J.L. Duncan

J.L. Duncan is an avid RPG hobbyist, and writes reviews. His site is Within The Dungeon.

Review: Fragged Empire

 Posted by on September 22, 2017  Filed as: Reviews  No Responses »  Topic(s):
Sep 222017
 
Review:  Fragged Empire

A concession of middle age, but I’m finally starting to warm up to space opera or, science fantasy themed RPGs. I’m still yet to delve into the major IPs. I haven’t read any RPG version of Star Wars, nor did Star Trek ever make it to my table. I’ve played Traveller twice. Admittedly, it’s taken awhile. While the excitement about Paizo’s recent release of Starfinder [Read the article]

Aug 072017
 
Review - Deadly Trappings (77 system-neutral traps for you)

Deadly Trappings By Kenzer & Company 82 pages (PDF) This review starts with a gamer admission as well as a disclosure, and the gawds of the many faced dice, demand my confession. First, I have a long-standing and serious love/hate relationship in regards to dungeon trap manuals and RPG trap rules/guidelines. This is the first section of any new dungeon fantasy RPG I go to. [Read the article]

Review: Alpha Blue

 Posted by on July 28, 2017  Filed as: Reviews  2 Responses »  Topic(s):
Jul 282017
 
Review:  Alpha Blue

In the vast expanse of the interwebs, a roleplaying game titled Alpha Blue was successfully funded October 2015 via Kickstarter for $4.5K internet bucks. The book was up for general sale in the adult section with Onebookshelf (OBS: drivethrurpg & rpgnow) in December the same year. In March 2016, the title was pulled from OBS for “potentially offensive” content (customer complaint), but after an in-house [Read the article]