How do you explain the role of all six of Dungeons and Dragons’ ability scores to a new player? What exactly is the difference between intelligence and wisdom? It turns out that one tomato is all you need. This fantastically illustrated explanation is the work of Max Marcil. Based in California, Max is a graphic […]
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A glance inside Good Society: A Jane Austen Roleplaying Game
The talk at Gen Con might have been about a crop of forthcoming dark RPGs like Wrath & Glory, Vampire: the Masquerade 5e and The Witcher RPG but this month a very different style of tabletop adventure opened up to pre-orders. Storybrewers Roleplaying are now taking pre-orders on Good Society: A Jane Austen Roleplaying Game. […]
Marvel at Liselle’s custom character sheets
There’s a knack to good character sheet design. It’s not easy. A character sheet needs to be practical and accessible; with important stats and attributes front and centre, neither cluttered out nor with often used numbers relegated to a second page. Imagine the skill it takes to custom design and illustrates a character sheet for […]
3D printed and painted dice tower is a thing of beauty
This dice tower looks good enough to feature on someone’s expertly constructed Dungeons & Dragons diorama. The actual intent, of course, is for players to drop dice in the top, for them to safely rattle down without falling off the table and into the dish below. This was a two-person job. Joshua Westman of Barnicus […]
Dungeon themed character sheets from Garblag Games
Garblag Games are a group of British roleplayers who focus on actual play videos. They have got a studio and everything. As is the (wise) trend with content creators Garblag have also set up a Patreon. Right now, Patreon subscribers can download these dungeon themed character sheets. In two weeks time Garblag Games will make […]
Character Gauntlets: A new fashion for tabletop roleplaying?
Geek Native started as an attempt to get ‘new blood’ into tabletop gaming. That was years ago, before Twitch and Critical Role, Kickstarter, Dungeons & Dragons 5e, Pathfinder 2e and Vampire 5e. Now there is a most welcome surge of interest in the hobby from a host of friendly new people, and this little blog […]
Paizo hope their new Starfinder beginner Box will introduce more gamers to their sci-fi RPG
Paizo Publishing announced Starfinder in May 2016 and the sci-fi RPG has earned a pretty solid core of fans since then. One possible wriggle is the fact the game barely saw any birthdays before the company also announced Pathfinder 2nd edition and some fans worry that happened too soon. The Starfinder Beginner Box isn’t designed […]
White Wolf announces official Vampire makeup collection
Is this the first time a tabletop games publisher has had an official set of makeup? I can only imagine that some of the gamers who tend to be unwelcome and unrequested gatekeepers, unwilling to accept that women are equally likely as men to be into roleplaying, will be rolling their eyes at this news. […]
Onyx Path Publishing to publish Chicago by Night a Vampire 5e supplement
White Wolf is publishing World of Darkness products again and Vampire: The Masquerade 5th edition launched at Gen Con this week. But what of the company that kept the franchise alive for the last few years? Onyx Path has established itself through a series of very successful Kickstarters and quality products that fans appreciated. There’s […]
One purchase away from happiness: Fight Club – The Home Game
The newly forged Mondo Games continues to tease and tempt up with good looking board games. The Thing: Infection at Outpost 31 is a success and Jurassic Park: The Chaos Gene is coming. The growing publisher is also bringing us a Fight Club game that’s due September this year. Fight Club: The Home Game is […]
