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 […]
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Tickets for Tabletop Gaming Live
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 […]
ENnie nominated ‘Best Free Product’ Kickstarts for life under 5e
Darklight Interactive are after just £551 to Kickstart “A Night in Seyvoth Manor” for Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition. [Back this Campaign] In 2013 A Night in Seyvoth Manor was free and available for Dungeons & Dragons 4th edition. It’s a challenge adventure, suitable for something like a Halloween one off, that uses throwaway and […]
New Agenda Publishing to promote diversity in the RPG community
2018 has seen the launch of New Agenda Publishing with a goal of amplifying underrepresented voices in the RPG community. There are three founding board members. There’s Misha Bushyager who will be acting as writer, editor and marketing manager. Misha is a GM who has written for games like Dead Scare, Lovecraftesque and Chill: SAVE. […]
Genre Police: Go Mythic, Or Go Home!
Welcome to Genre Police, a new series of articles where taking a look at a genre or sub-genre, how it has been handled in gaming and how we can implement that in our games. Each column, I plan to give a small toolset so that if you feel like adding a genre style or feel […]
Chronicle City to publish Frankenstein Faktoria
On the 1st of January 1818 Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein was first published. Chronicle City are keen to point out the 200 year anniversary. In a Facebook post they introduce their fans to the tabletop horror game. The Facebook post is a bit of a teaser as it doesn’t supply any more information. However, there’s an […]
Questing Beast reviews Hex Kit
Hex Kit is a multi-platform desktop app that helps GMS design and build maps for their RPGs. You can pick it up for just $15 from Cone of Negative Energy. Cecil Howe’s project was a Kickstarter that raised $17,148 little under a year ago. It’s not just Windows and Mac that have support; Linux too. […]
Corporation RPG core rules now free
Just after Christmas Brutal Games announced that the core rules for the Corporation RPG have now been made available for free. Geek Native last took a look at the game back in 2013 when DriveThru RPG recommended it as a New Year, New Game purchase. Sure enough, over at DriveThru RPG the Corporation RPG PDF […]
River Horse to launch Highlander board game
River Horse Games are the company behind the Labyrinth board game and My Little Pony: Tails of Equestria. Their next Kickstarter is for another iconic title; Highlander. The scheduled date for the Kickstarter is January 12th and in the meantime River Horse’s Facebook is a good place to get info. We already know a little […]
Signs of the End Times – a review of Pax Cthuliana
If I could pin down the spark in Pax Cthuliana, it comes down to a combination of excellent handouts and the cult of personality. At heart, Pax Cthuliana – a 72-pages investigation, written by Jarle Haktorson, with art and handouts by Joseph Diaz and Even V. Røssland – runs a fairly linear path from start […]
