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“War Among the Stars”: Galactic & Going Rogue finally get printed and a third edition

May 21, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Jumpgate Games, the printing vehicle for Jess Levine, has smashed the Kickstarter target for two popular TTRPGs combined into one project and book.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters, star wars

Star Trek: Captain’s Log the SOLO TTRPG comes to Fantasy Grounds

May 21, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Fantasy Grounds is a Unity-based virtual tabletop. As a result, this is a Star Trek RPG you can play by yourself from your desktop.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Fantasy Grounds, Modiphius Entertainment, solo rpgs, star trek, star trek adventures

Gehenna Gaming to demo new tabletop RPGs, Trashumanism and Eldritch Automata, at UK Games Expo 2025

May 20, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Attendees can participate in hands-on demonstrations of both games at the Gehenna Gaming booth. Chris Handley, a writer involved with Trashumanism and Eldritch Automata, is expected to be at the booth to speak with attendees.

Filed Under: Comics, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: uk games expo

Short film: Hept (survival horror)

May 20, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Have you ever wondered why some characters in survival horror have survived so long? I’m asking because it’s a mean thing, yet I do it.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: animation, blender, monsters, short film

Old-School Essentials from Necrotic Gnome gets a rare all-new double-bundle

May 20, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

These core rules are compatible with Basic D&D, full of new character options and magic, all in theme with D&D from the 1970s.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundle of holding, bundles, Necrotic Gnome, old school essentials

From Cthulhu Dark to Cosmic Dark: Weird space horror TTRPG

May 20, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Graham Walmsley, who wrote seven ways to make space scary for Geek Native, has launched Cosmic Dark on Kickstarter.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Graham Walmsley, kickstarters

Palladium Books will launch a crowdfunding campaign to revive “lost” Rifts computer game

May 20, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The crowdfunding campaign will offer backers exclusive in-game content and new physical rewards. Stretch goals outlined for the project include a high-definition update to the original in-game art and combat graphics, an entirely new modern soundtrack, and support for additional platforms, such as consoles and mobile devices, contingent on funding levels.

Filed Under: PC Tagged With: Palladium Books, rifts

Forks 2nd Edition to make convention debut at UK Games Expo

May 19, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Forks 2nd Edition accommodates up to six players with an estimated playtime of 15 minutes.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: card games, uk games expo

Tabletop Table pitches a ‘table for your tabletop’ (100 backers and counting)

May 19, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

I know the situation the Tabletop Table is trying to solve. I’ve once lived in a flat where my only table was a small coffee table in front of the TV. It was too low for easy gameplay.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: gaming table, household, kickstarters

Anime excitement builds with Ani-May deals and industry insights from Cannes

May 19, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Underscoring anime’s rising prominence, Mitchel Berger, Senior Vice President, Global Commerce, Crunchyroll, recently participated in a significant discussion at the Cannes International Film Festival. During the “Animation Day x Streamers Forum | From Streaming to the Big Screen – How Anime Is Driving Cinema,”

Filed Under: Anime Tagged With: Demon Slayer, Solo Leveling

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