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Contributor: Andrew Girdwood

Continuing the archive of independent Andrew Girdwood reporting (Archive Page 178).

Are these the warmest monsters in your bed?

October 15, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Do you know who invented microwavable soft toys? Philip Gannon did, and he also founded Intelex Group in 1995.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: monsters, shopping

Nightmares, not dreams, come true as Call of Cthulhu launch a bundle for Halloween

October 15, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The bundle includes the Call of Cthulhu Starter Set, the Investigator Handbook with expanded character creation rules, and the Keeper Rulebook for managing gameplay.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundles, Call of Cthulhu, Chaosium, humble, lovecraft

Getting physical with the TTRPG darling Armour Astir – Advent

October 15, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Briar Sovereign found success with the indie TTRPG in which you push back against authority and so as a pilot of a steel-clad Astir. The number one request has been for a physical edition of Armour Astir: Advent, and so the Manchester-based designer has turned to Kickstarter and found success. The crowdfunding campaign for the […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters, mecha, powered by the apocalypse

Til Death Do Us Part(y): Broken Peach tackle “Call Me” & “I Was Made For Lovin’ You”

October 14, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The band, from Vigo, Spain, comprises Lara, Eri, Lewis and Sela on vocals, Pepo on guitar and keyboards, Ruben on drums and Julian on Bass.

Filed Under: Music Tagged With: halloween, Music video, skeletons

A bartending job with a cannon: First impressions of Barheim

October 14, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

There may be too much beer Viking in my own impatience. Despite playing the bartender in the desktop game, I might have too much sympathy with the customers here.

Filed Under: PC Tagged With: dusk wave arts, Steam

Short film: Under the Thicket

October 13, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The haunting animation took Caleb a year; who directed, wrote and animated in Blender.

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

Audio EXP Podcast: #257 – The buying season

October 12, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Fun and kid-friendly monsters, through horror bundles and Free League’s delayed plans for the evolved edition of the Alien: RPG. Outside the monster chat, there’s Amazon chat. Oh. Wait.

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

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #278

October 11, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

We’re not in the USA so it seems out of place to sign or not sign except to say we hope the next President of the USA is strong against Russia, does not want to bomb Mexico and believes in climate change.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bloat games, Monte Cook Games, routinely itemised, solo rpgs

Steam Next Fest preview: Dusk Wave Arts’ Barheim

October 11, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Steam’s Next Fest will run from the 14th of October to the 21st. The event celebrates upcoming games, and Geek Native has a sneak peek of screen grabs of a quirky, fun game from Dusk Wave Arts

Filed Under: PC Tagged With: dusk wave arts, Steam

These mimic dice are marvellously spooky

October 10, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

With Halloween coming up, I’ve been nosing around spooky dice like the giant Eyes of Chaos and stumbled on Doldols’ Chest Mimic D20s.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: dice, models, monsters

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