I have been so excited to run a game of kids on bikes. I watch a lot of Dimension 20 and I decided to try to play to help enhance my roleplaying abilities and improv skills. I like the level of mechanics in this game. There's enough to help you play a character and leave some things up to rolls, but not so much that you spend half the game figuring out how to mechanically make a thing happen. I also love how modifiable this game is. I am using some of Brennan Lee Mulligan's homebrew rules and I'm super excited. Lastly I am excited about how much this has sparked me to create. With DND I love making characters but struggle with the storyline because I am not making it. After using a hook from another kids on bikes book, I spent probably 80 hours across 3 weeks making a storyline/plotline, side characters, side quests, items, puzzles, and more. I haven't written this much since like middle school!!!

This was a really neat experience for a small group to play. I ended up running it a a game cafe which meant that I didn't have music available but I still think we all immediately got sucked into the game. My only gripe is that the physical game is much better quality that what could be mustered for the digital edition. I wish there were more official digital tools available or the PDF price were lower to compensate. That being said I do like this enough that I purchased this edition and a physical copy as well.

This was a really neat experience for a small group to play. I ended up running it a a game cafe which meant that I didn't have music available but I still think we all immediately got sucked into the game. My only gripe is that the physical game is much better quality that what could be mustered for the digital edition. I wish there were more official digital tools available or the PDF price were lower to compensate. That being said I do like this enough that I purchased this edition and a physical copy as well.

I've now run several games with Kids on Brooms, and there is a fun, simple rules light RPG to be enjoyed. But there are some things missing that would help flesh out the experience. In an effort to keep the rulebook as small as possible it feels like a little of the connective tissue is missing. The biggest thing is guidance on weaving class weeks and months into a school year.

Everything comes down to one of 6 skill tests, which I'm fine with, and I really like the six common die sizes being your ability scores, but more guidance on fleshing out challenges, and how to build challenges into an adventure would be helpful. As is I've been winging it and we've been having fun, but I don't feel there is enough here to last a whole magical school career, just a short campaign, which is fine, but a bit more robustness (while keeping the rules light) would have afforded some more flexibility.

I originally purchased this product because I thought it was the 2nd Edition of Kids on Bikes -- but when I went to download it, it's the first edition. Unfortunately that isn't made super clear, as the text in the bundle talks about 2nd edition, but doesn't specify it's 1st. Maybe that was my mistake in not checking first before purchasing, but it's disappointing to say the least.

Having the R20 conversion be bundled with the PDF is a great cost-saving measure, and its one of the reasons I originally purchased this bundle -- but I'd rather have the 2nd edition and just input everything into my VTT of choice manually.

Use it in my RPG-Stream on twitch.tv/nerdzeitalter and my Players love it. I started with the first Edition, but the second have additional passion in it!

5/5 Will recomment everyone to try it out.

One of the very best gaming experiences I had within years. Every single time I start the timer and the music starts to play it is bathing me in emotions. Thank you for this wonderful gem!

Straight up one of the worst TTRPGs I've ever read. A lot of the rules are missing, there's typos everywhere, the game's setting is an isekai (even though the back of the book contradicts that), and character creation is shallow. If you're looking for a heavy metal TTRPG, skip this one.

It's a simplified system that is great for RPG beginners. It has rules for player safety and gives people who frequently have their voice silenced a chance to speak up by addressing this in the rules. Some people may object to this because they don't want to admit that marginalized groups exist but I guess if you don't want your 12 or 14 year old boys to learn that the world is a diverse place...I guess you don't play this system and move on.

The system is just bad. It's broken at multiple levels and will leave you frustrated trying to get them to work. It needs to be pulled off the market and remade with a real system.

I ran this in person as a ~spooky~ Halloween season game for friends--a group of experienced RPG players and people who had no idea what they were agreeing to. We played in person using cell phones, based on feedback/reactions, everyone had a great time!

Our group was really silly and funny, which wasn't the vibe I was expecting, but everyone got really into character. Because of the tone, I wouldn't say that we had the super emotional ending that others did, but the voicemails tied everything up nicely and brought some laughs and reflective moments.

Highlights: The game soundtrack/timer was great and added a lot to the experience.

I was not expecting my players to be into the idea of voicemails, but they did it and I thought it was a good way to wrap up the game. Great way for new players to get into role-playing--some of the people I thought wouldn't be into it really took the character creation and ran with it!

The character creation mechanics worked well and got everyone excited about their characters right away.

We did not end up using any X card mechanics, but I think the way the game designers suggest using them would have worked well and my players found it easy to understand.

