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A look inside Crafty Games’ Terris: Wrought of Copper Kromore the multi era RPG bounces back Hunters Books pushes Outbreak: Deep Space a sci-fi horror survival RPG Ingenium Second Edition promises Howardian setting Hero Games launches US only Kickstarter for Fantasy Hero Complete

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A look inside Crafty Games’ Terris: Wrought of Copper

May 12, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

Terris: Wrought of Copper is a supplement for Crafty Games’ Mistborn RPG. The book was written in cooperation with Brandon Sanderson the author of the Mistborn series and the sourcebook is considered an official expansion of the canon of the novels. As a result Terris: Wrought of Copper is intended for players, Narrators and fans […]

Filed Under: Books, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Brandon Sanderson, crafty games, Mistborn

Kromore the multi era RPG bounces back

May 10, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

RAEX Games look to have a successful Kickstarter on their hands with the multi era tabletop RPG Kromore. At the time this posts goes live they still have 37 days to collect funds but are $1,000 over target so attention moves to their stretch goals. [Back this Campaign] Kromore first appeared on Kickstarter last year […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters

Hunters Books pushes Outbreak: Deep Space a sci-fi horror survival RPG

May 6, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

I missed Outbreak: Undead but with the sequel Hunters Books is taking the same survivor horror them to space. [Back this Campaign] The Kickstarter opened on May 3rd and will run until June 1st. It’s asking for $8,000 and has nearly $5,000 from just above 50 backers. Taking a look at the pledges we can […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: horror, kickstarters, sci-fi

Ingenium Second Edition promises Howardian setting

May 2, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Silver Gryphon games are taking their Ingenium system to Kickstarter and adding a setting. The pitch video describes the setting as Howardian, invoking  Conan the Barbarian and the power of the father of sword and sorcery. Right now, a draft of Quick Start for Ingenium 2nd is on DriveThru RPG for free and marked down from […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters

Hero Games launches US only Kickstarter for Fantasy Hero Complete

May 1, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Hero Games are aiming for a 240-paged book with all the rules necessary to play the classic Fantsay Hero RPG. While it will be compatible with all Hero System 6th edition books; you don’t need anything else to play. [Back this Campaign] There are PDF copies of the book available and those who back with […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Hero Games, kickstarters

Free to Download: Valiant Universe RPG Quick Start

May 1, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

I’ve been charting my progress through Valiant Comics’ super group “Unity” in my Irregular Reconnnaissance Comics column. It was billed as a way to get into the Universe as the Unity team took on the mighty X-O Manowar. Did that work?  I’ve struggled at times but I’m still reading it and, in fact, the latest […]

Filed Under: Comics, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Bloodshot, Catalyst Game Labs, free comic book day, free to download, shadowman, unity, valiant

Steve Jackson Games puts Scott Haring at the wheel of the next Car Wars

April 30, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

Car Wars is coming back and Scott Haring will be in the driver’s seat. Steve Jackson Games first released Car Wars back in 1981. The vehicle combat simulation was set in a post-apocalyptic future with players driving everything from motorcycles to tanks, heavy with weapons and with the simple goal of survival. The original game […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters, steve jackson, Steve Jackson Games

Pasts, Personas & Prophecies funds

April 29, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

There’s about two days left on the Kickstarter clock and the indie RPG Pasts, Personsa & Prophecies has made it past their $8,484 funding goal. The pitch video introduces a lightweight, story focused RPG with an interesting use of prophecies to drive character development. This European blogger is struck by the “super radical” use of […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters

Frankenstein’s Bodies from Andrew Harman

April 27, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Andrew Harman might be best known as the author of books like The Sorcerer’s Appendix, Talonspotting and The Frogs Of War but he also worked with Iain Lowson and others on Dark Harvest: Tales of Promethea which is a collection of novels based on the Dark Harvest RPG. It’s Dark Harvest that’s inspired this card […]

Filed Under: Games, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Ian Livingstone

Winning tips for running Paizo’s The Daughters of Fury

April 21, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Every year Paizo hold a great big competition in which GMs compete with ideas for monsters, adventures and a host of other RPG situations. This year the RPG Superstar competition was won by Victoria Jaczko. Victoria’s entry, The Daughters of Fury, is expected to be released as an adventure module by Paizo in November of […]

Filed Under: Interviews, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Paizo Publishing, pathfinder, RPG Superstar

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