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Contributor: Andrew Girdwood

Continuing the archive of independent Andrew Girdwood reporting (Archive Page 271).

The Trouble Engine for Forged in the Dark gets a Creative Commons License

August 31, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

We’ve had several really kindly requests to be allowed to make use of the mechanics, and rather than get into anything complicated, we figured an SRD and CC license was the way to go.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: astate, forged in the dark, handiwork games, morgan davie

A Pokemon analysis of 75,000 fans

August 31, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Which is your favourite Pokemon? This blogger hasn’t kept up with the long-running series and still has a few of the classic little monsters he rates highly.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: infographics, pokemon, stats

Eisner Award-nominated Atomic Robo as a comic book and RPG bundle on offer

August 31, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

For decades, Robo and the Action Scientists of Tesladyne have been the go-to defence force against the unexplained, using their high-octane, full-contact hypothesis testing to battle all manner of weirdness.

Filed Under: Comics, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundle, bundle of holding, Evil Hat Productions

Cthulhu Dreamt tabletop RPG: Hundreds sign up to hear the heavy metal sounds of Cthulhu

August 31, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Geek Native has exclusive preview access, which you can check out below. You’ll also hear plenty in the pitch video for the goal-met Kickstarter.

Filed Under: Music, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: action fiction, cthulhu, kickstarters

Free to Download: Adventure College Student Handbook Sample

August 30, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The full and final Adventure College Student Handbook expands that offering to five complete playable species, adding the Nagandr, Pookahs, Hels and Reebies.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, free to download

Fun score Power Ranger dinosaur sneaker exclusive

August 29, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Fun say the high-top sneakers have rubber soles and are slightly padded, each with white shoelaces.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: fashion, funcom, power rangers

Onyx Path scores “Project We Love” with Kickstarter Titans Rising for Scion 2e

August 29, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The first clash of the Titans, the Titanomachy, ended a millennia ago in the Scion world, but now the Titans are back, some refusing to stay dead, and rather than a holy war, it’s a mythic cold war.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters, onyx path publishing, scion

Dragonslayer RPG captures the D&D 0.75e feel

August 28, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Dragonslayer TTRPG will be 300-pages long, and Jeff Easley, a well-known ex-TSR art, will do the front cover art.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, greg gillespie, kickstarters

Tabletop Scotland quits Perth and moves to Edinburgh

August 28, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Tabletop Scotland 2024 will move to Edinburgh and the Royal Highland Centre. Despite the name, the Royal Highland Centre is further south than Perth and just outside Edinburgh.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: convention, tabletop scotland

Community building OSR bundle: The Nightmares Underneath

August 28, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Johnstone Metzger’s innovative RPG has one further twist in that it is centred around community. The PCs invest Loot from the dungeon into her home village, making it more robust so that the PCs can buy better gear and return to the nightmare bubble.

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

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