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Exclusive House of Paper Shadows preview The 15 worst character classes in D&D by rank Mimics do not always need to appear as chests and doors EN Publishing announce Judge Dredd and The Worlds of 2000 AD RPG Kickstarter Mutant Year Zero’s good year continues with The Eternal War and Hotel Imperator

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Exclusive House of Paper Shadows preview

August 25, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This post contains a lengthy preview of the adventure House of Paper Shadows so if you’re a player who might play it, please be fair and skip past this post instead. This download is a horror-themed wuxia adventure for Wandering Heroes of Ogre Gate from Bedrock Games. Wandering Heroes of Ogre Gate is a vast […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bedrock games, free to download, wuxia

The 15 worst character classes in D&D by rank

August 24, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Picking a character class is no simple matter. Not only do you need to have a character you can have fun with but you need to contribute to the success of the group. Wait, no, scratch that. This is a joke. There is no such pressure. Just pick a character that fits with the game […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, humour

Mimics do not always need to appear as chests and doors

August 24, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood 4 Comments

In Dungeons & Dragons there’s a monster called a Mimic that can polymorph into an object and back again. In 1970 in his book Future Shock the futurist and businessman Alvin Toffer coins the phrase Overchoice. The two are related because Overchoice is a mental state when people have a difficult time making a decision […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, monsters

EN Publishing announce Judge Dredd and The Worlds of 2000 AD RPG Kickstarter

August 24, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Towards the end of September, we’ll get the chance to back a Kickstarter from EN World’s publishing arm to make the Judge Dredd and The Worlds of 2000 AD RPG a reality. EN Publishing has the license from 2000 AD owners Rebellion. There are a few things to get your head around here. The first […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: 2000 AD, Andrew Peregrine, Darren Pearce, en publishing, judge dredd, Mongoose Publishing, rebellion, Russ Morrissey, woin

Mutant Year Zero’s good year continues with The Eternal War and Hotel Imperator

August 24, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Mutant Year Zero is a game by Paradox Entertainment. That’s the same company who own the rights to Conan the Barbarian, Mutant Chronicles and Kult. It is not Paradox Interactive the company who owns White wolf and Harebrained Schemes as that’s become independent. The tabletop roleplaying game Mutant Year Zero, which Geek Native recommends, was […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: apocalyptic, Free League Publishing, funcom, Modiphius, mutant: year zero

Exalted is coming to the Storytellers Vault and publishers to earn 50%

August 24, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

In September gamers will be able to self-publish, sell and profit on the Exalted. Exalted is White Wolf’s anime-inspired game of reincarnated gods. The first edition was published in 2001 and used the Storyteller game system designed by Mark Rein-Hagen. In 2013 a Kickstarter for Exalted 3e hit it’s US$60,000 funding goal in minutes, raised […]

Filed Under: Sites, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: exalted, mark rein-hagen, onebookshelf, onyx path publishing, storytellers vault, white wolf

A Magic: The Gathering Pro insider blows the whistle on systemic racism

August 23, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

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Zen Takahashi, a Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour qualifier based in Auckland, New Zealand, has shared his experiences of systemic racism in the professional Magic: The Gathering community. On a less positive note, the other big surprise I experienced on the Pro Tour was the prevalence of the racism in the professional Magic community. Specifically, […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: magic the gathering

Paizo previews art from the Starfinder Beginner Box

August 23, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Starfinder Beginner Box

Paizo are wisely bringing out a Starfinder Beginner Box. The product is designed to help newbies into the hobby and into Starfinder. In a new show, Starfinder Wednesday on the official Paizo Twitch channel, Dan Tharp interviewed lead designer Owen K.C. Stephens and Managing Developer Amanda Hamon Kunz. During the interview Dan shared some art […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Owen Stephens, Paizo Publishing, pathfinder, starfinder

Meet the Lex Arcana characters

August 23, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

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Last week Geek Native shared a free to download Lex Arcana Quickstarter. This is an alternative Rome with fantasy mixed in and a world where Divination stopped the Empire from falling. It’s a game that first came out in 1993 and has built a huge following in Europe and has some of the world’s most […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: fantasy, lex arcana, quality games, wallpapers

Dystopia Rising: Evolution rises on Kickstarter

August 23, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Dystopia Rising - Evolution

As Geek Native reported in January Oynx Path has the Dystopia Rising license and today they’ve launched their Kickstarter. [Back this Campaign] A pledge of US$20 will get you a PDF of the core book and US$50 gets you both the Dystopia Rising: Evolution core book in hardcover and PDF for ‘at cost’ print on […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Eddy Webb, Eschaton Media, kickstarters, onyx path publishing, storypath, zombies

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