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Contributor: Andrew Girdwood

Continuing the archive of independent Andrew Girdwood reporting (Archive Page 165).

On the nose: Stranger Things Risk board game

December 20, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Given that recent seasons of Stranger Things have both alien invasions from supernatural realms and the tension of the Cold War the official Stranger Things Risk board game feels on the nose!

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: board games, risk, stranger things, truffle shuffle

Philip Reed re-releases shocking horror RPG The Whispering Vault

December 20, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

The Whispering Vault was first published by Nike Nystul in 1993, then moved to Chris Pramas’ Ronin Publishing and then in 2003 to Ronin Arts.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Chris Pramas, horror, Philip J Reed, philip reed games

D&D: Renaming dragons with more interesting themes

December 19, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Sinew Dragon was such a good name and far more imaginative than D&D’s chromatic and metallic dragons that I was inspired to try to rename the TTRPG titular creatures with more interesting themes.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: dragons, Dungeons & Dragons, rpg ideas

Short film: The Brightest Star

December 18, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Tompswell, the Finland-based animator, is the talent behind the award-winning The Brightest Star. It’s the story of a kid who falls into a cave.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: animation, monsters, short film

D&D: The Lost Episode “resurfaces” in Brazilian ad campaign

December 16, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Ad agency Ogilvy Brasil partnered with Hasbro to do a nostalgic campaign for D&D’s 50th anniversary.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: ads, Dungeons & Dragons, hasbro, stop motion

Review: The Lord of the Rings -The War of the Rohirrim

December 16, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

I’m glad I got to watch The Lord of the Rings, with new material, on the big screen again.

Filed Under: Anime Tagged With: lord of the rings, reviews

Free to download: Batman Gotham City Chronicles RPG quickstart

December 15, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

As we reported back in 2020, French board game company Monolith landed the Batman RPG license.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: batman, free to download, monolith board games

Audio EXP Podcast: #266 – Mysterious Geforce RFX GPU and monsters

December 15, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It’s the festive season so we’re talking about zombies, monsters, sexy new technology and late deliveries of signed graphic novels.

Filed Under: Sites Tagged With: audio exp, geek native, podcasts

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #287

December 14, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Warhammer 40K hits the screen! Amazon nabs TV rights. Plus: Firing drama at Wyrmwood, Itch.io battles Funko bots, and Pendragon’s GM Handbook arrives!

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: amazon, cawood publishing, games workshop, routinely itemised, warhammer 40k

Bad news! You could still get these awful Evil Dead Christmas stockings

December 11, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

When I first saw DarkSeed Creations’ Christmas stockings I was reminded of the human skin-covered Necronomicon from the Evil Dead series.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: christmas, christmas gift, Etsy

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