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Short film: The Last Human in the Milky Way

January 14, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This short film by Benjamin Combes was shot on a Canon 6D and the best way to enjoy it is to watch right to the end. You’ll expect a few plot twists; heck, the film lines them up for you and that’s part of the fun. We’ve one of the survivors of the human race […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: sci-fi, short film

Zelda temple gates made from butter pecan

January 14, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

Created by Adini0903 and shared over at Cake Central is a piece of computer game scenery that you can eat. The Groom’s Cake is made from butter pecan, caramel, toasted pecan and with vanilla buttercream filling. Just don’t eat the sword. That’s not cake. Want to sample some other alternative cakes? What about; This steampunk […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: cakes, food

Callout Cover: Samurai #2

January 14, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Titan Comics brought out Samurai : Collected Edition volumes 1 – 4 in hardback for December last year. Written by Jean-François Di Giorgio, Frederic Genêt and Delphine Rieu the series follows Takeo on the Unnamed Island, training his swordsmanship and learning, truly, to become a Samurai. Now we’re getting the individual softcovers and are up […]

Filed Under: Comics Tagged With: Samurai

Is prophecy a gift or a curse?

January 14, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It turns out women are more cautious about the prophecy than men are. What do you think? At first blush prophecy seems like a real winner. You could use it to determine the PowerBall or lotto ticket details for next week and win your fortune. You could use it to know exactly the right thing […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: Melanie Rawn, stats

Dragon Keeper – The Dungeon Kickstarter

January 13, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Here’s another board game from Europe that looks like its capturing attention. Dragon Keeper – The Dungeon uses a board design that creates a tower like 3D effect. You can see more on the campaign page. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/512832899/dragon-keeper-the-dungeon[Back this Campaign] At the time of writing Dragon Keeper has funded. It wanted €10,000 and is currently approaching […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: board games, dragons, kickstarters

Dungeons & Dragons 5 goes OGL; Wizards launch DMs Guild

January 13, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

It’s a big day over at Wizards of the Coast and for the D&D community. There’s now an Systems Reference Document (PDF Link) for D&D 5e. This means you can professionally design your own content using fifth edition rules, you can publish your own campaign world and sell it provided you stick within the rules. […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: dms guild, Dungeons & Dragons, forgotten realms, Matthew Mercer, onebookshelf, wizards of the coast

Chainmail satchel for wicked GMs and larpers

January 12, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood 7 Comments

Get me this This Knight’s satchel from Think Geek might be exactly what you need. I don’t think it stops there though. As shown in the image; I think this bag makes for a great book solution. Got a bag set aside just to bring your books, dice and notepad to the gaming session? Help […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: fashion, larp, think geek

The illustrated Dungeons & Dragons alphabet

January 12, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

These illustrations from Caleb Cleveland are great. The gamer and concept artist has made the effort to include family friendly, daughter-savvy, images and yet managed to do an entire range of monsters. My favourite? The sequence O and P. What about you?

Filed Under: Art Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, humour, monsters

The Evil Hat gang announce Fate More

January 12, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Evil Hat Productions has done well with Fate Core. A new Kickstarter shouldn’t be that surprising but there are some twists here. Fate More isn’t an expansion to Fate Core; it’s some new Fate Core books that need a Kickstarter to become physical rather than just digital. Additionally, this is a two part Kickstarter. That’s […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Evil Hat Productions, fate core, Fred Hicks, kickstarters, superheroes

Naruto’s ninja girls re-imagined

January 11, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Naruto fan Magdalena Radziej imagined what three of the most popular young ninja of the Village Hidden in the Leaves might look like if re-drawn in the cinematic style. Given that The Last Naruto Movie is due out in the UK this week it’s a good time to take a look. Hinata Ino Sakura

Filed Under: Art Tagged With: naruto

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