Season two of Corey Brotherson and Sergio Calvet’s Magic of Myths came out in July of this year. That was quite a gap from the first season which was published back in 2010. I’m sure it was worth the wait – although, in my case, I read both as a bundle. In fact, I read […]
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The weird west: A review of The Six-Gun Tarot
The Six-Gun Tarot in a book all Trail of Cthulhu fans should read. Pretty much all of the rest of us should pick it up too. This story of magic and guns in the wild west easily makes in onto my 2013 Recommend Reading list. Let’s start with a town in the middle of the […]
Wizards without Coats: Mouser
Hiring heroes is hard. < PreviousWizards without CoatsNext > We were under a different impression when you listed yourself as The Grey Mouser. Building an adventuring party or even running a Guild – the application process is essential. Don’t want any weak links to sneak into the chain. Have you had any close calls? […]
Wordless fantasy: Butterfly Gate review
Butterfly Gate is all sorts of different. The main way in which Butterfly Gate will be different from the other comics in your collection – unless you’re something of a master – is that Butterfly Gate has no text. There’s neither dialogue nor description. In other words; all you get are image panels. Impressively, Butterfly […]
Which were the best selling horror comics this year?
Last week we asked “Who scares the best” and investigated DriveThru Fiction’s best selling horror stories. We found out that gamers tended to go for anthologies and White Wolf did well. Gamers don’t just read books; they read comics too. There’s DriveThru Comic’s best sellers from Halloween 2012 up until the start of this month […]
Wizards without Coats: Fireball
Gotta keep safe while adventuring! < PreviousWizards without CoatsNext > Are you sure this wizard can handle fireballs? You can learn a lot from how wizards dress. Do they still carry a lot of weapons? Are they cautious or lacking in attack spells? Are their bags packed with books and scrolls? Could they […]
Blessed or doomed? A review of The Arcs
The Arcs is a graphic novel from Fanboy Comics that will be available for purchase on November 6th and which currently has a free preview up at TheArcsComic.com. Written and created by Michael D. Poisson, illustrated by Matt Jacobs and lettered by Oceano Ransford The Arcs gives you 80-pages of heaven and hell. God has […]
Who scares the best? Top 10 best Horror sellers at DriveThru Fiction
DriveThru Fiction is the sister site to DriveThru RPG. It doesn’t take a natural 20 on an Int Roll to work out that the online shop sells books and might be a good guide to what gamers are buying. With help from One Book Shelf, the site’s owners, we’ve had a look at the best […]
Five fantastic novels worthy of any Bibliomaniacs library
In this post L. Meridian taps in to the beating heart of the book buzz and shares five great books that’ll interest native geeks around the web. From High Fantasy, to slap stick Science Fiction and morbid Comedic Horror, there is something here for everyone. The Sad Tale of the Brothers Grossbart Author: Jesse Bullington […]
Head of State: A peak inside Dead Roots for zombie action
At the start of the month Geek Native covered the Dead Roots Kickstarter. It’s going well; there’s still 10 days on the clock, more than 230 backers, funded and well into stretch goals now. Here’s the pitch: [Back this Campaign] In about a week’s time Kickstarter will send out a reminder email to all those […]
