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Contributor: Andrew Girdwood

Continuing the archive of independent Andrew Girdwood reporting (Archive Page 229).

The Good Society bundle: Tabletop RPG Jane Austen-style

January 30, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Manipulate influential connections, spark scandalous rumours, or orchestrate elaborate events, from grand balls to scandalous carriage accidents – even orchestrate marriages!

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundle of holding, bundles, good society, storybrewers

Free Quickstart for duet RPG: Runecairn Kickstarts a remastered edition

January 29, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Runecairn is set in a world following the cataclysmic events of Ragnarok, an apocalyptic battle between the gods and the jotunn. In the aftermath, the Nine Realms burn in fire and drown in flood.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters

Duncan Jones is making a machinima Rogue Trooper movie

January 29, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The super soldier, known as 19, is the only survivor of an invasion force except for the personality of three killed-in-action squad mates stored in his gun, helmet and rucksack.

Filed Under: Movies Tagged With: animation, Dave Gibbons, Duncan Jones, jason kingsley, rebellion, rogue trooper

Barad-dûr makes for an incredible backflow incense burner

January 28, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Then at last his gaze was held: wall upon wall, battlement upon battlement, black tower of adamant, he saw it: Barad-dûr, Fortress of Sauron. All hope left him.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: household, lord of the rings, shopping, truffle shuffle

Audio EXP Podcast: #228 – Now That You’re Dead and the battle for “RPG”

January 27, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Old new dinosaurs are old and new again as the Jurassic World reboot surfaces, Valiant’s superheroes return to the RPG tabletop, and we discuss ‘Now That You’re Dead’ and TTRPG after a chat with Eric Bloat.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: audio exp, geek native, podcasts

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #241

January 27, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

RPG news is summed up in bullet points, and this week, we’ve news of a new Warhammer TTRPG, D&D’s birthday, Evil Genius versus Netflix, the Shadow of the Weird Wizard and Assassin’s Creed TTRPG.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: dice box, food, routinely itemised, schwalb entertainment, shadow of the weird wizard, terminator, warhammer, warhammer: the old world

Axes and Anvils Bundle: The dwarf-clan from Shields Up! Publishing

January 25, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Check out the Axes and Anvils Bundle, which includes Axes and Anvils: A Game of Dwarves by Andrew Shields from Shields Up! Publishing.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundle of holding, bundles

Netflix’s settlement with Evil Genius kills the Rebel Moon TTRPG

January 24, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Evil Genius had been secretly working on the roleplaying game, but the publisher insists they had permission to share those previews at GAMA.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: evil genius productions, legal, netflix, rebel moon

RPG Publisher Spotlight: Bloat Games

January 23, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Can you imagine how busy Eric Bloat must be? Nevertheless, Eric very kindly made time for us.

Filed Under: Interviews, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bloat games, dark places & demogorgons, dungeon crawl classics, eric bloat

Green Ronin and Valiant launch the Valiant Adventures RPG with free comic book offer

January 23, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Valiant Adventures was designed by Steve Kenson, based on years of development of the Mutants & Masterminds game system and decades of experience in the RPG design field.

Filed Under: Comics, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Green Ronin Publishing, kickstarters, Mutants & Masterminds, Steve Kenson, superhero, valiant, valiant universe

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