Mike Mearls, the guy leading the Dungeons & Dragosn 5 development, yesterday leaked an image from the Player’s Handbook. The leak, we hope, was cleared by marketing. The picture of his “no spoilers” reminder also happened to show two pages from the book. The image came in the form of a tweet which read; It […]
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Urban Shadows RPG promises corruption
Urban Shadows looks interesting. This is a Kickstarter, but it’s already funded, and it only took a few days. In fact, Andrew Medeiros’ game currently sits at x3 the target price, so this looks like a hot one. [Back Campaign] Urban Shadows certainly tempts me, and I like the style of the pitch. I can’t […]
RPG ideas: City skulls
Artist Evan Hobart is a talent. His set of Skull Cities is a fantastic viewing experience. Speaking as a gamer and occassional GM I think this collection oozes inspiration and ideas. Who might live in a skull city? Giant skulls or small houses? Imagine your brave heroes staggering into a woodland clearing only to discover […]
Sneak peak: Card art from the Hollywood game
Hollywood is a board game by Russian designer Nikolay Pegasov. The game has done very well and is now expanding with an international version. The Kickstarter has, at the time of posting, two weeks on the clock and nearly double the $12,000 target. I found this review by Geek Dad’s Jonathan H. Liu to be […]
No Sleep ’til Finland – $130 of Pathfinder savings
The co-owner of game company Asparagus Jumpsuit is moving from New Mexico to University of Jyväskylä this September to purse a Master’s degree. As a result Asparagus Jumpsuit is raising money and running a big sale on their 22 Character Workbooks, 12 Monster Hide supplements, 3 Instant NPC collections and both Rules Hacks supplements for […]
Dungeons & Dragons comes to Dice Masters
Wizkids today announced that their Dice Masters range will extend to Dungeons & Dragons. The Dice Building Game will allow players to collect and assemble their “party of adventurers” as dice and battle against one another. The Dungeons & Dragons Dice Masters game will feature Kobolds, Beholders, Mindflayers, Dragons, Drow and other iconic Forgotten Realms […]
5 Ways to Make Great NPCs
Elizabeth Strong is part of the Basic Adventuring 101 LARP webseries. In fact, Elizabeth is the writer and script supervisor for the show with the well written and worth a look pilot episode. Geek Native offered the 101 cast and crew a chance to share some game geek goodness and it was Elizabeth who stepped […]
Free to Download: Contagion QS 2nd Edition RPG
Contagion is a modern horror RPG that’s only available DriveThru RPG. The game uses the d20 OGL, albeit a highly modified one, and is completely standalone. The quickstart guide is now entirely free to download and includes the overview of the basic system, an improved combat system from the first and the introduction of Contagion […]
Basic Dungeons & Dragons will be free
Are you excited by Dungeons & Dragons 5, D&D Next or Tyranny of Dragons? I think they’re all the same thing but Wizards of the Coast keep on surprising me with new facets, twists and updates. Here’s another surprising twist: Basic D&D will be free. You’ll be able to download from the official website in […]
Void Star Studios turns to Kickstarter for Nova Praxis – Savage Worlds Edition
[Back this Campaign] Transhuman sci-fi games are hot right now. It’s a good time for Void Star Studios to take their Nova Praxis to Kickstarter and whisk up a Savage Worlds edition. The proof is in the pudding; the Kickstarter finishes on the 13th on June, asks for $6,500 and has already raised $5,500+ from […]
