At the start of the month Geek Native covered the launch of the MajiMonster RPG Kickstarter. I’m now a backer of Late Knight Games’ project as I think there’s a nice new take on a traditional RPG here. [Back this Campaign] Dan Coleman and Jonathan Barron of Late Knight coordinated with me over email. In this […]
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8 finalists announced for Paizo’s RPG Superstar 2015
Pathfinder RPG publisher Paizo have announced the top 8 finalists for the 2015 RPG Superstar along with their winning monster designs. They are; Gabriel Almer — Gloomwasp Brian Fruzen — Geomaw Scott LaBarge — Coryphae Monica Marlowe — Narrick Ben Iglauer — Occularictus Kalervo Oikarinen — Dread Glutton R Pickard — Spiroskek Christopher Wasko — […]
Succumb to the Masks of Nyarathotep
Masks of Nyarathotep has long been considered a classic Call of Cthulhu supplement. I’ve not tried it but I’m told running the game is a challenge. There are many NPCs, plenty of locations, cultists and one angry Outer God. The Companion is Sixtystone Press‘s proposed solution. It seems they’re right as the Kickstarter asked for […]
Dungeon Worlds surge past funding goal
Acheson Creations have a tabletop model success on their hands as a Kickstarter for highly-detailed 28mm dungeon titles surges past funding goal with two weeks still to go. For more details check out the Kickstarter page. [Back this Campaign] The team are asking for $3,800. At the time of writing they’ve $10,069 and 15 days […]
Free to download: Ascendant RPG
Bodlar Danger Leben has launched a public beta of his Ascendant RPG. Right now you can download it for free from Ascendantrpg.com. The game has been in the works, off and on, for 8 years. The game was described to me as “genuinely modern” and “takes a lot of standard RPG mechanic ideas and turns […]
Ireland’s Miniature13 launches on Kickstarter
How many gaming miniature companies from Ireland can you name? I have to wonder whether Miniature13 is the only one. There’s a short, 17 day, Kickstarter than launched Friday 13th. It’s more than x2 funded already. For more details check out the campaign page. [Back this Campaign] Miniature13 gave themselves only 17 days to raise […]
Wizards of the Coast and Origin sales
There’s some sales this weekend that may well appeal to geeks. First up is the one at DriveThruRPG which offers to serve up a host of traditional RPGs super cheap. It’s the second anniversary of Wizards of the Coast at DriveThruRPG. Every single D&D title is marked down 15% or more. Selective core rules are 75%. […]
Pencil Dice take Kickstarter by storm
Are simple ideas the best? d20 Entertainment’s Kickstarter to put dice pips on pencils only wanted $1,000 from Kickstarter. There are still two weeks left on the clock and over $15,000 in the bank. For more details check out the campaign page. [Back this Campaign] There’s no video and not much of an introduction to […]
Thriving on Chaos: Five Tips for Running a Tabletop RPG for Large Groups
As part of my review for Call of Cthulhu, 7th edition, I ran a game of it last week after finishing a first reading of the books. As I often do whenever I want to play a new game, I used Meetup to gather players in my area (Alexandria, Virginia, a suburb of Washington, D.C.). Meetup allows […]
Elder (Good) Signs: A Double Review of the Call of Cthulhu Corebooks
Before “storygames” and “simulationist RPGs,” before “crunchy” and “fluff,” there was Call of Cthulhu and Dungeons & Dragons. D&D was all about facing down monsters, gaining wealth and power, and telling epic fantasy stories. CoC was all about avoiding monsters, staying alive and sane, and telling chilling horror stories. D&D had tons of rules and had roots in minature wargamming; […]
