Come November, a group of adventurers will gather at a tavern in Birmingham to collectively face a challenge that can intimidate the fiercest barbarian or turn back the most devoted paladin. They’ll be meeting to experience a round of speed dating! Thankfully the cost of a shot and a glass of beer or wine is […]
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Genre Police: Look, Up In The Sky!
Is it a bird, is it a plane? No! It’s the wonderful world of superheroes. Easy to discuss Supers, just check out Captain America, right? What do you mean he comes from a different genre to Thor? What about Rorschach? Claire Bennet fits in here somewhere as well, doesn’t she? Now we are in a […]
Bureau 13: Savage Worlds Black scores new RPGs before the Kickstarter is launched
Pinnacle Entertainment Group will take Savage Worlds back to Kickstarter this year. October 16th will see Shane Lacy Hensley’s RPG system, the winner of the 2003 Origin Gamers’ Choice Award, go back to the community to raise funds. The game had the internal codename ‘Savage Worlds Black’ and somehow that leaked, fans started to refer […]
Horizon Zero Dawn: The Board Game hunters for backers
In the end, I didn’t buy a PlayStation 4 just to play Horizon Zero Dawn. Thanks to this Kickstarter from Steamforged Games I might not need to. There’s a board game coming, smashing goals and knocking down stretch goals. You can follow the progress from the campaign page. [Back this Campaign] At the time of […]
Download for free: Numenera’s Building Tomorrow preview
Building Tomorrow by Bruce R. Cordell and Sean K. Reynolds will be the first supplement for Monte Cook’s Numenera RPG since the release of the new core books. You’ll have to wait until October for the full edition of Building Tomorrow to be released, but you can take a free PDF download of the preview […]
Norse myths inspired Svilland launches on Kickstarter
Geek Native has a free to download Svilland campaign demo which seemed pretty popular. The 5e setting is now live on Kickstarter, and I can see it attracting some big name backers. It’s far too early to tell whether they’ll make their £4,680 target, but you can follow the progress on their campaign page. [Back […]
Things from the Flood are coming
Tales from the Loop was, perhaps, the breakout RPG of 2017. Free League Publishing’s RPG stormed the ENnies and left many gamers in love with it. I missed out on the Kickstarter and haven’t found a reason to splash the cash on it yet… but Free League Publishing will soon give me a second chance. […]
Our final battle – a review of Degenesis: Rebirth Edition
I’m trying not to buy any more roleplaying games; I don’t need any more, and especially not fat hardbacks that strain my poor shelves. But l had to have Degenesis. All 700 pages from the two core rulebooks spoke to me, in the way books sometimes do, whispering of impressive quality, originality and fantastic art. […]
White Wolf provide new Vampire 5e character sheets and errata
White Wolf, now very firmly back in the driving seat for the World of Darkness, has a brand new Vampire shipping worldwide. It’s not uncommon for last-minute corrections and changes not to have been done in time or for the first round of feedback and questions from players to have some common elements. In both […]
Albino Dragon and Renegade Game Studios announce Ghostbusters: The Card Game
Playing card manufacturer Albino Dragon and the publisher of the Kids on Bikes RPG, Renegade Game Studios, have partnered to produce a Ghostbusters card game. Sony Pictures, of course, is involved too. The game is designed by Daryl Andrews and Erica Bouyouris and will feature art by Jacqui Davis and Todd Bright. Players compete against […]
