There’s a knack to good character sheet design. It’s not easy. A character sheet needs to be practical and accessible; with important stats and attributes front and centre, neither cluttered out nor with often used numbers relegated to a second page. Imagine the skill it takes to custom design and illustrates a character sheet for […]
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A notable highlight from 5th August 2018 by Andrew Girdwood is described as "Today there's a large section of board games at 40% off. Is this timed for Gen Con? Or an algorithmic reaction to the event?". It also was tagged with Sales.
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3D printed and painted dice tower is a thing of beauty
This dice tower looks good enough to feature on someone’s expertly constructed Dungeons & Dragons diorama. The actual intent, of course, is for players to drop dice in the top, for them to safely rattle down without falling off the table and into the dish below. This was a two-person job. Joshua Westman of Barnicus […]
Dungeon themed character sheets from Garblag Games
Garblag Games are a group of British roleplayers who focus on actual play videos. They have got a studio and everything. As is the (wise) trend with content creators Garblag have also set up a Patreon. Right now, Patreon subscribers can download these dungeon themed character sheets. In two weeks time Garblag Games will make […]
Pixel perfect Final Fantasy VII cosplay
Posted to Imgur during Gen Con weekend but without any other information is this group cosplay of Final Fantasy. The group look to be Cloud and friends from Final Fantasy VII. That’s one of the most popular Final Fantasy titles in the whole series. As I recall there were a mix of art styles in […]
Character Gauntlets: A new fashion for tabletop roleplaying?
Geek Native started as an attempt to get ‘new blood’ into tabletop gaming. That was years ago, before Twitch and Critical Role, Kickstarter, Dungeons & Dragons 5e, Pathfinder 2e and Vampire 5e. Now there is a most welcome surge of interest in the hobby from a host of friendly new people, and this little blog […]
Large Amazon US flash sale; 40% off many board games
There’s a daily deal section in the top navigation in most versions of Amazon. In the States, on Amazon.com, that link takes you to a URL with ‘goldbox’ in it, and the <title> tag of the page says ‘Gold Box. I can see why the daily sales have become known as gold box sales. Maybe […]
Paizo hope their new Starfinder beginner Box will introduce more gamers to their sci-fi RPG
Paizo Publishing announced Starfinder in May 2016 and the sci-fi RPG has earned a pretty solid core of fans since then. One possible wriggle is the fact the game barely saw any birthdays before the company also announced Pathfinder 2nd edition and some fans worry that happened too soon. The Starfinder Beginner Box isn’t designed […]
Captain Jean-Luc Picard returns to Star Trek
UPDATE: Patrick Stewart is pack in Alex Kurtzman’s Star Trek but it may not be Discovery. Deadline and others suggest it is a new Star Trek title. More details as and when they occur. The original article continues below. Sir Patrick Stewart, as rumoured heavily in recent weeks, is returning to Star Trek. This is […]
White Wolf announces official Vampire makeup collection
Is this the first time a tabletop games publisher has had an official set of makeup? I can only imagine that some of the gamers who tend to be unwelcome and unrequested gatekeepers, unwilling to accept that women are equally likely as men to be into roleplaying, will be rolling their eyes at this news. […]
Onyx Path Publishing to publish Chicago by Night a Vampire 5e supplement
White Wolf is publishing World of Darkness products again and Vampire: The Masquerade 5th edition launched at Gen Con this week. But what of the company that kept the franchise alive for the last few years? Onyx Path has established itself through a series of very successful Kickstarters and quality products that fans appreciated. There’s […]
