Sometimes there are questions that do not warrant an answer and doors best left unopened. However, when a visitor calls and has time only to utter overexcited relief at finding you before expiring, the things best left undone might prove the only way… The Many Deaths of Edward Bigsby is a 34-page adventure for Trail of Cthulhu, […]
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Epic Dire Wolf leather battle mask
Ever been in a grump that your RPG character could only really manage a leather helm without getting hit by vision or dexterity penalties? Didn’t fancy the look of your character as she stalks around dungeons and danger with a leather cap on her head? I think this dire wolf inspired helm from Epic Leather […]
Have Barnes and Noble just leaked D&D 5e release dates?
US retailer Barnes and Noble have two new pre-order entries on their website. The first is D&D Starter Set and the second is D&D Player’s Handbook. There really isn’t much on either page. There’s price and release date. The D&D Starter Set is due out on the 15th July, 2014 and will cost $19.99 ($17.99 […]
Life among the ruins: A Wreck Age review
I’ll admit to a degree trepidation as I fired open my PDF copy of Wrecked Age. I had no previous knowledge of Hyacinth Games, knew their ~250 page RPG used a post-apocalyptic setting and had its own rule system. I’m a big fan of post-apocalyptic settings. I’m not a big fan of tackling new rule […]
Tabletop Taverns: The quickest way to build a whole RPG model town
[Back this Campaign] Going three or four steps beyond the concept of paper minis for your tabletop RPG adventures is the idea of an entire tabletop town. That’s exactly what Tabletop Towns offer. The boxes are suitable for 28mm wargame or tabletop system and transform into buildings. Okay, I’ll admit it, I was a bit […]
16 Dungeons and Dragons cartoons
New Jersey based freelance artist Drew Sheneman did these 16 Dungeons & Dragon strips for Wizards of the Coast and Dragon Online. Each of the cartoons was published with a column from Jon Schindehette who was Senior Creative Director at WotC for over 6 years. Which is your favourite?
Exclusive art: Cubicle 7’s The One Ring RPG schedule for 2014 and beyond
Today, British publisher Cubicle 7 announced their Lord of the Rings/Hobbit roleplaying game has a range of sourcebooks and supplements due out in 2014. Geek Native spoke to CEO Dominic McDowall-Thomas and blagged a look at some of non-approved, initial, might not appear as you see here art. The pictures you see in this post […]
Protect your luck: Cryptex dice vaults
Do you hate it when someone else touches your dice? Is it fair when someone grabs one of your d20s, rolls and lands a crit that might have been yours? Or do you need just a handy, pocket sized, cool looking dice holder? These photographs are of the prototype for the smallest Cryptex Dice Vaults […]
Chimerical Dragonfly’s Warhammer 40K armour
We’ve featured Chimerical Dragonfly here on Geek Native before in TradeCraft Bonus column. That post looked at their fantasy headgear but that’s only a fraction of what they can do. Want a custom built Warhammer 40K suit? You got it. I don’t think the design is incomplete. This style clearly invokes the iconic armour without […]
OGL and fantasy world epic: Orin Rakatha
[Back this Campaign] I was able to speak to Mike Penny of the Orin Rakatha project ahead of this Kickstarter launch and used it to ask some questions about the campaign. As usual, given the busy Kickstarter marketplace, I was keen to discover some of the details and why gamers might pick Orin Rakatha ahead […]
