Designer’s Diary: Magpie Game – Our Last Best Hope

Our Last Best Hope Our Last Best Hope is a complete role-playing game published by Magpie Games. By Mark Diaz Truman Welcome to the forty-second Designer’s Diary, a column where designers are given the opportunity to take readers on an in-depth ride through the design and development process of their system, setting, or product. If you’d like to share your product in the Designer’s Diary column,...

Review: Magpie Games – The Play’s the Thing

The Play’s the Thing The Play’s the Thing is a complete storytelling game system written by Mark Truman, Patrick Johnson, and Marissa Kelly and published by Magpie Games. By Cape Rust THE PLAY’S THE THING – A SHAKESPEAREAN RPG About a week ago I came across an interesting game concept called The Play’s the Thing – A Shakespearean RPG by fledgling RPG company Magpie Games. My...