In which we see a grumpy Levar Burton (probably because his glasses won't let him read books), Riker does not show appropriate deference to Levar which makes me mad as the Reading Rainbow was an important part of my developmental years, Space Hamlet (Q)'s costume budget runs …

In our inaugural episode, we take a journey to Farpoint Station, meet Space Hamlet, Riker's* immaculate hair, Wesley's stupid sweater, Troi's feelings, potential psycho droid Data, colorblind Dr. Crusher, and a really chill guy named Groppler who is toootally not sinister AT ALL, in fact he could make his mark as a weatherman since his name rhymes …

Return to Middle-earth with The Lord of the Rings™ Roleplaying, a brand new adaptation of the works of J.R.R. Tolkien using the rules for 5E. Based on the second edition of The One Ring. Pre-order: https://freeleaguepublishing.com/en/store/?product_id=7820499124482 * * * Website: https://dragonsarereal.bearblog.dev/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com…

Slayers is a tabletop RPG of mercenaries and monster hunters for hire. Known by locals as Slayers, players wander a haunted city, cursed long ago to expand towards the horizon forever. Slayers help clean out the monsters that infest the alleyways and shadows, and those that the city seems to be manifesting on its own Digital version of Slayers: htt…

Oz by author Andrew Kolb is a detailed setting, compatible with 5th Edition. Like Andrew's previous book Neverland a great deal of effort has been put into this book for players and GM's alike. Episode 104 Neverland: https://dragonsarereal.bearblog.dev/104-neverland/ * * * Website: https://dragonsarereal.bearblog.dev/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.c…

A rules-light D6 RPG system that puts creativity over complexity, but delivers a suprising amount of variation and mechanical wiggle. A D6 dice pooling with a few key innovations like boons and banes, strikes instead of hit points and variable damage, and a micro-resource called karma. EZD6: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/397599/EZD6-Core-Rul…

Blood and Gold is a rules-lite tabletop roleplaying game with old school sensibilities combined with modern fluid mechanics. It is Fast to Learn, Fast to the Table, and compatible with content from the 70s through today! Mork Borg: https://jnohr.itch.io/mrk-borg-free Blood & Gold: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/398574/Blood-and-Gold * * * Web…

2400 is a plug-and-play toolkit. It’s not just one RPG, but a series of self-contained modules, easy to slot in or ignore entirely. Each one is 3 pages plus a cover, fitting on two sides of a letter-sized sheet of paper. 2400: https://jasontocci.itch.io/2400 24xx SRD: https://jasontocci.itch.io/24xx Breathless Jam: https://itch.io/jam/breathless-ja…

Breathless is a survival horror role-playing game featuring dreading mechanics. Every skill check brings you one step closer to more dangerous situations. Characters are talented and proactive, but the path that lies in front of them is perilous. They will face difficult tasks, try to catch their breath, scavenge what they can find, and try to get …

Starting off from a Kickstarter in 2021 as Rocket to Russia, the 3,2,1...Action Rule Book is the core rules from that KS, These core rules can be used as the basis for a game with any style you'd like. 3,2,1...Action! Rule Book: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/330233/321Action-Rules--Point-Nemo--How-To-Play-BETA Rocket to Russia: https://www.d…

How to run a Funnel adventure in 5th Edition. 5th Edition Funnel: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/186076/Fifth-Edition-Funnel The OSR Guide to Playing 5e: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/390592/The-OSR-Guide-to-Playing-5e--Module-Included-Playtest * * * Website: https://petejones.neocities.org/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCb…

The final book in the Level Up: Advanced 5e line: Trials and Treasures. Website: https://www.levelup5e.com/ Everyday Heroes blogpost: https://dragonsarereal.substack.com/p/everyday-heroes --- Website: https://petejones.neocities.org/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbgypAEDiIAVeWdj_qZombQ Itch: https://dragonsarereal.itch.io/ Blog: https:…

A look at the new core Awfully Cheerful Engine inspired by the Ghostbusters RPG. DriveThu RPG: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/browse/pub/87/EN-Publishing/subcategory/266_38831/Awfully-Cheerful-Engine Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/enworld/the-awfully-cheerful-engine-an-rpg-of-action-comedy --- Website: https://petejones.neocities.o…

Level Up: Advanced 5e Monsterous Menagerie is the "Monster Manual" for A5E Website: https://www.levelup5e.com/ --- Website: https://petejones.neocities.org/ Itch: https://dragonsarereal.itch.io/ Blog: https://dragonsareral.substack.com/ Email: dragonsarerealpodcast@pm.me OSR Anchorites on Audio Dungeon Discord Server: https://discord.gg/VpRjr3A Mus…

Level Up: Advanced 5e is a standalone 5e tabletop RPG by EnWorld Publishing. Fully compatible with core 5e but adding more depth and variety on the core SRD. Website: https://www.levelup5e.com/ --- Website: https://petejones.neocities.org/ Itch: https://dragonsarereal.itch.io/ Blog: https://dragonsareral.substack.com/ Email: dragonsarerealpodcast@p…

Many have heard of the island of Neverland. Stories of pirates, mermaids and Peter Pan are told by parents around the world to send their children off to a happy, dreaming sleep. But, it’s been a long time since the Darlings first flew to Neverland and a new story is about to be told. Your own. Take a journey into the world of Peter Pan and its mys…

Dark Streets & Darker Secrets is a Street & Sorcery Rules Light Role-Playing Game with an Old School spirit. It’s a game about modern adventures in the world we live today, only with a layer of supernatural weirdness and horro DriveThru: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/266741/Dark-Streets--Darker-Secrets Level Up: 5e Kickstarter https://www.ki…