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Contributor: Andrew Girdwood

Continuing the archive of independent Andrew Girdwood reporting (Archive Page 180).

Prime Day cybersecurity risks grow to worrying levels

October 7, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

In the United States, Cyber Security Awareness Month is in October. So is Amazon’s Big Heckin’ Two-Day Prime Day. The two overlap!

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: cybersecurity, software

Big Heckin’ Two-Day Prime Day: Anyone but Amazon!

October 7, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

We’re not against Amazon Prime Day; I plan to do a little shopping tomorrow, October 8th, when it launches, but there are other retailers.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: prime day, redbubble, roll20, shopping, sideshow collectibles

Violet Core: Sapphic love or mecha war? (the TTRPG)

October 6, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Sarah Carapace is an artist and game designer who some readers might know from Dungeon Bitches and who is now on Kickstarter with a TTRPG of her own.

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

Audio EXP Podcast: #256 – The dark season

October 5, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

From D&D to PETA and Warhammer to dice full of eyes, welcome to the dark season and Geek Native’s podcast.

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

Competition: Win “Red Dwarf – Discovering the TV Series”

October 5, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood 19 Comments

Red Dwarf is a British science fiction comedy series with cult classic status. It follows the misadventures of Dave Lister, the last human alive, who finds himself stranded three million years in the future aboard the mining spaceship Red Dwarf.  

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: competitions, red dwarf

Free to Download: The Expanse Transport Union Edition Quickstart

October 5, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

In July, Green Ronin, the publisher of the official The Expanse RPG, announced a new backwards compatible edition. The Transport Union edition quickstart is out, and it’s a free download via DriveThruRPG.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: free to download, Green Ronin Publishing, the expanse, the expanse rpg

Gold Teeth: A grotesque comedy of piracy and occult horror (gamers love it!)

October 5, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Gamers, though, are flocking to Gold Teeth, and this grotesque comedy of piracy and occult horror has smashed through the £15,000 funding target. You can follow the progress on the pitch page.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: forged in the dark, kickstarters

May your Warhammer Day last (almost) all month

October 5, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Warhammer Day is the 5th of October, but this Warhammer Day bundle lasts until about the 23rd of October. Fine. With. Me.

Filed Under: PC Tagged With: humble, warhammer, warhammer 40k

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #277

October 5, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

TTRPG news roundup: Kickstarter launches surge, Mongoose acquires 2300AD & Twilight: 2000, Free League releases The Electric State RPG, a VOLTRON RPG is coming, and Steve Hatherley wins Geek Native’s Spotlight vote.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Free League Publishing, Mongoose Publishing, routinely itemised, twilight: 2000

Steamforged Games: Lead TTRPG designer Richard August leaves the company

October 4, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

While at Steamforged, Richard steered projects such as the RuneScape Kingdoms RPG and Dark Souls.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dark Souls, Dune: Adventures in the Imperium, richard august, Steamforged Games

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