I enjoyed Vicious a sort-of-superhero novel from V.E. Schwab but completely missed the Shades of Magic novel. Shades of Magic is a New York Times bestseller which features parallel versions of London. There’s Red London in which life and magic is revered under the Maresh Dynasty. Then there’s Grey London, a drag realm without magic […]
Articles by Andrew Girdwood - Page 1175
Highlighting a specific entry from the archives, on 14th February 2018 Andrew Girdwood shared a story summarised as "The prequel is set before Kell and Lila's adventure in the first novel A Darker Shade of Magic and follows a young prince Maxim Maresh as he is sent to a violent port city to learn about military life from his strict father.". It also was tagged with V.e. Schwab.
Keep exploring the catalogue of stories authored by Andrew Girdwood.
TradeCraft Bonus: Handmade dice rolling trays
A dice rolling tray can be a very useful thing. They don’t just help avoid dice explosions that scatter across the floor they are useful for handing dice around a table and even allow a player and GM to watch a dice roll together without anyone else at the table knowing the results. Etsy store […]
The most popular RPG Kickstarter ever? Strongholds & Followers
Matt Colville is a gamer designer who’s worked on computer games like Evolve, the designer of the original Dune CCG and RPG, he worked on the Star Trek RPG, designed the Knights of the Dinner Table card game and even did the official comic for Critical Role. His Twitch channel has over 20,000 followers. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/255133215/strongholds-and-streaming […]
A million people have watched this blue marble
Have you ever let a marble roll down your desk? Maybe at school? Kaplamino says this took about three months and more than 500 attempts to make this work. I believe that! You follow a single marble in this… the little blue one. Yeah, sure, sometimes heavier marbles move in order to judge the little […]
H.P. Lovecraft Preparatory School hits Kickstarter
Last month we asked Cthulhu or Potter when Third Eye Games announced H.P. Lovecraft Preparatory School. Now the game is on Kickstarter, seeking just US$4,000 to fund, and there’s a chance to review the pitch for ourselves.
Of Arrows & Blades: Underground gaming table
Gamer Rick Koeppen put out a call to playtest rules for his new dungeon crawl – Of Arrows & Blades: Underground. He said; The first draft is nearly finished. I’m going to setup a much smaller test dungeon to use for playtesting, so playtesters aren’t spoiled by revealed secrets from the main actual dungeon (pictured). […]
Thirteenth Doctor fan art
We’ve seen the work of Toby Allen before. He’s the artist responsible for turning mental disorders into monsters – an art project that helps people talk about and remember the monsters we face every day. He rarely does fan art but then this happened; I’ve never before been so compelled to draw fanart of an […]
Custom Warrior Wario fantasy figure
KodyKoala‘s excellent work as appeared on Geek Native before. His models are, as a rule, knockout good. Keep an eagle eye on his Etsy store for a chance to pick one up. This is a mashup was born from a World of Warcraft figure that Kody picked up for cheap and then sculpted into Mario’s […]
11 ideas for Tenser’s Floating Disk
Does your D&D Wizard have the 1st level Conjuration ritual “Tenser’s Floating Disk” but struggles to find a use for it? The challenge with the disk is that it stops moving if you are within 20 feet of it. Once your wizard is further away then it’ll try to follow you, floating 3 feet above […]
A sneak peek: Fighting American – Brave New World
Created in 1954 by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby, Fighting American is both a response to Captain America and a reaction to the culture at the time. The hero began as a serious superhero – a patriotic American fighting against evil Communists. In just a few episodes the series morphed into more of a humorous […]









