“A full-scale 1:1 Millennium Falcon has been built as well as the interiors of the ship for filming,” “The Falcon is done – inside and out. The sets were built off-site, ready to move when Lucasfilm/Bad Robot were ready to move into Pinewood.” This quote comes from a Yahoo report on a rumour that the […]
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Looking back to 29th November 2013, Andrew Girdwood filed a report detailed as "The team up of Paizo and FunTo11 on Kickstarter for the Pathfinder Dice Arena lets you play the iconic Pathfinder characters in a tournament. The area-tournament is there to explain why these characters might be fighting in the first place and avoids the damage dealing or luck aspects of some dice battles by keeping a focus on tactics.". It also was tagged with Pathfinder.
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Haunted by the past: A review of Penguindrum part 2
I began my review of Penguindrum part 1 by saying that I suspected labelling the series as a cute, fluffy, romance with a touch of angst anime was a mistake. Oh boy. Was it a mistake. In my defence, in the same review I said the plot, drama and tension was escalating quickly. By the […]
The Pathfinder Dice Arena rolls towards Kickstarter funding
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1225737959/pathfinder-dice-arena/ [Back this Campaign] The team up of Paizo and FunTo11 on Kickstarter for the Pathfinder Dice Arena lets you play the iconic Pathfinder characters in a tournament. The area-tournament is there to explain why these characters might be fighting in the first place and avoids the damage dealing or luck aspects of some dice […]
The Blue Kraken and motherboard dragons
The Blue Kraken is the online store for deviant artist Amanda Rethman. Amanda creates some fantastic fantasy jewellery out of circuit boards and metal. As she says; this is material that others have ceased to find useful. Check out some of these dragons.
The list of geeky “Black Friday” coupons, vouchers and sales
Black Friday seems to have crossed the Atlantic. It’s no longer just a big shopping frenzy in the States but the retailers in the United Kingdom have managed to join in. This tweet shows the chaos at an Asda store. So this Black Friday thing is real in the UK according to the pictures coming […]
An interview with the Robot Slayer Vincent Kamp
Robotslayer is both an illustrated childrens’ book and iOS app. What’s the target age group for the book and how old would kid need to be before being trusted on the app? I think age 6 or 7 is probably the key age where the kids can start to really identify with the characters and […]
Short film: Lil Guardian Pyro
One for Team Fortress 2 fans. Also one for any fans of quirky stories and good animation. This is a winning entry to Valve’s annual animated film competition. Brent Kennedy was director and animation, along with August Loolam as assistant director and animation with a host more in support; Harry Callaghan, Hasan Abdullah, Martin Ellis […]
Ghostbusters with machine guns: Seal Team 666 – Age of Blood
The first book in the series is just called Seal Team 666 and with Seal Team 666: Age of Blood author Weston Ochse has extended the story. The first book introduced some new SEALs to Team 666 – the US’s special squad that’s deployed against supernatural threats in a particularly high stakes battle. Age of […]
Wizards without Coats: Random
You know when you know! < PreviousWizards without CoatsNext > Oh, let me guess, random encounter? Hey, GM! Are you a fan of random encounter tables? How do you handle them? Do you have a random encounter table for each type of location? Do you apply situational modifiers? Coincidence checks? Are your random encounter […]
Tea versus evil: A review of the Discworld board game The Witches
The Witches is the second of Martin Wallace’s Discworld board games. It follows Ankh Morpork. In Ankh Morpork I found myself dropping friends in heaps of trouble for fun and to win the game. In The Witches I found that you were often better off helping each other out – particularly when it came […]
