I’m a backer on Trapdoor Technology’s Codename: Morningstar Kickstarter. This is a crowd-funding campaign to pick up a digital toolset that Wizards of the Coast pulled out of. The replacement software works with the Pathfinder Reference Document (PRD) instead. Geek Native was lucky enough to land an interview with Trapdoor’s founding director Chris Matney. In […]
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Desborough’s #GamerGate card game banned by DriveThruRPG and SJ Games
#GamerGate is a card game by James Desborough’s Postmortem Studios. It is named after the stormy and hotly contested row among computer gamers and games journalists. This is a row which has involved bomb hoaxes, death threats and doxxing. Postmortem Studios described the game as a joke, saying; Gamergate the Card Game commemorates THE defining […]
Steve Jackson Gammes announce Mars Attacks: Ten-Minute Takedown
On the 16th of December Steve Jackson Games will announce a new fast-playing dexterity game called Mars Attacks: Ten Minute-Takedown. Okay, it’s a dexterity game about Martian aggression and global destruction. Players flick the game’s custom die from their flying saucer at the human cities and claim points as they crumble. The demo of the […]
Not even a little dead: Deluxe Wraith the Oblivion 20th anniversary edition
Onyx Path are now masters at bringing back old White Wolf titles. Currently in the spotlight is Wraith: the Oblivion. They need $50,000 and have over $155,000 with more than 27 days left on the clock. Find more here. [Back this Campaign] A PDF copy of the deluxe 20th anniversary edition unlocks for a $35 […]
Paizo launch RPG Superstar 2015
It’s not yet 2015 but Paizo have begun their annual search for their “superstar” of the yeah. This worldwide contest is an open call for gamers with design talents. The contest has been running for 8 years. The 2014 contest was won by Victoria Jacko and you can read an interview with her plus tips […]
Texts from Kobold: Your very own!
[I want this!] Have you seen Texts from Kobold? A little joke on Geek Native proved surprisingly popular. All it took was for one bored kobold to get his hand on a smartphone, start to annoy-text his evil wizard boss and wave adventurers through and gamers started to notice. It’s half a year later and […]
Let’s go LARPing! Treasure Trapped trailer
Cosmic Joke are already approaching half a million views for their LARP documentaries and have been feature on the likes of MTV, USA Today and TIME. Their latest feature – Treasure Trapped – looks likely to grow that audience. The documentary follows gamers as they escape the world of desk jobs, traffic james and morning […]
Denmark takes home the $250,000 World Magic Cup
A 4-player team from Denmark has won the 2014 World Magic Cup while Israel based Shahr Shenhar successfully defended his Magic World Championship. Shenhar wins $50,000, while team Denmark have £48,000 to divide between themselves. Wizards of the Coast had almost $250,000 in the prize fund for top national teams. The team from Denmark consisted […]
Unboxing Steve Jackson’s Knightmare Chess
Rhea Friesen of Steve Jackson Games takes us through an unboxing of their Knightmare Chess game. This game has 158 stunning cards that can be played to turn a standard game of chess into a nightmare battle. Tempted? Amazon.com currently has one copy of Knightmare Chess 2e up for sale at a mere $794.41. Just […]
What an ambush! A review of The Rise of Tiamat
The Rise of Tiamat is an adventure in Wizards of the Coast’s Tyranny of Dragons series. It follows on from the Hoard of the Dragon Queen and while, on the whole, it is a good book it packs one heck of an ambush! I enjoyed the Hoard of the Dragon Queen. Wolfgang Baur and Steve […]
