The Kickstarter for Daring Comics RPG has been cancelled. It was only a few pledges short of success. Anna Lunsford, financial officer for Daring Entertainment, posted a notice on the site to explain the decision. In short; not enough demand. That’s interest. The kickstarter wasn’t flying; that’s true… but it did get close to passing […]
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Tears at Bitter Manor: Insights from RPG Superstar winner Steven Helt
Tears at Bitter Manor is a brand new adventure from Paizo for Pathfinder. The 64-paged book includes a two-sided, full-colour poster map and suits a group of 5th-level characters. The adventure module is written by Paizo’s in-house team and Steven Helt. Helt won Paizo’s RPG Superstar winner of 2013 and this means that this adventure […]
Summoning Warhammer to the real life battlefield
This is impressive. These photographs come from the Czech Republic and a LARP event called “Smrthihlav 2014“. In the event, in the grounds of Orlik Castle, gamers brought the forces of The Empire to life to do battle against the armies of Chaos. Hat tip too Luke Plunkett at io9 for the find and to […]
Once and Future Gaming: A Review of Corporia
Corporia emerged from a successful Kickstarter, rather like Excalibur from the stone. It involved a bit of effort, a touch of struggle. It scraped through, if you care to compare it to some of the stonking successes of the last two years. On the plus side, writer Mark Plemmons delivered the product on time and […]
EN Publishing’s What’s O.L.D. Is N.E.W. hits Kickstarter
[Back this Campaign] EN World’s Russ Morrissey has been keeping social media followers in the loop on the development of What’s O.L.D. Is N.E.W. for months. Now the double-game is live on Kickstarter. For $10 you can have either the O.L.D. or N.E.W. PDFs. Each is a separate game. Of course, the point of the […]
Free games and International Tabletop Day rush slams DriveThru RPG’s servers
Saturday April the 5th is International Tabletop Day. Names like Atlas Games, Stronghold Games, Asmodee, Days of Wonder, Mayfair, AEG, Ravensburger, Japanime Games, Looney Labs and Steve Jackson Games are teaming up with Geek & Sundry for the big event. Another name of note is DriveThru RPG who are holding a huge sale. This isn’t […]
Curious and Terrible Things: A Review of The Ninth World Bestiary
The adversaries, beasts, constructs and monsters of the Ninth World poses a formidable and often unfathomable threat to life. Characters setting out on a voyage of discovery through the weird landscape of ruins, drit and numenera can expect to not expect much of what they encounter. No one expects the Spanish Inquisition – true enough. […]
It’s Not Easy Being Weird: A Review of Numenera’s Injecting the Weird
Your mounts are quadruped leeches with shrivelled, underdeveloped forearms and an odour like pickled limes. Having arrived in Thexz, entering through a gateway in the wall of solidified whispers that surround it, and left the mounts in stables, you search out your contact. H’eth is an ex-Aeon Priest who speaks with two voices, one like […]
27 expert tips and techniques to bring your fantasy world to life
Randall C Ellis is the author of the fantasy RPG Sojourner’s Quest. Geek Native took a look inside the game last year and the post was part of the OSR debate. Fresh out this month are Sojourner’s Moon, Journey Master’s Guide and Sojourner’s Moon, Player’s Guide. Together they are the sci-fi option for Sojourner fans […]
Doing It Old Style: A Review of The Fire Demon – Death Awaits You!
In the 1980s, Choose Your Own Adventure and Fighting Fantasy books forged the way for children (and many adults) to enter fantastic worlds, where they held a measure of control in the outcome. The books allowed the reader to steer the plotline of the story through a finite number of variations, many of which ended […]
