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How an illustrator gets into drawing for RPGs: An interview with Jackie Musto

November 11, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Bedrock Games have a “Pay What you Want” RPG in the form of Wandering Heroes of Ogre Gate. The wuxi inspired game has its own detailed martial arts setting and uses the Network System. There’s 180 Kung Fu techniques in the game, along with tips on how to help the game develop and art from […]

Filed Under: Interviews, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bedrock games, wuxia

Superhero Nerd: A review of Geek-Girl #1

November 9, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Sam Johnson’s Geek-Girl has been on my radar for a little while, at least from last year when Geek Native previewed Voodoo Junkie Hitwoman: Cabra Cini (rated as: hopeful) but the author himself has been getting mentions on the site since 2014 in conjunction with Free Comic Book Day. What Geek-Girl does is flip the […]

Filed Under: Comics Tagged With: reviews, superheroes

Johnny Sokko and his Flying Robot posters

November 9, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Wow. This is a blast from the past. Are you old enough to remember Johnny Sokko and his Flying Robot? It was a kaiju import from Japan, with bad dubbing and people in low budget costumes. No? There’s a video at the end of this post to bring you up to speed and/or infect your […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: Etsy, Japan, kaiju, posters, sci-fi

LEGO’s 2016 Star Wars Advent calendar already selling out?

November 8, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Planning on picking up a LEGO 2016 Star Wars advent calendar? You might have to be quick. At the time of posting Amazon UK still has the £25 item in stock but it’s marked as the #1 Best Seller in its department. Meanwhile, the official LEGO Store has just re-listed the product with a “Call […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: calendar, christmas, lego, star wars

Veteran ICE Rolemaster GM and successful author: Miles Cameron talks Plague of Swords

November 7, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A Plague of Swords is the fourth book in the Traitor Son cycle. Having withstood the might of one enemy the Red Knight discovers another. Worse, the first conflict might have been nothing more than a distraction conjured up by this clever new foe. Miles Cameron is the author of The Red Knight the popular […]

Filed Under: Interviews

12 Masks of Halloween: #12 Cyborg Mask

October 30, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This mask is a little different. Pick it up from Morph Suits ad bring it to life with a speial app and your smartphone. That’s right. The smartphone is used for the scanning cyborg’s eye. It adds the special effects and will give you a mask that stands out, for all the right reasons, next […]

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: 12 masks of halloween, halloween, masks

12 Masks of Halloween: #11 White Walker Mask

October 29, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Okay, Amazon don’t describe this mask as a ‘white walker’. They call it a ‘white undead ice zombie’ but if it reminds you of Game of Thrones then it reminds me of Game of Thrones too. This mask has had a half-dozen of reviews, at the time of posting, and all 5-stars. Makes me wonder […]

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12 Masks of Halloween: #10 Bursting Head

October 28, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Amazon describe this monster as a ‘scary head’. It might be that! What we have it a small, mangled monster, bursting out of a larger and saggy face. It’s like the anger in your breaking out cutting loose this Halloween. You can pick up this latex horror from Amazon today. The 12 Masks of Halloween […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: 12 masks of halloween, halloween, masks

The children of Game of Thrones

October 28, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

In Game of Thrones we’re following the aftermath of the war fought by the fathers of noble and common families involved. The Game of Thrones is played by the surviving children. What would the children of some of our favourite Game of Thrones characters be like? If Jon Snow and Daenerys had a daughter what […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: game of thrones

The Heretics attack Leeds

October 27, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Lady Beck is an artist-led studio in Mabgate in Leeds, UK, and it’ll host an exhibition of folk-horror on Friday 4th of November. The exhibition runs alongside the comic festival Thought Bubble and features art from Ben Templesmith and a host of emerging British comic-book creators. The exhibition will feature work from a concept artist […]

Filed Under: Art Tagged With: horror

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