One of the big successes of Gen Con 50 was Paizo’s Starfinder RPG. It sold out every day, often in hours. The game is set in the Pathfinder universe and space. It’s not a sci-fi but a Science Fantasy. Is it a reskin of Pathfinder? Nope. There’s more to it. RPG YouTube channel Taking20 put […]
⏱️ Content Velocity: High velocity: 10 articles published in the span of 13 days.
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Highlighting a specific entry from the archives, on 3rd September 2017 Andrew Girdwood shared a story summarised as "Do you have Starfinder already? Let us know what you make of the new RPG in the comments below. Is it as good as many people suggest it or have you spotted some problems?". It also was tagged with Paizo.
The archive of Andrew Girdwood's work continues with the entries below.
Close encounters of the nerd kind: A review of Survival Geeks
Survival Geeks is a sci-fi comedy from 2000AD. It has the line “Cthulhus! Thousands of them!” which is writer Emma Beeby’s favourite. Also working on the series is stalwart Gordon Rennie and illustrator Neil Googe. The premise is simple and that’s because the goal of Survival Geeks is to parody geeky clichés. We’ve a group […]
Alex Drummond offers up his dungeon art. Free samples.
Back in early 2013 Geek Native was impressed at the cartography of the Drummond Dungeon. Now the artist, Alex Drummond, has his talent wrapped up in a Kickstarter package. You can check out the details at the Campaign Page. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/epictabletopart/epic-digital-tabletop-art-core-set [Back this Campaign] The campaign half funded in just a few hours. At the time […]
Will you be a good dog? A review of Pugmire
Pugmire is a tabletop RPG set in the future of an Earth in which humanity has vanished and changed the planet forever. In this new world the races of uplifted dogs, cats, rats, lizards and badgers are carving out new kingdoms, fighting one another and against the deadly threat of invisible demons. This fantasy RPG […]
Tor Gaming shutting down
In the very same week as Spartan Games closing Tor Games is also closing. Tor made the Relics tabletop miniatures game. Relics was all about having a small model acount, being able to play on 3’x’3 tables and having an unrestricted force composition. The problem? Increased competition by way of Kickstarter funds and market glut. […]
SINS: Epic action horror in a dying world
SINS is a Kickstarter from the team of 20-year gaming industry vet Paul Moore, Jim Freeman and Sam Sleney. They’re asking for only £5,000 and with 22 days on the clock, at the time of writing, have slaughtered that goal with £16,000+ in the pot. You can follow the progress at the Kickstarter campaign page. […]
Harow’s arcade sofas
These sofa designs come from Harow, a French design studio. Harow’s philosophy is not tofollow any trend but to focus on the beauty of the objects. I think the result is both retro and functional! These Arcade Sofas are made from recycled wood, steel and velvet and weigh in at 50kg. Tempted to see if […]
Spartan Games goes under
Customers are being advised to contact their credit card providers to see if refunds are possible. Spartan Games the UK based company with the Halo Wars miniature games license has closed down. The company is also known for Uncharted Seas, Firestorm Armada, Dystopian Legions, Dystopian Wars and Spartan Scenics. No single reason has been given […]
Ennies 2017 winners!
Free League Publishing’s RPG Tales from the Loop took Best Game and a host of other Ennies in 2017. The game’s rules are based on Mutant: Year Zero and while you can get the game from FLP’s site now you’ll have to wait until September for it to arrive on Amazon. In 1954, the Swedish […]
The Doctor reacts to her gender shift
It’s been too long since we’ve had some Only Leigh content on Geek Native. Her latest Doctor Who animation just pushed past 250,000 views. We catch up with the Doctor just as she regenerates and quickly learns life is going to be tough.
