RPGBOT reviews products in both text and podcast format. Our podcast episodes frequently involve interviews with the creators, and both formats dive deep into the mechanics of RPG products with all of the crunchy rigor which RPGBOT is known for.

Note that reviews of adventures likely contain spoilers, but we do attempt to provide spoiler warnings before those occur in the article/episode.

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  • Death in Space – A review

    Death in Space – A review

    Random Powell

    Review in Summary Death in Space (Kickstarted by Carl Niblaeus and published by Free League) feels like a jumble of several rulesets and settings put together because, in many ways, it literally is. Before even the table of contents, the book has a page acknowledging inspiration from half a dozen pieces of film media including…

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  • Kobold Press’s Tome of Heroes – A Review

    Kobold Press’s Tome of Heroes – A Review

    T.E. “RPGBOT” Kamstra

    Kobold Press’s newly-released Tome of Heroes is an ambitious and meaty supplement packed with over 300 pages of character options for 5e. For players hungry for additional options for building a character, this is an absolute treasure trove.

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  • Ruins of Symbaroum – A Review

    Ruins of Symbaroum – A Review

    Ash Ely

    Review in Summary Ruins of Symbaroum is a 5e conversion of the original d20-based system of Symbaroum released in Sweden in 2014 before being translated to English in 2016. The project is designed by Swedish developer Free League, helmed by Lead Game Designers Mattias Johnsson Haake, Mattias Lilja and Jacob Rodgers.  Symbaroum is a unique…

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