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Contributor: Andrew Girdwood

Continuing the archive of independent Andrew Girdwood reporting (Archive Page 155).

Is LEGO all that more expensive than its rivals?

June 28, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

LEGO has rivals, and the trade wars are encouraging some of the Chinese-based alternatives to redirect their marketing efforts toward Europe. However, LEGO has its own homegrown (or at least European) alternatives that are also chipping away at the market.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: lego

RPG Publisher Spotlight: Diane Ramic

June 28, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

For May, Geek Native’s patrons voted for Diane Ramic to feature in the RPG Publisher Spotlight.

Filed Under: Interviews Tagged With: dragons, spotlight

Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle trailer drops, UK cinema release confirmed

June 28, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A new trailer has been released for Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle, offering a glimpse into the upcoming feature-length film, which is slated for a cinema release in the UK and Ireland on September 12, 2025.

Filed Under: Anime Tagged With: Crunchyroll, Demon Slayer, trailers

Routinely Itemised: RPG #315

June 28, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Discover the 2025 Origin Award winners! Plus, Evil Hat drops their Tomb Raider roleplaying game, a fantastic bundle supports Owen Stephens, and Cubicle 7 releases new The Laundry roleplaying game 2nd Edition books.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Black Flag, dice, kobold press, Labyrinth, Origins Award, owen k. c. stephens, routinely itemised, watch

Ghost Patrol: Digging into the Lore of 2000 AD’s Genetic Infantryman

June 26, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Fans of 2000 AD and newcomers alike have something to look forward to this September, as a significant new Rogue Trooper storyline, Ghost Patrol, is set to debut.

Filed Under: Comics Tagged With: Duncan Jones, rebellion, rogue trooper

Paperwork and Portals: The Laundry TTRPG’s second edition arrives

June 26, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Laundry Files series by British author Charles Stross brilliantly mashes up the cosmic dread of the Cthulhu Mythos with the mundane absurdity of government bureaucracy.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Charles Stross, Cubicle 7 Entertainment, The Laundry RPG

These Warhammer 40K sports shirts are impressive (and Chaos God of money level expensive)

June 26, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Which of the Warhammer 40K Chaos gods is in on money? Slannesh, I guess? I just haven’t seen a pile of gold roll across the battlefield before.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: fashion, merchoid, shopping, space marine, warhammer 40k

Dancing In Limbo: The designer on bringing lucid dreams to the tabletop

June 25, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

We’re thrilled to present an exclusive interview with Benjamin, the designer of Dancing In Limbo (DIL), known online as cosmicPostman.

Filed Under: Interviews, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: actual play

Sound Realms to transform classic Fighting Fantasy into immersive audio adventures

June 25, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Sound Realms has announced an exciting new partnership with Fighting Fantasy, the iconic series created by Ian Livingstone and Steve Jackson.

Filed Under: Games Tagged With: audio games, Fighting Fantasy, Ian Livingstone, steve jackson

Colin Furze and Robert Llewellyn team pp for Zapheap – The electric evolution of Scrapheap Challenge

June 25, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The iconic engineering competition series Scrapheap Challenge is getting a modern-day revamp with Zapheap, a bold new pilot, and it’s bringing some serious talent along for the ride.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: Robert Llewellyn

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