The OneDice Universal Revised from Cakebread & Walton is designed to be quick and fun. The premise of the books are for those times when you have a cool idea for a roleplaying session but not very much prep time. It’s also a good way to get players more confident in GMing a little. There’s […]
Explore Eberron with the Dungeons & Dragons: Infestation comics
DriveThruComics now has IDW’s Dungeons & Dragons: Infestation II part 1 and part 2. These comics originally came out in 2012, but with the recent re-release of Eberron as a 5e campaign setting it makes sense why they’re being made available again. Shaun Manning of Comic Book Resources once asked Infestation II author Paul Crilley […]
Steve Jackson Games offers The Fantasy Trip license and marketplace to other writers
One of the big RPG Kickstarters on the go right now is Steve Jackson Games’ The Fantasy Trip. It’s approaching 2,500 backers and well over US$200,000 in funding. What is it? It’s Steve Jackson’s first ever roleplaying game. It predates GURPS, had a rough time of it and never really had a crack at the […]
Fear the Sea of Leaves: A review of the Summerland RPG
Summerland is the result of a successful Kickstarter by Greg Saunders. Looking back at the campaign I can’t quite pinpoint the moment I decided to back it, I have vague memories of having heard good things about Saunders, and I certainly liked the concept even if it was presented in a remarkably simple pitch. The […]
Shadows over Bogenhafen: Warhammer: Vermintide 2 gets DLC
Fatshark’s Warhammer: Vermintide 2 has been hugely popular and this blogger has only heard good things about it. It has sold over a million copies and now the first DLC for it will be released on August 28th for the PC and Xbox One. Martin Wahlund, CEO Fatshark, introduced Shadows over Bogenhafen to press; We […]
Redesigned The Witcher TRPG character sheet
A tabletop version of CD Projekt Red’s popular The Witcher roleplaying game is now available for purchase. It’s a dark and deadly game, and when I did my review of it, I noted just how complex it could become with a lot to keep track of. I didn’t have any grumbles about the official The […]
Model painter extraordinaire GMM Studios shares some incredible Warhammer pictures
Geek Native has shared GMM Studios incredible work before. There’s this ‘Warhammer 40K carry on army‘ and AdeptiCon’s ‘Iron Hands army‘ to name but two. Brandon Palmer is GMM Studios and is all about painting models. If you want your model army to look amazing then he takes commissions. Over on his Facebook page Palmer […]
Daemonical: Procedural horror and proximity voice chat for roleplaying
In Daemonical you can play as either the demon trying to stop the ritual or get rid of the humans before the sun rises or as one of the four humans trying to finish the ritual. It was the use of procedural that got my attention. Procedural, perhaps made (in)famous by No Man’s Sky, is […]
A free introduction to Lex Arcana: A RPG set in a magical Roman Empire
Depending on where you are you might already be a big fan of Lex Arcana. It’s a hugely popular game. The Dark Eye is very popular in Germany, for example, and Trudvang Chronicles in Sweden. as Lex Arcana is an alternative history fantasy game in which the powers of divination magic kept the Roman Empire […]
D&D’s Gary Gygax’s widow is being sued by Hollywood over a dungeon
Urg, this looks messy. Two years ago the movie producer Tom DeSanto (X-Men, Transformers and this summer’s Bumble Bee) struck a deal to ‘oversee the Gygax catalog of published and unpublished works’. Now, according to the widow of Dungeons & Dragons co-creator, she is being used by him and New Myth Entertainment for $30 million. […]