Back in March Geek Native featured the Magic: The Gathering trailer for 2014 that made its debut for PAX East. It’s a firey one. The character featured in Chandra Nalaar. Over at CGHub we can sample the art by Brad Rigney (aka Crypt Crawler) for Chandra.
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Video Q&A for the new Space Hulk game
Danish Full Control are building a multi-platform Space Hulk computer game. The game will have its own level builder. This means you can design Space Hulk challenges for your gaming group on your PC and they can play them around the gaming table on their iPads in the break between your Warhammer 40K night. We’ve […]
Dungeon dice
Need a dungeon in a hurry? These dice, sold by Think Geek, come in backs of five and will help. They’re designed to that the passageways always line up. The result is you can throw a handful of dice, scoot them together in whatever haphazard pattern you want, and you’ll have a dungeon. There’s even […]
Pelgrane Press launch organised play for 13th Age
Some of the largest and most established RPGs have had publisher organised play. These may involve an official archive of character sheets, adventures and convention support. Pelgrane Press are edging closer to the release of their highly anticipated 13th Age and have announced plans for organised play to support it. Details are scarce. We know […]
Soaring to success: Robotech RPG Tactics
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rrpgt/robotech-rpg-tacticstm/ [Back this Campaign] Palladium Books have a success on their hands with the Kickstarter for Robotech RPG Tactics. The pitch asked for $70,000. At the time of posting, there are 23 days left on the clock and the project has attracted over 2,100 backers and raised $385,820. That’s a pile of money for the […]
Clever Kickstarter: music for RPG background loops
[Back this Campaign] Some of my roleplaying game sessions make heavy use of music. I like to use it when I GM. It’s a challenge to find it though – first I look for movie or game scores as any singing tends to disrupt the game. The advantage computer game scores have over movie scores […]
8 tips for promoting your Kickstarter on Google+ RPG Communities
Geek Native co-moderates one of my favourite RPG communities; the Roleplaying Games community on Google+. Every week we see plenty of people popping in to promote their RPG or related Kickstarter. Some do it well. Some do it badly. I want everyone to do well so scribbled down this little guide to help. 1. Don’t […]
Joe Dever takes Lone Wolf to Cubicle 7
Flash back to March and we had news of Lone Wolf and Mongoose splitting up. Details were sparce but “Megadeal” customers were offered credit. At the time Matthew Sprange noted; Termination of Mongoose Publishing’s Lone Wolf gamebooks and RPG range has been actioned by mutual consent of the author and the publisher. Contractually, we are […]
MWP part ways with Marvel; offer 150% refund and pull books
Margaret Weis Productions have posted a pipline post discussing future projects. Tucked in the end of the post is the news that the company will stop producing Marvel Heroic Roleplaying: Basic Game. The reason? Success was not good enough. Christi Cardenas explains, in the post, that; Our first event, CIVIL WAR, was successful and well […]
Wizards without Coats: Eggs
Happy Easter? < PreviousWizards without Coats Next > Magic talismans my arse, what a waste of a fireball, these are just eggs! Perhaps there’s a reason why so few fantasy game worlds have a festival/holiday that involves a bunny hiding eggs for people to find. Think of the mixed messages that would send!
