The Origins Game Fair is at the Greater Columbus Convention Center from June 18th to 22nd.
Articles by Andrew Girdwood
Recently, Andrew Girdwood has been covering topics like Tabletop & RPGs, Sites, and Geek Stuff for Geek Native.
Tiny Supers (but a lot of them): A TTRPG flash sale
Gallant Knight Games’ TinyD6 system started with Tiny Dungeon and grew, but stayed tiny. In particular, it grew large enough to include Tiny Supers.
Impressive innovation: Hero Forge offer 3d-printed custom dice
I don’t need any more dice and haven’t tested Hero Forge’s claims that their new dice are balanced but I am incredibly impressed at their custom dice offer.
Cold City Hot War: Kickstarter brings two scary TTRPGs back to life
Cold City and Hot War are different games with different twists and mechanical nuances, but they’re related, and Hot War is the terrifying conclusion to Cold City.
Audio EXP Podcast: #278 – Print prices and aliens on Earth
A podcast transcript as Geek Native returns to print-on-demand price hikes, UK Games Expo, Alien: Earth and adult toon TTRPGs.
Satire and raygun eye candy: A review of Dr. Grordbort’s Scientific Adventure Violence TTRPG
Dr. Grordbort’s Scientific Adventure Violence looks great. It’s a tabletop RPG from Crowbar Creative and Brian Saliba.
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #299
UK Games Expo press access! Roll20 price hikes, LEGO D&D minifig retirement, new D&D books, and Green Ronin’s 25th.
PowerA celebrates Pac-Man’s 45th birthday with a Bandai Namco license
Toru Iwatani’s Puck Man turns 45 this year, and along the way, he was renamed Pac-Man. The original name comes from the Japanese phrase paku paku taberu, which relates to greedily wolfing something down.
Print-on-Demand TTRPG prices are rising – but you might have been told the wrong thing
Publishers were warned to ensure they had enough margin in their own prices, gamers were urged to buy before April and beat the hike, and the brewing trade wars were (rightly) blamed.
Burry your dice with these Headstone Dice Crypts
The tagline? “A vertical dice vault for a deserving upright person such as yourself.” That’s almost a threat!
