Over at Instagram Inkdmage shares close up pictures snapped during his group’s tabletop RPG session. There’s an awesome amount of great minis and model scenery on display. View this post on Instagram A post shared by InkdMage- Dan Masucci (@inkdmage) View this post on Instagram A post shared by InkdMage- Dan Masucci (@inkdmage) View this […]
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Genre Police: The Sum Of All Fears
It’s far too late, far far too late to do anything about it. The end is not nigh, it’s been and gone. All that remains is this wasteland. And into this wasteland comes one man, a man with a mission to inform you about a genre. Count your bullets road warriors, let’s drive headlong into […]
Building the 3D dungeon adventure grid
Andrew French runs DM’s Den a Tumblr for lovers of RPGs. In his latest post the Bear DM shares the development of 3-dimensional dungeon he built for his players. What’s a 3-dimensional dungeon? Exactly as you would expect; you don’t just have passages that go North, East, South and West but you can go up […]
Choose your weapon dice box
I rather like this ‘Dice Sword’ dice box from Etsy retailer Burned Studio. [I want it] This catchy design is wood and metal, stained and sandpapered and entirely handcrafted. The box is about 15.25cm by 5.75cm by 4.4cm deep on the inside, so there’s room to store more than dice if you want. Tempted? At […]
Games Workshop split £5m bonus between staff
Games Workshop has had a good year. Profits are expected to almost double. In other words, the Nottingham-based gaming company will make about £74m this year compared to £38m last year. Why? 75% of Games Workshops profits are made internationally – in America and abroad. The Pound has been very weak which keeps the cost […]
Every monster in D&D’s Volo’s Guide to Monsters 3D printed
Gamers might want to thank ‘mz4250’. The artist is busy creating 3D printable miniatures for free download. If that sounds like a cause worth supporting then look up his patreon here and chip in. At the top their, ancient dragon, you have got a good chance of having a model created just for you. mz4250 […]
Genre Police: Taking Up Space?
Okay….this is gonna be a difficult one. It’s gonna really be a column about how we can’t do a column that turns into a column. We’re going to look at how we look at science fiction, how historically it has evolved and how that isnt’ helpful to us. We might even learn something about games […]
Surprise Waterdeep adventure: Dungeon of the Mad Mage
Wizards of the Coast announced their next storyline would be Waterdeep: Dragon Heist. In it, characters would take on one of four powerful villains in a running urban treasure hunt. It would be enough to get heroes up to level six. The next day, in The Stream of Many Eyes, they announced the second part. […]
Triumvene: An RPG inspired by the impressionist art movement
Pete Watson-Wailes’ Triumvene uses a new game engine called The Imperial System which firmly puts combat on the second tier. The Kickstarter funded in 85 minutes and you can follow it here. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/petewailes/triumvene-a-narrative-focused-rpg-by-pete-watson-w [Back this Campaign] How much will it cost? £12 gets you the Triumvene Corebook in PDF and the Player’s Guide in PDF. […]
RPG Ideas: Running games in a historical context
Tim Chant is a gamer and author (and baker) based in Edinburgh. His latest project, The Frost Fair, asks ‘what if?’. What if history worked out slightly differently. Would the world be very different? Geek Native invited Tim to suggest some ideas for running RPGs in a historical context and he stepped up to the […]
