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Continuing the archive of independent Andrew Girdwood reporting (Archive Page 435).

Dark, horrible, but fun and new! Eclipse Phase 2e bundle deal

July 19, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

In the game, characters belong to the secret Firewall organisation to try and protect transhumanity from biowar, nanoswarms, rogue AIs and aliens.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundle of holding, bundles, Eclipse Phase, posthuman studios, sci-fi

Pathfinder Revolution! board game hits Kickstarter via Steve Jackson Games

July 18, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Secretly bid against your opponents for control of important people and guilds, gaining influence in different regions throughout the city, as well as more gold, power, or blackmail for your war chest.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: board games, kickstarters, pathfinder, Steve Jackson Games

Crunchyroll drops prices in nearly 100 locations as the streaming wars heat up

July 18, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Earlier this year, we promised anime fans that we would provide more value in one subscription experience.

Filed Under: Sites Tagged With: Crunchyroll

Clerks and Jay and Silent Bob star spies himself in D&D artwork

July 18, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Jay and Silent Bob are, fittingly enough, outside! Jay is leaning back against the wall while Bob lights up. It’s a familiar scene.

Filed Under: Art

Cruel and caring: Endo and Kobayashi Live! The Latest on Tsundere Villainess Lieselotte

July 18, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

“Endo and Kobayashi Live! The Latest on Tsundere Villainess Lieselotte” is the not-short and not-snappy title of a whole fantasy series and now anime. Tsundere is a sort of portmanteau mixing “tsuntsun” or grumpy and “deredere” for the lovey-dovey sort of caring. It’s applied to characters in anime, often women, who act mean because they […]

Filed Under: Anime Tagged With: trailers

Suzume no Tojimari: More magic, more ruin and some fun!

July 18, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

I was impressed by the first, calling it magic and ruin. There’s both here, worryingly so, but also some fun with cute anime tropes that appear to be perfectly handled.

Filed Under: Anime Tagged With: Crunchyroll, Makoto Shinkai, trailers

Free to Download: 76-page Nations and Cannons’ Starter Rules

July 17, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The year is 1775. The spark of revolution has ignited in the thirteen colonies, and the British army is on its way to smother it.

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

Stay cool and cover yourself in Star Wars comics

July 17, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Available in various sizes but noted as a “longer ladies’ fit”, the Cakeworthy design is 100% cotton.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: fashion, star wars, truffle shuffle

Competition: The Ultimate RPG Character Backstory Guide

July 17, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

Take your skyship pirate, haunted waif, or alien scientist to the next level with this fun, interactive book of exercises to help you build your RPG character’s backstory—made specifically for the genres you love to play.

Filed Under: Sites Tagged With: competitions, james d'amato

Theory of Magic Sourcebook: This astrophysicist is funding a 5e book to explore magic with science

July 17, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The book itself will be a digital deep dive and explanation of our methods, results, and how to use them in game, including apotential new homebrew subclass of wizard that can encompass all of these strange new powers.

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

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