From a western perspective, Wuxia and the Samurai genre can be very easy to blend together. In reality, though, Wuxia is a different beast. It has a history of rebellion, heroes disinterested in serving a local lord and finding their own destiny. Sound familiar? It’s probably the content of most weekly gaming sessions. Let’s take […]
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This d20 is forged from a meteorite
Gil Ramirez is a blacksmith known as the Vlogsmith on YouTube and he likes to make interesting dice. His most recent project took a meteorite and made a d20. The dice was electro-etched to carve in the numbers on each face. Then the space d20 was acid etched to bring out the Widmanstatten lines. The […]
CMON planning a Trudvang Legends board game
We’ve already seen CMON take the board game Zombicide and morph it into a RPG. They’re also bringing the Trudvang Legends RPG and adapting it into a board game. CMON are taking the Kickstarter route. The original RPG, based on Nordic and Celtic myths, was a Kickstarter success and so there’s every reason to believe […]
WizKids to support D&D’s Guildmaster’s Guide to Ravnica with 44 characters
WizKid’s D&D Icons of the Realm set of pre-painted miniatures is giving us an early look inside the Guildmaster’s Guide to Ravnica. The 44 figure set is called “D&D Icons of the Realms: Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica” and will include the likes of Deathpact Angel, the Gruul Anarch, the Boros Reckoner, and the Nightveil Specter, […]
First Black Lotus sells for $87,000, and there’s bidding on a second
There’s a Black Lotus with a black border up for sale on ebay right now. The current bid is US$1,000, but it is likely to sell for much more. How much more? Another black bordered Black Lotus has just closed for over $87,000. Not every Black Lotus is equal. The condition of the card, for […]
Wizards of the Coast using Eberron as test case for future D&D 5e settings
Today Founders and Legends is streaming on Dungeons & Dragon’s Twitch channel. The show features Luke Gygax, son of D&D’s famous co-creator Gary Gygax as he plays in three games and talks to host Satine Phoenix about the origins. In the first hour of the stream, now available as a video archive, Satine and Luke […]
Enjoy these four video guides to Ravnica
Wizards of the Coast’s latest campaign setting for Dungeons & Dragons is Ravnica. The publisher is calling this a crossover setting because Ravnica is already well established as a Magic: The Gathering setting. These four trailers are for Magic: The Gathering and some of them are quite old. Each Ravnica is only a few minutes […]
Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay goes on digital pre-order
You can now pre-order your PDF copy of Cubicle 7’s Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 4th edition from DrivethruRPG. That’s right. This is a pre-order for a digital book. Once you complete the process, you will not be able to download the PDF immediately. Instead, you’ll get an automated email as soon as the system detects the […]
Zombicide: The Role-Playing Game is the next project by the Lord of the Rings RPG design partnership
Marco Maggi and Francesco Nepitello are known for games like The One Ring and Cthulhu Tales have teamed up with CMON for a zombie bashing RPG. Zombicide: The Role-Playing Game is described as a combination of the classic zombie action board game with the exciting character creation, development and immersion of a role-playing game. Players begin […]
Hangout with elder gods and sentient cats: The Oddity High Kickstarter
We’ve seen a load of strong Kickstarters this week. Amazing video pitches. Huge licenses and remakes of popular classics. Given that we’re between San Diego Comic Con and Gen Con this isn’t a surprise. I wanted to find a promising Kickstarter on the other end of the budget scale and found Oddity High. There’s no […]
