Author: Stuart Fieldhouse

Roleplaying and board games reviews, podcasts, videos and interviews

Pathfinder Vs. 4e

Pathfinder versus 4e: the battle for the heart of D&D Have we finally reached that point of schism, that Reformation moment when a religion splits apart into two distinct camps? Has the creative force behind the D&D game finally got to that Martin Luther point, that hammering of the 95 Theses into the door of…
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Twilight Imperium

Twilight Imperium, by Fantasy Flight Games, has the reputation of being something of an epic. I have now played it three times and feel qualified to offer some comments. I’ve never won it, mind you.

Savage Worlds

Savage Worlds was originally written by Shane Hensley, the creator of the very successful Deadlands roleplaying game in the 1990s. He also wrote Great Rail Wars, a set of miniatures rules that used the Deadlands ‘weird west’ setting for gunfights between cowboys, werewolves, Chinese tongs, zombies, you name it. While Deadlands was converted over to…
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El Grande

This game won the Game of the Year award at Essen in 1997. This seems like a long, long time ago, and was well before I really knew what a eurogame was. El Grande is a eurogame. It sports many of the characteristics of one, including an emphasis on scoring points, a points track around…
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Metro

Ever arrived in a foreign city, decided to go down into the underground to get from A to B, taken one look at the map and decided: “Er, maybe not”? If you’ve ever been to Tokyo, you will know what I mean. Paris by contrast is less of a challenge. Metro is a boardgame inspired…
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