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Free to Download: John Carter of Mars RPG quick start rules

January 23, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

[Download for Free] Modiphius are calling the John Carter of Mars Kickstarter a success. At the time of writing there are still 18 days left on the clock but since they’re £100,000 over their asking price – I think they’re safe to do so! This means you can download the 27-paged Quickstart Guide for free. […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: free to download, John Carter of Mars, Modiphius Entertainment

The cost of light

January 23, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

As a GM do you go too easy or too hard on your players when it comes to light? Some games masters often have their caverns and dungeons filled with luminescent fungi or crystals so the characters can continue with an impromptu adventure without being thwarted by a lack of torch light. In other games […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: history, lights, rpg ideas

The most awesome game of Talisman ever?

January 22, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

Talisman is a board game adventure where your random hero travels randomly around three realms, dealing with random situations, before a final dice off in the centre of the world. The skill is in dealing with the random. It can be a lot of fun. There are no shortage of supplements and occassionally you get […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: talisman

Genre Police: Alienating half my readership by choosing High Fantasy!

January 21, 2018 by Ben Jackson-Ellery 2 Comments

Welcome to back Genre police, a new series of articles where I take a look at a genre or sub-genre, how it has been handled in gaming and how we can implement that in our games. This column we are going to take a look at the one of the two Big Dogs of Fantasy […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, genre police, Middle-earth, star wars

Chronicles of Darkness bundle

January 18, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Here’s a chance to scoop up a load of first edition World of Darkness RPGs from White Wolf. A US $17.95 spent gets you $66 of DRM-free PDFS. You can check out the offer here. The Player Collection is the World of Darkness Rulebook 1e, World of Darkness: Armory, Armory Reloaded and Skinchangers. Beat the […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundle of holding, white wolf, world of darkness

The Dark Void: Davide Tramma

January 10, 2018 by Guest Writer Leave a Comment

Davide Tramma is an Italian living in Mexico and he has a Starfinder Kickstarter which has already met its campaign goals. You can check out ‘From Beyond: Distress Call’ over at the Campaign Page. Geek Native sometimes works with authors to help promote their Kickstarter. With Davide we started to talk about sci-fi genres and […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters, starfinder

John Carter of Mars is an out of this world Kickstarter success

January 10, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It’s day one of Modiphius Entertainment’s John Carter of Mars Kickstarter and they’re at 300% of target. It’s already listed in Kickstarter’s “Projects We Love”. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/modiphius/john-carter-of-mars-the-roleplaying-game/ [Back this Campaign] Let’s talk money. It’s £15 (about $20) to get the PDF of the core rules, £25 (~$33) to get the Heroes of Barsoom Minatures with the […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: John Carter of Mars, kickstarters, Modiphius Entertainment, sci-fi

Genre Police: Down And Dirty With Grimdark

January 7, 2018 by Ben Jackson-Ellery Leave a Comment

Welcome to back Genre police, a new series of articles where I take a look at a genre or sub-genre, how it has been handled in gaming and how we can implement that in our games. This column we are going to take a look at Grimdark, the new weird kid that moved into town. […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: dark heresy, genre police, green ronin, warhammer

John Carter of Mars RPG Kickstarter due

January 5, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Modiphius Entertainment‘s latest Kickstarter project is ‘John Carter of Mars: Adventures on The Dying World of Barsoom’. This license will use a variant of Modiphius’ 2d20 system, Momentum, with a focus on pulp-action. The British publisher has worked with the estate of Edgar Rice Burroughs and with Scott Tracy Griffin, a leading scholar of the […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Edgar Rice Burroughs, John Carter of Mars, kickstarters, Modiphius Entertainment

Tickets for Tabletop Gaming Live

January 5, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Tabletop Gaming Magazine’s London event runs from Saturday 29th of September to Sunday 30th. It’s being billed as the first table all tabletop genres; RPGs, board games, card games, miniatures (and others) will be played and demonstrated under a single roof. The roof in question is Alexandra Palace. That’s a big venue. Wood Green is […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: events, mantic games, tabletop gaming live, tabletop gaming magazine, Wayland Games

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