“Buy less, choose well, make it last.” – Vivienne Westwood
Last update: March 2025.
I buy a lot of RPG stuff, and often review it; but what I use on a regular basis, years later, is the best guide I can offer to what I think is worth getting.
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Savage Worlds by Pinnacle Entertainment. Low-prep, multi-genre RPG, best suited to pulp action-adventure stories; my go-to RPG since 2008. Worthwhile third-party add-ons: The Scheme Pyramid by Wine and Savages; Modern Traps and Obstacles and Trader Voyages, both by Veiled Fury Entertainment.
The Traveller Map. So much better than anything I could create that it's embarrassing. My default starmap since 2020.
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- 5150 by Two Hour Wargames. Solo space opera. (2012-2022).
- All Things Zombie, by Two Hour Wargames but now available from Rebel Minis Press. Solo zombie apocalypse. (2009-2025).
- The Dracula Dossier by Pelgrane Press. Epic campaign for Night’s Black Agents, though I used SWADE; superspies vs vampires in contemporary Europe. (2022-2024).
- The Pirates of Drinax by Mongoose Publishing. Outstanding Traveller campaign and sandbox (2020-2022).
- Original D&D – yes, the White Box edition. (1976-2024, same campaign throughout).
