Monster of the Week: The Gumshoe Class Guide

Monster of the Week The Gumshoe Playbook

Maybe it was inevitable that I’d stumble into this world. Learning to find dirt no matter where hidden, skulking around at night following another cheating couple, a kid with suspicious friends, but imagine my shock the first time I realized this case was different…that it made it all different. So might start the character building …

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Monster of the Week The Initiate Class Guide

Monster of the Week The Initiate Class

The Initiate is an interesting class that blends the arts of ancient warrior monks with the modern skills, knowledge, and abilities of monster hunters. You below to a particular ancient secret order that has two good traditions and one bad tradition, creating an interesting character who may be hunting monsters with fighting sticks, sword, and …

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Monster of the Week: The Spooky Class Guide

Monster of the Week The Spooky Playbook

Ah, the Spooky Class, one that is very close to my heart when it comes to Monster of the Week, in large part because this was the first class I ever played when introduced to the system! The Spooky Class is a modern take off warlock. You not only have the ability to cast spells …

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Monster of the Week The Divine Class Guide

Monster of the Week The Divine Playbook

The Divine Class is one of those that can be interesting, either taking on the conventional role of a holy warrior like a paladin or angelic prophet, or putting your own spin on it. After all, you are divine in the cause of good – but no specific mention of which you serve. A god? …

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Monster of the Week The Flake Class Guide

Monster of the Week The Flake Playbook

The Flake is an interesting class in Monster of the Week that takes the classic trope of the conspiracy theorist who sees the patterns others don’t and appears crazy but is right, and then puts their own spin on it. The Flake notices everything and that can be great when needing information to unravel a …

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25 Great TTRPG Alternatives to Dungeons & Dragons

group of TTRPG books

While many long-time TTRPG gaming groups have experience playing many different systems (because once you get a good group you don’t want just one setting or system, but you want to explore all the stories out there that your creative and fun group can stumble into) there are also groups who pretty much grew up …

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Monster of the Week The Crooked Class Guide

The Crooked MOTW

In a modern world full of monsters and magic sometimes it’s good to have someone Crooked on your side to tilt the game in your favor. The Crooked class in Monster of the Week is a fun class that gives you a wide variety of options when it comes to backgrounds, specialties, and the particular …

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Monster of the Week: The Chosen Class Guide

Monster of the Week The Chosen Playbook

Monster of the Week is a fantastic tabletop RPG system that our Sunday game table has absolutely fallen in love with. The character creation is outstanding, the setup to make the team have pre-existing relationships with one another is fantastic, and being able to switch gears week to week or have “mini-adventures” makes it an …

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