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Contributor: Andrew Girdwood

Continuing the archive of independent Andrew Girdwood reporting (Archive Page 895).

Adventure Begins: D&D launches board game for 2-4 players, 10 and up

July 22, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Dungeons & Dragons Adventure Begins is designed to be an entry point into D&D and is played with between 2 and 4 people, ages 10 and over.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: board games, Dungeons & Dragons

Warlords of Sigrdrifa trailer and character art

July 22, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Humanity is on the verge of destruction when Odin appears and gifts us the Walkures and their herocraft.

Filed Under: Anime Tagged With: trailers

Horror, humour and horny 1970s b-movies: They Came From Beyond the Grave

July 22, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

They Came from Beyond the Grave! takes the b-movie horror movie RPG to the 1970s. It’s described as dramatic, hammy and horrifying that encompasses the shock, terror, eroticism and humour of the genre.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters, matthew dawkins, onyx path publishing, They Came from Beneath the Sea!, They Came From Beyond the Grave

Root RPG gets a new quickstart for Free RPG Day

July 22, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The game is based on Powered by the Apocalypse, and this quickstart includes a look at the game’s core mechanics, pre-genned characters (you play as animals) and a new clearing filled with adventure.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: free rpg day, magpie games, root

IDW’s President and Publisher steps down

July 22, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

We wish him all the best in his new ventures. With Chris’s departure, IDW will be restructuring and expanding its operations, and we will name a new management team very soon.

Filed Under: Comics Tagged With: IDW publishing, Locke & Key

An early look at The Umbrella Academy board game

July 22, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Dark Horse and Studio71 are aiming to Kickstart a The Umbrella Academy board game.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: board games, dark horse, the umbrella academy

Crunchyroll returns to the Goblin Slayer controversy

July 22, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

If you watch Goblin’s Crown within the first two weeks of release on Crunchyroll, you’ll get a signed digital poster.

Filed Under: Anime Tagged With: Crunchyroll, goblin slayer

Bad Sex: The Roleplaying Game is real and out this month

July 21, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Bad Sex, as an RPG, is apparently all about trying to create maximum embarrassment for everyone in the room by finding the best way to inject cringe into an adult scene.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs

Green Ronin gives us a look at Sword Chronicle

July 21, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Sword Chronicle is the spiritual successor to the Game of Thrones RPG in that it uses the Chronicle System to bring to life a feudal fantasy world.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: chronicle system, Green Ronin Publishing, sword chronicle

Dice boots!

July 20, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood 4 Comments

Perhaps these boots offer advantages on any disco dancing rolls.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: humour, pictures

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