Did you hear about No Man’s Sky’s recovery? The game had so much hype around it that it was bound to disappoint. Disappointment is exactly what happened to many gamers who purchased it on release and felt that it didn’t live up to expectations. But Hello Games didn’t give up. They kept on releasing improvements […]
Cart off the OneDice system with the Bundle of Holding
The OneDice Universal Revised from Cakebread & Walton is designed to be quick and fun. The premise of the books are for those times when you have a cool idea for a roleplaying session but not very much prep time. It’s also a good way to get players more confident in GMing a little. There’s […]
Explore Eberron with the Dungeons & Dragons: Infestation comics
DriveThruComics now has IDW’s Dungeons & Dragons: Infestation II part 1 and part 2. These comics originally came out in 2012, but with the recent re-release of Eberron as a 5e campaign setting it makes sense why they’re being made available again. Shaun Manning of Comic Book Resources once asked Infestation II author Paul Crilley […]
Map maker: Generating a fantasy world atlas
Let’s say you don’t want to spend a penny, don’t want to download any software, that you are in a hurry and you need to generate a fantasy map for your RPG campaign. In this post, we’ll look at a map maker that’s capable of generating an entire fantasy world. There are a few software […]
Your DM is better than any dating service
This strip is the work of Light Roast Comics. The site is less than a year, only founded in February. We’re reminded that ‘send me a DM’ clearly hasn’t changed its meaning since Gary Gygax coined the phrase Dungeon Master. What else could people be thinking? If you like the style pop over to teespring […]
T-shirt: Mouthfuls of Madness Ramen
In the Mouth of Madness is a John Carpenter film inspired by the works of H. P. Lovecraft. This t-shirt design by MONSTERYOUniverse takes the concept one stage further. It’s actual Great Old One mouthfuls of madness. [I neeeed this] This is a tagless cotton t-shirt that ships to most places from the United States. […]
Is he loyal? Cosplay of a Warhammer 40K Black Templar Chaplain
This frightfully good (and frightening) Warhammer 40K cosplay was shared by Reddit user TacticalBaconX. The character is a Chaplain from the Space Marine chapter the Black Templars. They’re not an ordinary chapter. The Black Templars are an offshoot from the original Imperial Fists and the Primarch Rogal Dorn. The Imperial Fists were one of the […]
Steve Jackson Games offers The Fantasy Trip license and marketplace to other writers
One of the big RPG Kickstarters on the go right now is Steve Jackson Games’ The Fantasy Trip. It’s approaching 2,500 backers and well over US$200,000 in funding. What is it? It’s Steve Jackson’s first ever roleplaying game. It predates GURPS, had a rough time of it and never really had a crack at the […]
Fear the Sea of Leaves: A review of the Summerland RPG
Summerland is the result of a successful Kickstarter by Greg Saunders. Looking back at the campaign I can’t quite pinpoint the moment I decided to back it, I have vague memories of having heard good things about Saunders, and I certainly liked the concept even if it was presented in a remarkably simple pitch. The […]
Shadows over Bogenhafen: Warhammer: Vermintide 2 gets DLC
Fatshark’s Warhammer: Vermintide 2 has been hugely popular and this blogger has only heard good things about it. It has sold over a million copies and now the first DLC for it will be released on August 28th for the PC and Xbox One. Martin Wahlund, CEO Fatshark, introduced Shadows over Bogenhafen to press; We […]