Following on from a Kickstater campaign launched in June 2013 Mark Rein-Hagen’s new RPG “I am Zombie” is due in stores. The game will have a I Am Zombie Field Manual which will cos about $40 and a I Am Zombie Playkit which includes two decks of ID cards, 8 “Brainz” dice, bump chips and […]
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Dungeon Master built in LEGO
This incredible build is the work of Chris van Vliet. The Autodidact Artist from The Netherlands has a love for fantasy and sci-fi and we can see this here as Dungeon Master is pretty much brought to life with LEGO bricks. Check out the original Flickr to see some more photographs of Dungeon Master and […]
Founding fathers return to rescue Call of Cthulhu
Greg Stafford and Sandy Petersen have returned to Chaosium. Petersen is the original designer of Call of Cthulhu the RPG Chaosium made famous and Stafford founded the publisher back in 1975 with a war game called White Bear and Red Moon (later renamed Dragon Pass). In June of 2013 Chaosium raised over half a million […]
Serious Disruption: Review of Luther Arkwright: Roleplaying Across the Parallels
The multiverse holds infinite possibility and diversity. Unfortunately, some individuals don’t appreciate that chaotic state of affairs and seek to impose an oppressive and entropic order. The Disruptors want to return the multiverse to a collapsed state, as was the case in the youthful eons of existence, and to that end seek the union of […]
GM Tips: Why your campaign needs a boat
Pierce Fraser is the creator of the HC SVNT DRACONES tabletop roleplaying game and the 8-10-12 dice system that powers it. He’s a long time player and narrator of a variety of systems and settings, and his game is noteworthy for making players decide how to approach problems, instead of waiting for the DM to […]
Super-light: A review of Worlds in Peril
The bar-raising, mind-blowing Apocalypse World has taken the hobby by storm, quickly moving from its post-apocalypse roots to old-school swords-and-sorcery with Dungeon World, urban fantasy with Monster of the Week, teen romance with Monsterhearts, even professional wrestling with World Wide Wrestling. Now, Kyle Simmons has brought the apocalypse to the realm of superheroes with Worlds in Peril. For those not in the know, the Apocalypse Engine, as […]
Apocalyptic Survey: A Review of Dee Dee’s Seattle Survival Guide
Props can be a mighty powerful tool at the gaming table. Almost anything that can draw focus, enlighten or provide some sense of reality can make all the difference. While too many props can be a distraction, a scattering of flavourful colour can really engage the table with the game. At conventions, I have found […]
The Old Made New Again: A Review of the Lone Wolf Adventure Game
When I was a kid, I was an adventure book hoarder. I had an entire bookshelf full of them. Every day, before I got on the bus for elementary school, I’d take this small black briefcase and fill it with adventure books and bring it to school. I was running a one-man lending library right […]
It looks scarily good, no wonder Blackout is winning on Kickstarter
The board game is an post-apocalyptic dungeon crawl that supports GM-led play, solo and co-op for up to 5 players. Kickstarter has taken to the game from Nevermore Toys and it funded within 7 hours. You can still back via the Campaign page. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1336904045/blackout-journey-into-darkness [Back the Campaign] This is a game that lets characters level […]
Exclusive: A sneak peek at the latest MajiMonsters art and playtest call to arms
At the start of the year MajiMonsters blasted on to my radar with a strong Kickstarter. The game promised a mix of Dungeons & Dragons and Pokemon which enabled it to raise nearly $15,000. Since the launch of the campaign Geek Native’s had a catch up with Late Knight Games’ Dan Coleman and Jonathan Barron […]
