In 2025 I purchased not one, nor two, but three new shelving units for my home to free up a bit of space for my expanding library. Dolmenwood, Paranoia, Fallout, X-Crawl Classics, LANCER, and a dozen more systems were added to my collection. Whole games and editions were shuffled into bankers boxes, those boxes into a storage unit so that the new games could have a bit more room to breathe. I haven’t had a chance to play more than a fraction of the games on the shelf, much less the new ones.

In 2026 I’m going to play 26 new RPGs, come hell or high water.

How useful is a ★★★★☆ rating? 7 out of 10? Do you have any idea what the author’s idea of a 10/10 is? What they mark stuff down for?

Let’s set out a rubric for reviewing RPG books & products. That way you’ll at least know what in the world I’m thinking when it comes to games.

Sometimes you’ve got the bones of a system, and it just needs something pretty to put on top. This quick and easy system allows you to pick up a set of dice and bang out a scene in seconds, with nothing but d6s.