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About fakedtales

I'm a writer, a podcaster, a reviewer of games. Here's where I share my own fiction and my encounters with other people's.

Reading 2000AD – Progs 1-100

Posted on April 17, 2024 by fakedtales

I’ve been reading 2000AD from the start, let’s have a look at the stories in those early years and some related RPG recommendations! Continue reading →

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Another Casual Christmas

Posted on December 30, 2023 by fakedtales

Casual Trek Shownotes by Miles Reid-Lobatto It’s Christmas Day and we’re giving you the gift of a new episode of Casual Trek and we’re now, as is traditional, gifting each-other an episode of Star Trek each to cover for the … Continue reading →

Posted in casual trek | Tagged ben sisko, casual trek, deep space nine, far beyond the stars, necessary evil, Odo | Leave a comment

RPG Quest – November (Part Three)

Posted on December 29, 2023 by fakedtales

Most of my RPG Quest posts have been two posts for each month, but between some shorter books, industrial action meaning a little more time for reading and general momentum, I read 37 RPG books. Here’s the last batch. Two … Continue reading →

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RPG Quest – November (Part Two)

Posted on December 23, 2023 by fakedtales

I read a few extra books this month. I also have my history with Deadlands to talk about and a few other interesting items. Deadlands: The Weird West By Pinnacle Entertainment Group Read before? Yes Played? Yes I was a … Continue reading →

Posted in rpg | Tagged April Kit Walsh, Brinkwood, codex of worlds, deadlands, Erik Bernhardt, evil hat, Far Horizons Co-Op, Felix Isaacs, galaxies in peril, Gay Spaceship Games, generic games, Guided by the Sun, Joaquin Kyle Saavedra, Kyle Simons, Maharlika, Michael Whelan, Mikey Hamm, monster of the week, Mythopeia, Navathem’s End, Pam Punzalan, pinnacle entertainment group, rpg, rpg quest, Samjoko Publishing, Santa Posadas, Slugblaster, Sol Survivor, The House Doesn’t Always Win, Thirsty Sword Lesbians, tome of mysteries, wh Arthur, Wildsea, Wilkie’s Candy Lab | Leave a comment

RPG Quest – November (Part One)

Posted on December 16, 2023 by fakedtales

Okay, crunch time, I’ve got this month and next to try and read everything I’ve backed on crowdfunding platforms. I’m ahead more than I have been for most of the year and I’ve been beasting the marathon for this month. … Continue reading →

Posted in rpg | Tagged Amanda Lee Franck, Austen Ramsey, Beam Saber, Brandon Leon-Gambetta, Candlelight, Disk Horse, Fiona Maeve Geist, Genesis of Legend, Glowing Roots Press, I’m Gonna Be, Jack Harrison, Laura Lovelace, magpie games, Mike Martens, Nathan Paoletta, Night Reign, oli jeffery, Palanquin, Pasión de las pasiones, Riverhouse Games, rpg, rpg quest, Sunken, The Artefact, The Treasure at the End of This Dungeon is an Escape from This Dungeon and We Will Never Escape This Dungeon, World Wide Wrestling 2E, You Got a Job on The Garbage Barge | Leave a comment

RPG Quest – October (Part Two)

Posted on December 14, 2023 by fakedtales

I’ve got a few more games this time, with a few interesting later PbtAs which do some interesting things with the system. Ther may not be many, but I’ve actually had a pretty good go at running all of them. … Continue reading →

Posted in rpg | Tagged Black Armada, Electric Bastionland, Emojk, gauntlet publishing, green Dawn mall, last fleet, Possum Creek, Retropunk, rpg, rpg quest, Samjoko, Trophy Loom, ufo press, Venture + Dungeon, Voidheart Symphony | Leave a comment

RPG Quest – October (Part One)

Posted on December 12, 2023 by fakedtales

We’re in the last quarter of the year, so it’s crunch time. I have admittedly neglected reading various interesting games I’ve picked up from Itch and a few bigger RPG books have ended up as surfaces to lean on while … Continue reading →

Posted in rpg | Tagged agon, bleak spirit, Chris Longhurst, Heart: The City Beneath, john harper, Leder Games, Lucien Kahn, Lumpley Press, magpie games, Root, rowan rook and decard, rpg, rpg quest, Under Hollow Hills, Visigoths Vs Mall Goths | Leave a comment

RPG Quest – September (Part One)

Posted on November 28, 2023 by fakedtales

This month sees the start of a lot more zine-length books. That and taking part in industrial action meant some nice times of reading RPGs after being on the picket line. Zombie World By Brendan Conway & Magpie Games Read … Continue reading →

Posted in rpg | Tagged After the War, Ardens Ludere, Becky Annison, Bite Marks, black armada games, Brendan Conway, codex zine, comrades, Daedalum Analog, Dana Cameron, Demon Collective, dinosaur princesses, Galileo Games, gauntlet publishing, Genesis of Legend, girl underground, Hamish Cameron, Hedgemaze Press, James Mendez Hodes, Jesse Ross, Kira Magrann, magpie games, Mall Kids, Matthew Gravelyn, Riley Rethal, rpg, rpg quest, something is wrong here, synthesis, thousand arrows, Turn RPG, WM Akers, zombie world | Leave a comment

RPG Quest August (Part Two – It’s All Mothership!)

Posted on November 22, 2023 by fakedtales

This entry is going to be entirely Mothership. I’d bought the original edition of Mothership a while ago and ran it during the Kickstarter for the full first edition, just to make sure that it ran well as well as … Continue reading →

Posted in rpg | Tagged a pound of flesh, adspace, another bug hunt, dead planet, dying hard on Hardlight station, gradient descent, mothership, rpg, rpg quest, the drain, Tuesday knight games | Leave a comment

RPG Quest August (Part One)

Posted on November 20, 2023 by fakedtales

I’ve been speeding up through books and in the chronological read I’m finally hitting Zinequest which was when I figured things would accelerate given the smaller books. This is also The Month of Mothership, as the final PDFs of the … Continue reading →

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