Mike Sands, Gamester at Large, played a more genteel and restrained game of The Shab Al-Hiri Roach at Kapcon.
The Gamegrene Light
Gamegrene Likes the Roach as much as The Roach likes Gamegrene. Thanks! “The Shab-al-Hiri Roach’s is rules-light, focusing more on the narrative, and resorts to dice only to solve the central conflict of each scene. It’s a great game for
In Mammon’s Passionate Embrace
Over here at BPGHQ, we’re rolling on beds stuffed with hundred Euro bills. Take The Roach Returns, for example – which we’re in the process of reprinting. It’s a fun little trifle, 32 pages and 16 new cards that we
Dawn of The Roach
I’m deep in Game Chef (and excited about my idea, which is all weepy-jeepy), and I was thinking about Game Chef’s past. So I dug up my very first, nascent first-weekend-didn’t-know-what-I-was-doing notes on The Roach from 2005. It started out
BPG Updates
The Roach Returns is getting the glossy perfect bound treatment but it’s slow going due to the weird pulp/flip-it-over format. People have asked and we want to get this out there. Patrick’s got the Business Solutions draft (revision #60 if
A Critical Hit
The Shab-al-Hiri Roach is included in the Critical Hit Gift Buying Guide for Games. We’re certainly in august company!
Roach Review at rpg.net
Michael Erb’s posted a thoughtful review of The Shab-al-Hiri Roach over at rpg.net. Check it out!
A Board Gamer Reviews The Roach
Scott Nicholson of On Board Games reviews The Shab-al-Hiri Roach and gives it the green light (.mp3 link). It’s interesting to hear a board-game-centric take on it.
Sumerian Resources
For the Sumerian-lover in you! The Electronic Corpus of Sumerian Literature and a handy English-Cuneiform translator.
Roach Actual Play Podcast
Those ne’er-do-wells over at the House of the Harping Monkey have been playing The Shab-al-Hiri Roach, and following their actual play is really interesting. Episode 32 is out and they are finally getting up to speed. Regina Sutton is dead,