Are you an old-school gamer, or a new-school gamer? I’m the Level One Wonk, and I consider myself both, which may be why I enjoy this week’s game so much. Today we’re going to talk about Stars Without Number, a game designed by Kevin Crawford. Crawford has released many games through his Sine Nomine Publishing imprint, which are all built around similar design principles: hackable sandbox experiences with an old-school heart. Games like Godbound, Scarlet Heroes and Stars Without Number are all designed to bolt right in to both old-school D&D and its retroclones, but these games are no mere clones. While Stars Without Number has characters with six familiar stats, saving throws, classes, and levels, it stretches the D&D framework quite far. As you may be able to guess from the name, Stars Without Number is a science fiction game.

Dragon Ball FighterZ just came out and I’ve been having a blast with the game. Although I’ve only had the game for a couple of days now, there’s a lot to Dragon Ball FighterZ that makes it a very exceptional fighting game. The game looks like the anime come to life and the controls feel very responsive. The action is also super hectic and over the top, much like all of the fighting in the anime as well. There’s also a lot of fan service, such as character interactions and special cinematic finishes that look like they were plucked directly from the show, which is amazing to say the least and always brings a smile to my face when I see them.

However, this is a game that I know I will never get really good at or get at a high enough level that I could actually go online…