Burning Games’ Faith RPG is proving popular. There’s free to download books here but now there’s also the Faith: A Garden in Hell Kickstarter. The Campaign Page makes it as clear as possible. This is a complete game. You don’t need Faith to play it. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/burninggames/faith-a-garden-in-hell-rpg-starter-set-campaign [Back this Campaign] Geek Native has an exclusive look […]
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Blood and Graph Paper: a review of Tomb of the Iron God
There’s an ancient monastery, or there was, and the locals can’t quite account for it. In truth, most of them look too fearful to want to even think about it. The temple of the Iron God once served as the final resting place for anyone in the area, whether noble or peasant. Now, the temple […]
Marked by Calamity: A Review of Fantasy Age – Children’s Crusade
A major calamity has left the land in disarray and a religious cult has chosen to take advantage of the moment. They have ‘marked’ certain children as a source of corruption, seeking to use them as a sacrifice for their deity; more level-headed folk have chosen to assist the children, orphans of the calamity, by […]
Mathematically this is as many sides dice can have
You can’t have more faces on a die without losing symmetry and becoming a broken dice. The d120 is as large as you can go. Opposite faces add up to 121. The dice is the creation of the The Dice Lab. A single die will cost you $12 whereas a set of five sets you […]
5 incredible LARP costumes from Monster Bau
The German site LARP-Monster Bau has an impressive collection of LARP costumes on display. It’s possible to see how most of these Hollywood-level costumes were made too and that’s a lovely touch. As someone who’s tried to creep through a dark wood while in full LARP mode I can promise you none of these horrors are […]
GM-less RPG storming Kickstarter: Noirlandia
Four years ago on Geek Native we asked Is the era of the GM over? in a great post from Joe Prince. It’s a concept that still confuses people. Now, however, the Noirlandia pitch on Kickstarter is at about 400% funded with three weeks still to run. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hannahshaffer/noirlandia [Back this Campaign] This is a murder […]
Rifts opening a path to Savage Worlds
I played a lot of Rifts back at University. There was just so much world, so many dimensions, to play with. Ooph, though, did that system begin to struggle! I can see why fans are pleased the Shane Hensley and co finally have permission to take a Savage Worlds conversion to Kickstater. You can follow […]
Competition: Win The Cohort and Carrotia board games
One prize not good enough for you? Here’s a chance to win Mage Company’s Carrotia for 1-6 players, ages 8+, as well as The Cohort for 2-6 players and ages 8+. What do you have to do to win these excellent games? You just have to check out Aether Captains! Aether Captains is a game […]
Villains and Vigilantes lawsuit settled
I hope this is good news all around. The Villains & Vigilantes lawsuit has been settled. While the specific terms (including damages) will remain private important details have been released by Monkey House Games. The long running saga sprang back into life last year when Jeff Dee and Jackk Herman of Monkey House Games launched […]
The zombies lure in money as Toxicity comes to life in Kickstarter
I Am Zombie is a RPG from Vampire: the Masquerade creator Mark Rein-Hagen. Toxicity is both a supplement and a standalone zombie RPG that takes the zombie action into the mean-streets of 70s NYC. You can follow its undead shuffle on the campaign page. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/make-believegames/toxicity-i-am-zombie-rpg [Back this Campaign] At the time of writing Toxicity has […]
