Sunday, 30 March 2025

Alrightreads: Gamesmaster III

Various, My Little Pony: Tails of Equestria – The Curious Case of The Malfunctioning P.R.A.N.C.E.R. and Other Tails

2021 / Ebook / 64 pages

***

Likely the last release from the charming junior RPG before the licence migrated overseas, the concept behind this suite of short, educational adventures is better in principle than execution, since about half of them look too boring to actually bother with. But the baking LARP is sure to be a hit and we can always use a sailing break.

  
Various, My Little Pony Roleplaying Game: Story of the Seasons

2024 / Ebook / 146 pages

***

As someone who barely grasps the simplified Tails of Equestria, the terminology of this more advanced pony RPG is baffling, but there are plenty of creative sparks and world-enriching details in this sourcebook that are ripe for harvesting, even if the themed adventures themselves aren't so appealing.


Various, My Little Pony Roleplaying Game: Knights of Canterlot

2024 / Ebook / 98 pages

**

What if your distinctive pony roleplaying experience was completely conventional? Turning My Little Pony into generic fantasy was a fun diversion that Tails of Equestria covered in a pamphlet, but a sourcebook dedicated to running Pony D&D campaigns feels like overkill. You can check out other franchises.


Stephen Chenault, The Mortality of Green

2000 / Ebook / 26 pages

***

I'm not likely to ever play traditionally violent D&D (depending on how the little one turns out), but the adventures are still a good read. I took the sentient tree boss for one of ours, almost unrecognisably watered down.


Michael Mearls, Aerial Adventure Guide, Volume Two: Sellaine, Jewel of the Clouds

2002 / Paperback / 32 pages

****

Our story setting already has a sky city, but the few supplementary pages on the wizard's wonky flying tower death trap were inspired and begging to be adapted.