by nickster1970

Related Item: A Gnome's Ponderings

One of these days I really will get around to printing out the Doctor Who: Solitaire Story Game (Third Edition)...

Happy gaming!

by Lowell Kempf

I recently read a Doctor Who graphic novel, The Forgotten. The short version is that the Doctor finds himself with a case of amnesia in a museum devoted to himself, which is, of course, a trap.

It was published in 2009 and the David Tennant Doctor was the protagonist. However, the museum is really just a framing device for vignettes about the previous nine doctors.

One particularly nice touch is the Hartnell and Troughton stories are black and white, just like their television serials. In general, the graphic novel is drowning in continuity shoutouts and references.

Because it’s really ten different stories, some bits are stronger than others. I feel the Hartnel story really captures the feel of his pure historical stories in only a handful of pages. And the Baker Doctor dealing with a Minotaur in Paris who wears a beret captured the absurdity of Graham Wilson’s time as the show runner.

Which actually makes the Forgotten very hard for me to judge. Did I enjoy it? Yes. I had a lot of fun with it. But I have spent decades immersed in Doctor Who. Would the Forgotten have worked for someone who doesn’t know Who that well or even someone only started watching Doctor Who in 2005?

Truth to tell, l have always struggled with Doctor Who comics and comic books. Part of it is because every character from the television show has a definitive visual interpretation, that of the actual actor. I can handle Wolverine look like whatever because he was a drawing first and Hugh Jackman later on. However, no drawing will ever look more like Tom Baker than Tom Baker himself.

But the other problem is that there is just so much content out there. The earliest Doctor Who comic strips date back to 1964. Multiple publishers, including Marvel Comics, have made Doctor Who comic books. Where do you start? And if there is any kind of internal continuity in any given series, that just makes it even more confusing.

So, from that perspective, as a standalone work I was able to sit down and enjoy, Doctor Who - The Forgotten is a resounding success for at least me.

by rwinder

Related Item: Mythic Bastionland

jsteidl wrote:

For anyone who hasn't checked it out, there is a free quickstart ruleset to MB. Oddly, the full version is available at both DTRPG and Itch, but I could only find the quickstart on Itch.

I would say it's OSR-ish in the sense of being very short on rules (20 pages), very combat focused, and probably pretty deadly. It's modern in the sense of offering some fairly non-standard PC types (the 72 different Knights) and interesting adventures - the 72 Myths - some of which feel a little more standard than others. (Although the execution of the adventures with Omens is a nice twist.) I can see how the Knights and Myths would make fun thematic material to use with your favorite ruleset and could work fine solo.

I use none of the combat elements, but agreed they are a focus. My game applying MB though is very deadly, at least insofar that characters don't last long before another character takes their place.

by PandoraCaitiff

Table and comfy seating for eight. Lots of shelf space. Refrigerator. Coffee machine. Large screen linked to a laptop. High capacity fibre broadband with good wifi signal. Good aircon/heating/ventilation.

Oh, and seven adjoining bedrooms with en-suite bathrooms, so people can stay late if they want.

by latindog

I generally prefer to run games in premade settings. I don't really have the time or inclination to world-build but like to adapt within a pre-existing structure. I am not particularly loyal to canon in my RPG settings. I get to know the setting to a certain level and then feel free to fill in the blank spaces with something of my own that feels true to the premade world. If it contradicts something published somewhere, that's fine with me - I probably wouldn't have gone in that direction if I had known it beforehand but we are creating our own story here and I'm not going to be completely beholden to the premade setting.

by latindog

I can't recall as a player wishing that a campaign should/would run longer - I'm generally to move on to a new character etc. no matter how much I enjoyed the older campaigns so I don't think I'd need to give the GM this sort of advice.

by KatharinaKuo

Related Item: Magical Kitties Save the Day!

Amazing! Do you have a link for the Mashup Discord?

by latindog

While I appreciate the sentiment, I get self-conscious when someone says "My friend told me that your game was the one he/she most enjoyed at the con" or "I really enjoyed your game last year so I signed up for this session".

Part of me thinks "Great, now there's no where to go but down" and I'm going to spend the next three - four hours trying to ensure that you don't walk away from the table thinking "Not sure what happened last session but this one kind of sucked."

by coil23

An item RPG Item: B1: In Search of the Unknown has been added to the geeklist Geeklist Red Ridge Table 2025

by fezzwick

Related Item: Mythos World: Horror Roleplaying

Welcome to the challenge!

by sa266

No problems reported. Start trading now! Please package your games very securely so that they arrive at their destination in the same condition they left you. Please use BGG trade manager for any trades, and marketplace for any sales. Happy trading - enjoy your new games!

by KatharinaKuo

An item RPG Item: Mythos World: Horror Roleplaying has been added to the geeklist 2026 RPG Challenge: Run 5 RPGs New to You in 2026