Planet Mercenary is a tabletop role-playing game based on the universe of Schlock Mercenary by Howard Tayler. As a comic running for 17 years now, an RPG based on the setting is unusual but not inconceivable – Tayler’s space opera has introduced several exciting locations and races. Additionally, Howard Tayler’s cartooning history includes illustrating XDM: X-treme…

It’s no secret that tabletop role-playing games are a niche hobby, but I for one can’t imagine the world in which I don’t play them. My involvement in the hobby started during the Spring of 2009, a little before the passing of Dave Arneson and a little after the death of Gary Gygax. Little did…

Hello, everyone! In addition to today’s regular article, I have an announcement – TBM Games is now on Patreon! Patreon is an easy way for you to make contributions towards the articles I write each month. When you become a patron, you simply select an amount of money to pledge on a monthly basis, and…

Tome of Beasts, by Kobold Press, is a bestiary containing a wide array of monsters, from Cactids, Salt Golems, and Algoriths to clockwork monsters, dinosaurs, and, of course, plenty of new dragons. The book was produced through a Kickstarter in October of 2015 with contributions totaling to nearly ten times its funding goal. I received…

Book of the Righteous by Green Ronin Publishing is a supplement originally designed for Third Edition. In May 2016, Green Ronin completed a Kickstarter to republish Book of the Righteous and its content for Fifth Edition, replacing its “Alternative Paladin” Holy Warrior class with a diverse range of archetypes for Fifth Edition classes to reflect…