Long before the gelatinous geometric monstrosities and semi-aware slimes, iridescent and menacing blobs of goo threatened the lives and sanities of those adventurous enough to probe the depths of civilisations past. While dungeon explorers might consider them an inconvenience at best, possessed of little more than a hunger-driven intuition, Lovecraft served up an insidious and […]
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Red Kobold wins with Blue Dungeons
[Back this Campaign] Kickstarters for gaming tiles haven’t always had an easy ride. However, with 41 days (when this post went live) still to go Red Kobold Games have raised nearly $14,000 from 220 backers beating an asking price of $9,500. Unless there’s a mass run to remove or lower pledges this project is cooking. […]
Paizo announce RPG Superstar 2014 winner: Victoria Jaczko
Victoria Jaczko has won Paizo’s annual RPG Superstar competition. Her module, The Daughters of Fury, is set now to be published professionally for November 2014. RPG Superstar host and former judge Steam K Reynolds said; “Victoria’s design decisions—a grief-based magic item, an undead warhorse, a haunted chapel in a land torn by revolution, and a […]
Half-orc barbarian rages and the mystery of cakes
Kimberly Chapman is a roleplayer and a baker. She runs the site Eat the Evidence where you’ll enjoy a mix of ‘edible media’, parenting chat and geek references. Baking and gaming are both hobbies and as Kimberly’s site says, “Failure is always an option, then eat the evidence” who better to ask about tips, tricks […]
Steve Jackson Games: Munchkin Board of Health, Legends 2 and Ogre Pocket Edition
This month Steve Jackson Games will announce two new Munchkin extras, Ogre Pocket Edition and Hipster Dice. Munchkin Board of Health The Munchkin Board of Health is a gameboard for Munchkin Cthulhu and Munchkin Zombies. There’s a dungeon room for every level, space for decks and discards and it comes with two sets of male/female […]
Should LARPs ever be sexy?
The debate around sex in LARPs or sexiness at LARPs is an established one. There are passionate voices on both sides of the argument and underlying questions of just how women are treated by or seen as by the gaming community. Following a drama elseblog around the objectification and cruel comments towards female LARPers Geek […]
350 free dungeons and winning tips
The One Page Dungeon Contest is a chance to put your ideas and designs in front of the roleplaying community. This year Gary Gygax’s son Ernie Gygax will be a judge along with the famous Steve Winter of TSR and Wizards of the Coast fame. The contest has created more than 300 one page dungeons […]
Free to Download (for now): Mutant Chronicles 3rd Edition FREE Beta
It’s not normal to see a company releasing a set of free rules and then appointing a lead writer. If free rules happen at all; the writer normally comes first. So what’s going on with Modiphius and Mutant Chronicles? We know they raised a stack of cash in Kickstarter. I called the francise a sleeping […]
All Things to All People: A Review of The Tomb of Caragthax
I must confess before I start this review – I’m not big on dungeon crawls or relentless monster-bashing. I’m not adverse to conflict-based encounters, but I don’t dwell on them. On the other hand, I have another confession – I really like to read material that has the flexibility and potential to reuse and mine […]
5 stunning tile games that inspired MAGE Company
Alex and Mike of MAGE Company got in touch about their Kickstarter for Hoyuk and introduced me to the great looking, tile-laying and area controlling game. It’s funded on Kickstarter with more than $16,000 in the bank, asking for $15,000 and with more than three weeks left to run. [Back this Campaign] I wanted to […]
