Cartographer “zookeeper” created and shared these maps from the free and open source game Battle for Wesnoth at the Cartographers’ Guild. These maps are the first time Zookeeper has done any cartography and so the results are very impressive. I’m sharing them here as it is rare to get a multi-part map of a world. […]
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D&D 5e: Wild magic
The D&D 5e previews keep on sneaking in. Recently, Codename: Morningstar had the preview of the Wild Magic system that comes bundled with the first 5e Dragonborn art to be seen. The table shows the effects that might happen when a Wild Magic cast goes wrong. Codename Morningstar are the folk building the digital tools […]
Spirit of 77: A review of Cruise Ship of the Damned
Cruise Ship of the Damned is described as a free to download pre-written adventure for Spirit of 77. It’s more than that. It’s actually an introduction for MonkeyFun Studios’ Spirit of 77 RPG. Spirit of 77 is due to launch in Kickstarter in September. What you get with this download is an introduction to the […]
Texts from Kobold
Imagine the scene. An evil wizard is just trying to stock his tower with suitable monsters and minions. As the evil wizard manual says you start with the weak minions first, by the entrance, and then add progressively more powerful beasts. Our wizard puts a single kobold in the first room by the door. He’s […]
D&D 5e: Bard class
We’ve had a peek at the Sorcerer Class and the table of contents which Wizards of the Coast offered up to the Escapist as an exclusive. Reddit spotted that the team at d20 Monkey had another. This time it’s the bard! The first paragraph reads; Humming as she traces her fingers over an ancient monument […]
D&D 5e: Table of Contents and Sorcerer class
Wizards of the Coast have favoured the RPG team at the Escapist with an exclusive look at D&D 5e. They’re showing off the table of contents from the 5th edition of Dungeons & Dragons as well as two pages of the Sorcerer Class. The full list of races are; Dwarf Elf Halfling Human Dragonborn Gnome […]
A look inside: Symbaroum
Symbaroum is a Swedish tabletop RPG from Järnringen. The game’s graphic designer took to Reddit to share images from the full colour hardback. I don’t blame them. It looks gorgeous! Symbaroum cover The RPG is some 240 pages long. Introduction The book begins by introducing people to the hobby, the types of dice and about […]
Prelude to a War: A Review of The Sixth Doctor Sourcebook
There’s every possibility you’re one of the people who considers Colin Baker’s tenure as the nadir of classic Doctor Who. It might be hard to pin the problem down to one thing, but the foul temper, hideous outfit and general dislikability of the Sixth Doctor’s personality didn’t help. After just two short seasons, Colin Baker […]
5 ENnie award winners already announced as voting opens
5 ENnie award winners already announced as voting opens Team EN World opened the voting booth for the 2014 ENnie Awards this week. Voting started with 5 winners being announced for the 2014 Judges’ Spotlight award. So, who won? Hobomancer Companion from Hex Games Deep Magic from Kobold Press Rocket Age RPG from Cubicle 7 […]
19,168 RPGs and accessories on sale for Christmas in July
It’s a bit of a weird tradition but Christmas in July is a DriveThruRPG tradition in which you can score up to 25% off titles. This year there’s nearly 20,000 titles in the range. The best deals that I’ve spotted? There are hundreds of dollars off Peregrine’s stock illustrations but here’s some RPG-centric titles. Whitewash […]
