I work in digital marketing so I get to do stuff like monitor which of all the thousands of videos uploaded to YouTube each and every day have been the most successful. There are a lot of gaming videos; Call of Duty, zombies and recently Minecraft. Imagine my surprise, though, when I saw one og […]
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Ultramodern 4: Dias Ex Machina’s D&D evolution goes OGL
Dias Ex Machina will be offering their universal 4th under the Open Gaming License. This means that the raw files can be downloaded for free and any publisher in the GSL can use the rules too. However, the final product from Dias Ex Machina – you know, with art, layout and extra – will be […]
StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm preview
New units and new tactics. Oh, and one hell of a preview trailer too – welcome to StarCraft II: Heart of the Swarm. Heart of the Swarm is an expansion to StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty and a sequel. It’s not part three of the trilogy; that’s expected to be Legacy of the Void. Heart […]
Fluxx In SPAAAACE!
Just now the aim of the game is to find a Monolith full of stars, only when you finally play the Monolith card (which you stole from the future) alongside your Stars one of your opponents reminds you that your Time Traveller is currently suffering from Brain Parasites preventing you from winning. By the time […]
Pelgrane Press boosts Ashen Stars
Ashen Stars is a new game from Pelgrane Press. It hit the shelves at the start of the month. The game uses the Gumshoe system by Robin D. Laws and draws on the artistic talents of Jerome Huguenin and Chris Huth. In this gritty space opera game, the PCs are Lasers, freelance troubleshooters and law […]
Dragon Age II: Mark of the Assassin staring Felicia Day
EA have released a video for Mark of the Assassin. This is DLC for Dragon Age II. It’s also timed to support the web series Dragon Age Redemption. You can watch the first episode of Redemption here. If you think the assassin in Mark of the Assassin looks a lot like Felicia Day and Tallis […]
Competiton: Leave a comment to win a copy of Legacy
Legacy is a puzzle game with an RPG feel in which players have to discover the secrets of an old spooky mansion by finding pieces of missing antiques. The game is played on iOS devices such as iPhones or iPads and Geek Native has free codes for both. To win? You just have to be […]
Heroes of Neverwinter launch trailer – is it what you expected?
I really hope Heroes of Neverwinter is a great big D&D success on Facebook. I hope it improves Atari’s fortunes and rescues Wizards from the uncertainty of the future. I think Heroes of Neverwinter will be most successful if it goes mainstream on Facebook – and it could. However, I think Heroes of Neverwinter’s first […]
Money off: Monte Cook’s World of Darkness
White Wolf have a special deal on DriveThru RPG for Monte Cook’s World of Darkness book. This link puts the book in your basket! beware at the discount. I guess they don’t want to share the discounted price with people outside the mailing list… so, um, time will tell of what they make of Geek […]
A first play of The One Ring
Michael McCabe, Mike, reached out to Geek Native through his influential web of contacts with an offer we could not refuse. The deal? He was about to play the brand new The One Ring RPG and was prepared to give us his gameplay impressions. Thanks Mike! Last week, a friend and fellow roleplayer received his […]
