March 4th is GM’s Day. This idea was born on EN World back in 2002 and now has a site of its own. Today is the day to thank your GM for all the hard work they do. Thank them every week. DriveThruRPG and RPGNow have a good GM’s Day sale on. You can get […]
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Pay attention: Witch RPG
Witch is a dark and modern fantasy RPG from Angry Hamster Publishing. In the game you play someone who’s done the dark deal with a power… The Kickstater is doing well and is meeting the humble target of less than €5,000 in just a day. More details are available from here. [Back this Campaign] Geek […]
Exclusive peek at “How to Game Master like a Fucking Boss”
Interesting title, huh? “How to Game Master like a Fucking Boss” raised more than $4,500 on Kickstarter which was more than twice Venger Satanis’ campaign target. Venger writes for Kort’thalis Publishing with his most recent work Reverly in Torth currently sitting at 4.5/5 stars at DriveThruRPG after multpile reviews. The Kickstarter tells us a little […]
In a RPG you can do anything…
A piece titled “In Dungeons & Dragons you can do anything” by Rumbleraven. I think it works as well for any given RPG. There’s more than one truth in this straightforward but effective comic strip. It’s true that lots of guys character up as warriors they would like to be. It’s also true that the […]
Exclusive art from Faith RPG
Burning Games are running a Kickstarter for the sci-fi Faith RPG. It’s a bold project as a pen and paper RPG without the pen, paper or even dice. The action is resolved by cards. Geek Native has an exclusive look at the Hacker Suit card which you can see at the end of the post. […]
Know Your Role(play): A Review of World Wide Wrestling
In 2010, D. Vincent Baker made a game called Apocalypse World. Since then, the hobby’s never been the same. Emphasizing a conversational approach to gaming rather than hard-and-fast rulings and backed by simple, elegant mechanics, Apocalypse World took the world of roleplaying by storm, and has since spawned numerous spinoffs and conversions. The latest game to adorn the now-glorious words “Powered by […]
Pokemon meets D&D? Let’s talk MajiMonsters!
At the start of the month Geek Native covered the launch of the MajiMonster RPG Kickstarter. I’m now a backer of Late Knight Games’ project as I think there’s a nice new take on a traditional RPG here. [Back this Campaign] Dan Coleman and Jonathan Barron of Late Knight coordinated with me over email. In this […]
8 finalists announced for Paizo’s RPG Superstar 2015
Pathfinder RPG publisher Paizo have announced the top 8 finalists for the 2015 RPG Superstar along with their winning monster designs. They are; Gabriel Almer — Gloomwasp Brian Fruzen — Geomaw Scott LaBarge — Coryphae Monica Marlowe — Narrick Ben Iglauer — Occularictus Kalervo Oikarinen — Dread Glutton R Pickard — Spiroskek Christopher Wasko — […]
Succumb to the Masks of Nyarathotep
Masks of Nyarathotep has long been considered a classic Call of Cthulhu supplement. I’ve not tried it but I’m told running the game is a challenge. There are many NPCs, plenty of locations, cultists and one angry Outer God. The Companion is Sixtystone Press‘s proposed solution. It seems they’re right as the Kickstarter asked for […]
Dungeon Worlds surge past funding goal
Acheson Creations have a tabletop model success on their hands as a Kickstarter for highly-detailed 28mm dungeon titles surges past funding goal with two weeks still to go. For more details check out the Kickstarter page. [Back this Campaign] The team are asking for $3,800. At the time of writing they’ve $10,069 and 15 days […]
