This post by Joey Vigour, the lead designer at Mirror Box Games, is about YA sci-fi author William Sleator and his book Interstellar Pig. Strange as it may sound, Interstellar Pig is the inspiration for the Chaosmos board game that’s close to raising $100,000 on Kickstarter. William Sleator is gone now, but every used bookstore […]
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#TableTopDay 2014 announced
Saturday the 5th of April will see the second TableTop Day. TableTop Day is the virtual and real-world event created by Geek & Sundry the entertainment network associated with Felicia Day and Sheri Bryant. It was Wil Wheaton who was especially close to TableTop Day in 2013. In 2013 the event was held in March […]
Cyberpunk RPG soundtracks kickstarter
[Back this Campaign] This is a RPG campaign that gets to use the word retrofuturistic in the pitch. It’s the project by an artist called Strangelette who suggests her mind might be akin to The Addams Family taking on a 3D role-playing game. The pitch is to provide soundtracks for roleplaying games. We’re talking Shadowrun, […]
The creation of Dungeons & Dragons: The Great Kingdom
http://vimeo.com/85059163 This is the trailer for the documentary The Great Kingdom that follows the creation of Dungeons & Dragons. It’s about the great work of Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson… and then the troubles with TSR. I think the trailer looks pretty compelling. It’s just a few minutes long and seems to promise an interesting […]
Tick-tock: Sign up to promote your RPG Kickstarter
Geek Native is a sponsor of ConTessa the FREE online tabletop gaming convention. You may have noticed the treasure hunt full of RPG loot we’re running in conjunction with them. Checking what other events are on and found a list of tempting options. Right now you can still register event. Okay, disclaimer – I’ve not […]
Fancy a Jelly Baby: A Doctor Who – The Fourth Doctor Sourcebook review
Travellers in the Fourth Dimension, fighting against tyranny, ignorance and dark forces beyond imagination, The Doctor and his companions have voyaged through 800 episodes. Despite the multitude of stories, you’d think a commonality in villains and plots would mean after a while you’d just start repeating yourself. However, it doesn’t necessarily occur to you, unless […]
Does anyone care? Happy 40th birthday to Dungeons and Dragons
Today is Dungeons & Dragon’s 40th birthday. While we can’t be %100 that the 26th is the exact date, as it was never announced, historian and author Jon Peterson presents some great research on his blog that really leaves little debate. The approach to the birthday has been covered here on Geek Native. There’s been […]
Torn Armor Kickstarter mess may destroy the companies involved
Bad news, folks. It looks like the ~$68,000 funded Kickstarter for Torn Armor is in significant trouble. Worse than that; some of the companies involved suggest the failure might bring them down. The latest update from Alyssa Faden ends with this summary. In a nutshell we have been screwed by our supplier and are now […]
Epic Norse fantasy for Fate Core: Iron Edda on Kickstarter
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sandandsteam/iron-edda-war-of-metal-and-bone-for-fate-coretm/ [Back this Campaign] Sand & Steam Productions, helmed by Tracy Barnett, look to have a successful Kickstarter. Iron Edda: War of Metal and Bone, which will be for Fate Core to begin with, asks for $10,000 and a few days into the campaign has $10,000+ in the bank. A full-colour PDF copy is available […]
A Long Line of Body Snatchers: A Review of Hideous Creatures: Ghouls
At heart, Ghouls are haunters of the dead, spending their time around the bodies of the deceased, primarily as a source of sustenance, but also seeking out grave goods. In a lot of horror fiction beyond Lovecraft, they have become the pathetic, fawning groupies of greater monsters – failed vampires, would-be liches, and the almost […]
