Podcast
System Mastery
Hosted by Jef Aldrich and Jon Taylor · EN
Jef and Jon review old roleplaying games
19episodes
Episodes
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323 - Dragonbane
Mar 1901:11:27Tap to summarizeLet's take a look at a game out of Sweden, née as Drakar Och Demoner, a classic dungeon crawl game with fairly simple mechanics, sleek layout, and pretty nice art. But does it have enough other stuff to get to good? Well, let's talk it out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →322 - Incursion
Mar 501:20:08Tap to summarizeFind out which one of us gets mad enough to break the no research rule as we dive in to discuss this game of alien abduction and intergalactic comedy exploration from the far off year of 1992. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →321 - Ghost Dog: Way of the Samurai
Feb 1901:06:33Tap to summarizeJust one of your everyday run of the mill licensed games made out of Jim Jarmusch movies. Can't tell you how sick I am of playing Palladium's version of Down By Law. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →320 - Amazing Engine, Bughunter
Feb 501:23:51Tap to summarizeFine you want major trash that time forgot? You got it, buster. You're gonna sit write there while we review the whole pack. Of Amazing Engine, from TSR Games in 1993. And also Bughunter, one of the games it... sorta powers. It's complicated. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →319 - Red Dwarf
Jan 2301:13:47Tap to summarizeWho's ready for licensed comedy property RPGs? These are always the best, am I right? Today is Red Dwarf, an RPG based on a British comedy sci-fi series. And boy is it ever something. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →318 - Man, Myth & Magic
Jan 901:25:26Tap to summarizeTwo games in one box? What a bargain! MM&M here comes with basic and advanced rulesets for its historical fantasy Earth setting, though the differences are so odd that it's almost like two (bad) games! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →317 - Fabula Ultima
Dec 2501:14:04Tap to summarizeHell yeah we got something for under your tree! It's a System Mastery review of Fabula Ultima! For future readers that joke is because I put this episode up Christmas Eve. It was hilarious at the time. Ask an old person, they'll remember. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →316 - Truth & Justice
Dec 1101:18:22Tap to summarizeWell hello there, superhero game from 2005. We saw you from across the room, and we dug your weird mix between classic and modern game design vibe. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Transcribe →294 - OGL Ancients
Jan 23, 2025Tap to summarizeIt's what it says! Though it's adding a lot of stuff to the venerable old combat engine of 3.X OGL, it's an OGL game where you play as primarily Greeks and Egyptians from antiquity (you can get a Scythian or someone from Thessaly in if you want, it's just not a great plan). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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