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A review of Dead of Night: The Final Cut Rifts Essentials up on the Bundle of Holding The first commercial adventures for D&D are back: Palace of the Vampire Queen and The Dwarven Glory Pelgrane Press open Gumshoe Community program at DriveThruRPG Green Ronin discount Fantasy AGE to support Australian Bushfires Relief

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A review of Dead of Night: The Final Cut

January 17, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Graeme Patrick’s adventure only needs 2 players, can cope with many more but I recommend you don’t have more characters than can reasonably fit in a motorboat.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: horror, reviews

Rifts Essentials up on the Bundle of Holding

January 16, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Rifts is a post-apocalyptic version of Earth in which portals (rifts) have opened where ley lines cross to allow monsters, demons and magic energy back into the world.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundle of holding, Palladium Books, rifts

The first commercial adventures for D&D are back: Palace of the Vampire Queen and The Dwarven Glory

January 16, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Both Palace of the Vampire Queen and The Dwarven Glory have been remastered for a clean print.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, Palace of the Vampire Queen, Precis Intermedia

Pelgrane Press open Gumshoe Community program at DriveThruRPG

January 16, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Pelgrane Press has announced and opened the Gumshoe Community. In particular, some Ashen Stars content is now open to the community of authors and creators.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: gumshoe, Pelgrane Press

Green Ronin discount Fantasy AGE to support Australian Bushfires Relief

January 16, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

30% of the proceeds of each sale will go to Wildlife Victoria for shelters and carers around the state that have been affected the Australian bushfires and extreme heat.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: charity, fantasy age, Green Ronin Publishing

Monte Cook to re-release Ptolus: City by the Spire for D&D and Cypher

January 16, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Ptolus: City by the Spire was a massive 672-page, premium and expensive book from D&D 3.0 designer Monte Cook.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cypher system, Dungeons & Dragons, kickstarters, Monte Cook, Monte Cook Games, Ptolus, wizards of the coast

Fantasy Flight cancels Star Wars: Destiny

January 15, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Fantasy Flight is wrapping up Star Wars: Destiny. This dice and cards duel battle is only one of their many Star Wars games.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: card games, fantasy flight games, star wars

Gorgeous guide to getting female armour right

January 15, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

It’s surprising what a controversial subject female armour design has become in gaming circles.

Filed Under: Art, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: armour

Printing money: Hero Forge 2.0 goes viral with Kickstarter

January 15, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Hero Forge 2.0 will be a tool that lets you design your own custom mini by mixing and matching from templates and colours.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: hero forge, kickstarters, models

Riot Games: The new 2,500 employee board game company

January 15, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The next board game Riot will make is Tellstones: King’s Gambit. It’s a bluffing game for 2 to 4 players, and it’s connected to Runeterra.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: board games, riot games

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