Thoughts/suggestions: I was so confused by the time cards at first before I realized that there are three of each and you only use one. I do think it ends up being clear once you set up the game and re-read the rules, but I truly didn't understand some of the card mechanics until I was actually setting things up, even though I had read the rules.

The PDF is nice/good quality, I just wish I had gotten the hard copy because printing/cutting/organizing things took longer than I thought. That was my own fault, but definitely leave yourself some time if you are planning on print/play.

We had 6 people (1 last minute join), and two people just shared a character. I think it worked fine in a pinch, but I wouldn't plan on doing that unless both people are into it or know they will have a hard time keeping up/staying engaged so would appreciate having a buddy.

Our ending felt pretty rushed/kind of cheesy but I think this is because some of the clues got jammed up at the end and a lot of the pressure to tell the story ended up on one person. I don't know if this is typical, but something to perhaps monitor as the GM.

Overall, I would definitely recommend Alice is Missing. I think there's definite re-playability and it's a great way to introduce RP-ing to new players or integrate friend groups that don't know each other. Playing in person was super fun, but I think it would work just as well (maybe better in some ways) remotely.

An explanation of the blue symbol is on p123 and like other reviews it's almost unplayable.

A Campaign Supplement with a premise too big for its 100 pages. It feels like there was an idea to explore Osaka much, much further, and a lot has ended up on the cutting room floor. As a result, the world building isn’t quite engaging enough to keep playing after the scenarios. Although the supplement is half-decent, it definitely needs additional editing, proofreading and play-testing (by those not part of the workflow).

The original release (December 2022, to Kickstarter backer) had a lot of broken links and 'tbd' marker, which got fixed for 99% (December 2023)

• The page size is 10.67" by 14.22", making it awkward to print.
• The new history for Osaka touts serious changes, but provides no actual maps.
• Very few (relevant) images
• There is an Obedient/Cunning/Clever role system, but never explained properly. It just pops up as the story goes on.
• No page numbers are provided when referencing NPCs internally, nor when referencing stat blocks from the core book.
• There is world building for 13 locations, 8 factions, and 22 NPCs, crammed into a mere 25 pages.
• NPCs don’t have stat blocks, which is a missed opportunity to highlight their qualities, and making them difficult to improvise should combat occur.
• The McGuffin of the story has item details, but its use is never explained, leaving it unclear if the Skill Check uses a static difficulty or it is a contested roll (and if so, with which skill).
• No pre-generated player character sheets were provided. This would’ve been appreciated as the core book is quite complicated/chaotic with its character creation and no published character sheets actually follow it thus far.

With roughly 22 NPCs spread across 8 factions. A diagram that groups these properly and shows internal relations would have made things a lot more comprehensible as well.

The scenario make up the bulk of the supplement (55 pages). The ideas for the scenarios are good, but the write-up leaves something to be desired. First of all, it has no summaries to preface them. GMs have to read the entire scenario before understanding the plot and intent. Some pieces feel out of order or incomplete upon arriving at the next scene. Scene descriptions are often pre-written, which is good considering there aren’t a lot of images in the book.

Un système facile a prendre en main mais pas insipide. La méchanique des tokens d'adversité est vraiment bien pensé et s'intègre parfaitement sans casser le roleplay. Le système de questions de création de personnages avec les question vous fait déjà créer de la narration entre les pjs. Complètement fan depuis la découverrte de ce jeu il y a quelques années. Si il y à un thème de prédilection présenté, a base d'années 80 et de gamins a vélo qui nous rappelles des thèems a la stranger things, goonies et autre, il ne sagit pas d'un jeu a univers ou d'un jeu a secret, libre a chacun d'y mettre sa touche. Un jeu très freeform accés narration partagé et a un prix abordable.

I really wanted to like Altered Carbon, but this chaotic, cumbersome and incomplete mess is essentially unplayable. The rules are poorly explained, self-contradictory and often either shockingly clumsy or outright broken. Even simple things like tracking ammo and making purchases are made procedurally arduous for no gameplay advantage. Unnecessarily burdensome mechanics make the system an absolute drag to read through, let alone play. Worse still, the whole thing's so fundamentally limited. For a game based on a literally galaxy-spanning property where people live forever by swapping their old or damaged bodies for new or artificial ones, you're stuck in a single, poorly developed city getting constantly hit in the head with cumulative penalties for "resleeving" your character. Overall, this is the most poorly written and edited rulebook I've read in over 40 years of tabletop gaming, and the best advert for Eclipse Phase I've ever seen.