In September gamers will be able to self-publish, sell and profit on the Exalted. Exalted is White Wolf’s anime-inspired game of reincarnated gods. The first edition was published in 2001 and used the Storyteller game system designed by Mark Rein-Hagen. In 2013 a Kickstarter for Exalted 3e hit it’s US$60,000 funding goal in minutes, raised […]
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A Magic: The Gathering Pro insider blows the whistle on systemic racism
Zen Takahashi, a Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour qualifier based in Auckland, New Zealand, has shared his experiences of systemic racism in the professional Magic: The Gathering community. On a less positive note, the other big surprise I experienced on the Pro Tour was the prevalence of the racism in the professional Magic community. Specifically, […]
Paizo previews art from the Starfinder Beginner Box
Paizo are wisely bringing out a Starfinder Beginner Box. The product is designed to help newbies into the hobby and into Starfinder. In a new show, Starfinder Wednesday on the official Paizo Twitch channel, Dan Tharp interviewed lead designer Owen K.C. Stephens and Managing Developer Amanda Hamon Kunz. During the interview Dan shared some art […]
Meet the Lex Arcana characters
Last week Geek Native shared a free to download Lex Arcana Quickstarter. This is an alternative Rome with fantasy mixed in and a world where Divination stopped the Empire from falling. It’s a game that first came out in 1993 and has built a huge following in Europe and has some of the world’s most […]
Dystopia Rising: Evolution rises on Kickstarter
As Geek Native reported in January Oynx Path has the Dystopia Rising license and today they’ve launched their Kickstarter. [Back this Campaign] A pledge of US$20 will get you a PDF of the core book and US$50 gets you both the Dystopia Rising: Evolution core book in hardcover and PDF for ‘at cost’ print on […]
Design your anime! Kickstarter lets fans pitch anime ideas
Evil Hat Productions the publisher behind Fate has gone to Kickstarter for Channel A. This is a card game in which you have to pitch ideas for an anime series. It launched today and is racing to 100 backers and the US$15,000 it is asking for. You can follow progress on the Kickstarter campaign page. […]
Besides Drow and Illithids what else might adventurers encounter in the Underdark?
Here’s a question that DMs of the Forgotten Realms might have to ask themselves every now and then. Besides Drow and Illithids what else might adventurers encounter in the Underdark? It can be quite a challenging terrain to DM. I mean, can you describe the darkness for tunnel after tunnel while keeping the player’s attention? […]
RPG Inspiration: Ancient Scotland
Are you trying to come up with images and scenery suitable for your RPG? Filmmaker Joh Duncan just shared a film called ‘Ancient Scotland’ that shows twenty-one unusual locations from the air. Here we have ancient wonders, castles and islands. It was a hard film to make, physically demanding and often wrestling with the weather. […]
Legendlore RPG due 2019 from Onyx Path and Caliber Comics
Legendlore and The Realm are comic book series from Caliber Comics. The Realm is the fantasy world of orcs, magic and dragons and in Legendlore four teenagers from our modern day world find themselves plunged into it. Onyx Path Publishing and Caliber Comics have signed a partnership which will bring Legendlore into print and digital […]
This is how you get a world filled with dungeons: the true story of a temple digging compulsion
Dungeons are a big part of Dungeons & Dragons adventures and many other similar roleplaying games. A few years ago Geek Native put together a list of 22 reasons why your fantasy RPG has so many dungeons, but sometimes true stories are stranger than fiction. What if people in your fantasy world just had a […]
