Free RPG Day Reviews - Part One

Last month we had Free RPG Day, the little brother to Free Comic Book Day. My Friendly Local Game Store, Dave’s Comics, kept one of everything aside for me. I thought I’d review each one, with an eye to how they look, read, ease of use from scratch and if they’re available online in case any of you like the sound of them. As far as the accessibility, pretty much all of these games assume that you have dice, and if you don’t have dice, there’s about a billion dice rolling apps these days, so that won’t be a factor when I look at it, just because it’s present in every game.

A long Time Ago in a Galaxy Far, Far Away........

For the past few years I've exclusively played Blood Bowl.  I've looked at other games occasionally - sidelong, flirtatious glances where I've given them the once over - but nothing has ever really grabbed me.  A lot of it, I'll be honest, is down to having to learn a whole new set of rules and at my age that's never a good thing.  Learning stuff is for young kids and I'm old enough now where I tend to forget more than I take in.  I've also listened to several friends discussing army lists and the various characteristics of their chosen units.  It left me cold.  Numbers and acronyms thrown around like confetti and utterly, utterly impenetrable.  No, it wasn't for me.