Chaosium is republishing its classic Call of Cthulhu boxed collections with the assistance of the Kickstarter community. The campaign target is thrashed, and while it’s early days and highly likely to change, Kicktraq suggests the $1,000,000 line will be crossed. CMON’s board game “Cthulhu: Death May Die” nearly hit $2.5m, but the highest Cthulhu-themed (mentioned […]
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Tabletop gaming dangers: A life of pain turns out to be a game piece stuck up nose
A woman from Christchurch has discovered that the nose pain she has felt for almost her whole life was caused by a game piece. A tiddlywink token had been wedged up in there, with calcified material growing around it.
Cursed Captains of Cthulhu bring combines cutlasses and cosmic horror
Explore a Parallel Golden Age of Piracy and the Lovecraft Mythos. Fight with – or against! – famous pirates, explore the pirate republic, and delve into the unknown depths with all their dangers and untold knowledge. But should it even be uncovered, or will that knowledge drive you to the edge of your courage and into the abyss?
Vast Grimm offers up $1,000 to be a groundbreaking tabletop RPG on Gamefound
Infinite Black is gearing up to launch a Mork Borg powered sci-fi horror and has some impressive ways to lure you in.
Explore Kobold Press’s Midgard, Zobeck and the Empire of the Ghouls with this bundle deal
Zobeck is a free city in the heart of Midgard’s crossroad region. It’s a protectorate of the Clockwork Goddess Rava, borders the Ironcrag cantons, the Blood Kingdom of Margau, some human realms, and, of course, the Ghoul Imperium prowls beneath!
Superhero Week: A review of magic girls and Kindred Souls
A magical girl game about saving the world, magic, hope, and hopelessness.
Superhero Week: Capes & Crooks aims to bring superpowers to 5e
In the Capes & Crooks setting, supers (deviants) have been appearing for years. The world is trying to adapt to this. Now about 20% of the population has some powers, and that includes super-geniuses.
44 years of tabletop gaming changed this weekend as GAMA votes in new membership structure
GAMA votes overwhelmingly to transform itself.
Superhero Week: A review of Amazing Heroes!
I really like Amazing Heroes! and I want to begin this review with grumpy old git reasons why.
TSR Games (2) rebrands to Solarian Games
The TSR Games changing its name is the one that was founded in 2012 to honour Gary Gygax by Jayson Elliot, with the backing of the Gygax brothers, to run Gygax Magazine.
