Dungeons and Doggos is a webcomic published on Tumblr. You can tell at a glance how it works – we’ve a friendly pack of dogs getting together to play some D&D. Makes total sense! It looks new, certainly I’ve not seen the trips before, and the archive goes back to June 2017. Not a Tumblr […]
Articles by Andrew Girdwood
Recently, Andrew Girdwood has been covering topics like Sites, Geek Stuff, and Tabletop & RPGs for Geek Native.
Appleseed collectable models
Appleseed is a manga by Masamune Shirow in which ESWAT members Deunan Knute and Briareos Hecatonchires try and protect their city, Olympus, from disorder. Half the city are bionically augmented in this post-Third World War blend of cyberpunk and mecha. I was able to catch Appleseed Alpha on the big screen and was impressed by […]
Stabbed seven times after a Magic: The Gathering fight
The St. Cloud Police department are reporting at Elia Creech, a 31-year old Magic: The Gathering player, called them after stabbing someone seven times after argueing about the game. His 20-year-old friend and he had been playing over night on Friday when a fight broke out. At first Creech used a rubber mallet as a […]
How D&D is played in US prisons
Vice Media’s Waypoint has a series on prison culture and we’re looking at D&D. Some prisoners are able to use the hobby to hold their lives together. It turns out that Dungeons & Dragons is more common in prisons in America than you might have suspected. It is likely that most lock-ups have at least […]
$500 prize for designing an adventure
Controversial publisher Venger As’Nas Satanis is offering up $500 for a one-shot 5-7 page scenario. Why? Kort’thalis Publishing has had a good run at the #1 slot at DriveThruRPG with Adventure Writing Like a Fucking Boss. The contest is double-down on the guide’s success. Entries for the contest must be in by November 1st, 2017 […]
Marvel goes way back with the prehistoric 1,000,000 BC Avengers
Marvel’s Legacy event will get rolling before th end of the year. We might have thought that the Avengers were created by heroes we know well – Thor, Hulk and others to do battle against a common enemy – however we will soon discover that a team was active in 1,000,000 BC. Sorry Thor, Odin […]
Legacy looks to ruin the world, again
A humble but very good Kickstarter success in 2015 was Legacy: Life Among the Ruins from UFO Press. Ed Gibbs called it ” Legacy: Life Among the Ruins serves as an elegant re-exploration of the trail first blazed by Vincent Baker in his revolutionary Apocalypse World.”. Author James Illes is back on Kickstarter to do […]
10 childhood memories turned to nightmares
Disse86 is an artist from Sweden. You can tune into his work over at Deviant Art, where you can buy his prints or watch his speedpainting on YouTube. No matter which option you pick you’ll be in for a ride! Dennis is a tattoo artist who likes to take childhood memories, favourite cartoons, and turn […]
New Cross X Marvel collection
I’m still a fan of my Spider-man pen from Cross. They’ve a new Marvel collection in stock. The Cross X Marvel Collection features Hulk, Spider-man and Thor. They’re rolling ball pens with chrome. The price tag of £50 makes them gift-worthy, I think. They might be more than you’d spend on yourself but just the […]
Rifts RPG and sourcebooks in the Bundle of Holding deal
Kevin Siembieda’s Rifts is the latest tabletop RPG with a Bundle of Holding offering. What’s the deal? US$17.95 unlocks the full starter collection as DRM-free ebooks. That means the Rifts Ultimate Edition (normally $20), Rifts Primer ($3), Rifts Sourcebook One Revised Edition ($10.50), Game Master Kit ($5) and the 360-paged Game Master Guide ($13.50). As […]
