Bodlar Danger Leben has launched a public beta of his Ascendant RPG. Right now you can download it for free from Ascendantrpg.com. The game has been in the works, off and on, for 8 years. The game was described to me as “genuinely modern” and “takes a lot of standard RPG mechanic ideas and turns […]
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Ireland’s Miniature13 launches on Kickstarter
How many gaming miniature companies from Ireland can you name? I have to wonder whether Miniature13 is the only one. There’s a short, 17 day, Kickstarter than launched Friday 13th. It’s more than x2 funded already. For more details check out the campaign page. [Back this Campaign] Miniature13 gave themselves only 17 days to raise […]
Wizards of the Coast and Origin sales
There’s some sales this weekend that may well appeal to geeks. First up is the one at DriveThruRPG which offers to serve up a host of traditional RPGs super cheap. It’s the second anniversary of Wizards of the Coast at DriveThruRPG. Every single D&D title is marked down 15% or more. Selective core rules are 75%. […]
Pencil Dice take Kickstarter by storm
Are simple ideas the best? d20 Entertainment’s Kickstarter to put dice pips on pencils only wanted $1,000 from Kickstarter. There are still two weeks left on the clock and over $15,000 in the bank. For more details check out the campaign page. [Back this Campaign] There’s no video and not much of an introduction to […]
Thriving on Chaos: Five Tips for Running a Tabletop RPG for Large Groups
As part of my review for Call of Cthulhu, 7th edition, I ran a game of it last week after finishing a first reading of the books. As I often do whenever I want to play a new game, I used Meetup to gather players in my area (Alexandria, Virginia, a suburb of Washington, D.C.). Meetup allows […]
Elder (Good) Signs: A Double Review of the Call of Cthulhu Corebooks
Before “storygames” and “simulationist RPGs,” before “crunchy” and “fluff,” there was Call of Cthulhu and Dungeons & Dragons. D&D was all about facing down monsters, gaining wealth and power, and telling epic fantasy stories. CoC was all about avoiding monsters, staying alive and sane, and telling chilling horror stories. D&D had tons of rules and had roots in minature wargamming; […]
Task Force H.A.T. rewards players for puns
Tim Obermueller is asking for just $1,000 to fund Task Force H.A.T. (Heroes Against Tyranny) an action RPG that turns puns into points. More details available at the Campaign page. [Back this Campaign] Tim is more than halfway to funding with more than 20 days left. This is a good sign. The game is based […]
RPG Blog Alliance to close; what are the alternatives?
Today Geek Native and over 600 other members of the RPGBA discovered that the community would close. The RPG Blog Alliance came about after RPGbloggers.com changed hands and delays began to mount. Bonemaster, aka Jeff Brissette, thought there was a better way to bring RPG blogs into a community and help share their content. Writing […]
What on Earth is Mythoard and why should RPGers care?
If you pop over to Mythoard you’ll find a site that promises to send you a box full of RPG goodies every month. This month they’ve content from Chessex, Throwi Games, Moon Dice Games, Flatland Games, Genius Loci Games and Imaginary Maps. Read on if you want an exclusive reveal into what Mythoard will offer […]
D&D projection map
Redditor and Roll20 developer Silverlight has shared a pretty funky D&D project. Using Roll20, Apple TV and a projector Silverlight was able to project a map onto the gaming table. The project makes great use of Roll20’s “dynamic lighting” which only shows what the PCs can see with their line of sight. In this case […]
