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Heroes of Might and Magic: Free TTRPG quickstart for the Kickstarter launch

May 16, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The number of computer game matches for a Heroes of Might and Magic search speaks to the success of Jon Van Caneghem and (now) Ubisoft’s (originally New World Computing) turn-based strategy.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: 2d20, kickstarters, Modiphius Entertainment, Ubisoft

Shadowrun updates the bundle tech with new offers

May 15, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

If you’ve got loads of Shadowrun content already, then there’s good news because the publisher also has an all-new Sixth World Shadows offer.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundle of holding, bundles, Shadowrun

Rebellion takes Judge Dredd and 2000 AD to Lunar to derisk Diamond Comics Distributors

May 15, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

We are thrilled to be working with Lunar and expanding the channels US comics stories can find our books in. Lunar have proven they are an invaluable addition to the Direct Market, now more than ever

Filed Under: Comics Tagged With: 2000 AD, Diamond Comic Distributors, judge dredd, rebellion, treasury of british comics

Be gay: Defy the Gods (a messy TTRPG)

May 15, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Geek Native has previously looked at Defy the Gods the messy and queer RPG so that you can take an extra look, and now Chris Sellers’ campaign is live on Kickstarter.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters, powered by the apocalypse

Chaosium’s Lynne Hardy will be at Edinburgh’s Cymera 2025

May 15, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Geek Native’s Andrew Girdwood and Bronwen Winter Phoenix will both be at Scotland’s Festival of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Writing Cymera in June.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Chaosium, conventions, lynne hardy

Spaceship name generator (song names)

May 15, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

I don’t know enough good song lyrics to build a generator on this but I do know some song titles and I can throw the odd sci-fi themed word into make the spaceship name a bit exotic.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: generators, rpg tools, sci-fi

Enrique Alcatena’s Liquid Steel Comic arrives in English, accompanied by a new TROIKA! RPG setting

May 14, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Liquid Steel, the comic book series by artist Enrique Alcatena, is being translated into English for the first time.

Filed Under: Comics, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: backerkit, crowdfunding, gavriel quiroga, Melsonian Arts Council, troika

Serenissima Obscura reveals minis & lore with more to come at UK Games Expo

May 14, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Set in a fantastical 1507 Venice, Serenissima Obscura is designed to be largely system-agnostic, offering stats for 5e and its own universal shorthand system, with additional compatibility for Ars Magica.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Melina Sedo, miniatures, serenissima obscura, uk games expo, Vortex Verlag

Short film: Dating Woof

May 12, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

In this short animation we follow a young woman who does not cope well with computer game defeat.

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

Avatar: Train fan animation is impressive

May 11, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Googling ‘Avatar Train’ gets me to wikis about Fire Nation inventions. In this case, Avatar is a Swedish heavy metal band and, therefore, even more hardcore than the Fire Nation.

Filed Under: Music Tagged With: animation, Avatar, Music video

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