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Contributor: Andrew Girdwood

Continuing the archive of independent Andrew Girdwood reporting (Archive Page 501).

Birdking: Dark Horse publishes a new dark fantasy

March 31, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Birdking is the brainchild of the illustrator CROM. The London based artist has a Patreon and lists specialities as books, games, tattoos and necromancy.

Filed Under: Comics Tagged With: dark horse

Old Gods of Appalachia RPG: Monte Cook Games announce a new Cypher System game

March 31, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

These are the oldest mountains in the world. How dare we think we can break the skin of a god and dig out its heart without also calling blood and darkness?

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cypher system, horror, Monte Cook Games, old gods of appalachia, podcasts

Explore a fantasy steampunk London before 5e: Victoriana comes to the Bundle of Holding

March 30, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Confusingly, Victoriana 4e will be 5e. That’s to say, the 4th edition of the steampunk Victoriana RPG will move to D&D’s 5e rule systems.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundle of holding, bundles, cubicle 7, steampunk, Victoriana

A cool dark side: Shikimori’s Not Just a Cutie

March 30, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The first trailer hinted and the second confirms. There’s a dark side to Shikimori, and it’s kinda cool.

Filed Under: Anime Tagged With: trailers

Netflix’s grim night: Vampire in the Garden

March 30, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Once upon a time, humans and vampires lived in harmony in a place called Paradise. This is the story of a young girl and a vampire on a journey to find Paradise.

Filed Under: Anime Tagged With: netflix, trailers, vampires, wit studio

Free to Download: The Savage Lands RPG in which the spiders won – Empire of Venom & Silk

March 30, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

No one knows where the invaders came from. Two years ago, they exploded into the realm by way of Ahbiz, the city-state renowned for its alchemists and arcane scholars.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: free to download, savage worlds

Savage for Charity: Hundreds of dollars worth of Savage Worlds RPG content in Ukraine deal

March 30, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

In the bundle, you’ll get Savage Worlds Deluxe: Explorer’s Edition. That’s not the latest version of the popular RPG system, which is SWADE, but it means you can use this bundle if you weren’t a Savage Worlds gamer yesterday.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundles, charity, Fainting Goat Games, Pinnacle Entertainment Group, savage worlds

Fandom Tabletop issue a new Cortex license for third-party creators

March 30, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The future looks better for Cortex, the Fandom Tabletop owned RPG-system that powers The Dragon Prince: Tales of Xadia game, which was released today, Masters of the Universe and perhaps others.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cortex, cortex prime, fandom tabletop, tales of xadia, the dragon prince

D&D superstar Joe Manganiello fronted ARcana Kickstarts, a new way to play tabletop RPGs

March 30, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Kickstarter is busy with software options for tabletop gamers, and the competitive virtual tabletop space has a healthy and challenging overlap with augmented tabletops.

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: Augmented reality, Joe Manganiello, kickstarters, mirrorscape, virtual tabletop

Kodansha makes its award-winning manga nice and cheap

March 30, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

If you pause on Geek Native’s anime coverage to watch the trailers curated out from the hosepipe of activity from Japan, then you’ll know the name Kodansha.

Filed Under: Comics

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