Chris Birch, co-founder of Modiphius Entertainment, joins us to talk about his company’s upcoming slate of games including the hopepunk scifi game Dreams and Machines and the Roman Empire-era Cohors Cthulhu (a prequel to their popular Achtung Cthulhu! role-playing game). We also discuss Modiphius’ Via Modiphius and other programs to foster and promote upcoming RPG …
The Lair of Secrets – or more specifically, me! – will be running events at MEPACon Fall 2023. The convention runs October 20-22, 2023 at the SureStay Plus Hotel in Bethlehem, Pa. Bethlehem is located in the eastern part of the state, in the Lehigh Valley – it’s about 90 minutes west of New York …
Our Savage Worlds Actual Play campaign is Sundered Horizons: Navigating the Nexus. It’s our current Side Passage – the game we play when our main campaign (currently Cyberpunk RED) can’t be run for some reason. Chapters Cast of Characters Alaric Lockwood (Chris Miller) Alaric is a renowned explorer and cartographer for the Empire before the …
Welcome to the primer for our Cyberpunk RED actual play campaign! This page provides an overview of the campaign and its characters, an episode list, and links to a variety of Cyberpunk RED resources. Note: R. Talsorian provided review copies of the Cyberpunk RED and several of its supplements for this game. Bouncyrock Entertainment provided review copies …
Cybepunk RED screamsheets are the equivalent of newspapers in the dark future. Published on flimsy plastic sheets, these dynamic sheets tell the story (or the rumors) of Night City and other urban realms. As an role-playing game tool, they can help recount the players’ own adventures while revealing the deeper story of the your campaign …
I truly enjoy playing role-playing games. I truly enjoy running role-playing games. For the last decade, I’ve often found myself in the GM’s chair, crafting narratives and orchestrating encounters for my fellow gamers. As fun as this role can be, I’ve often missed being a player, navigating through the trials and tribulations of a carefully …
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Cyberpunk RED – the fourth edition of R. Talsorian Games’ signature role-playing game – inherited a rich history and loyal following from its predecessors. As Lair of Secrets geared up for our campaign, we went looking for – and found – a ton of links dedicated to advice, preparation, cartography, and battle maps. Have suggestions for this …
Owlbear Rodeo is a straightforward virtual tabletop (VTT) for role-playing games. A low-frills alternative to VTTs like Roll20 and Foundry, the web application is designed to have you up and running in minutes. A new version, Owlbear Rodeo 2.0, is currently in beta; for this review, we’re looking at the original application. A Straightforward Virtual Tabletop …
The entrance to the Lair of Secrets needs some work. It is currently just a dry and dusty crack in the hillside. Inside the space behind the crack are the battered stainless steel doors of an old elevator.
Gaslands Refueled is a miniature car combat game inspired by Death Race and Mad Max, in which Matchbox cars packed with deadly arsenals tear around tabletop race tracks. We first talked about it back in Season 1, Episode 20, when David played it with his family.vMore than a year later, I got to play the game by …
