Mittelalter is a German store that sells medieval clothing, fantasy and LARP costumes. They specialise in leather armour and creating feelings of insecurity. Okay, the insecurity may not be intentional but Mittelalter create tiny pieces of leather armour, designed for the body beautiful and the brave. It’s hard to judge what the AC for these […]
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Plague Drones of Nurgle
I’m very much out of date with my Warhammer lore. In my day one of the true horrors of chaos was the plague god Nurgle. The most fierce of the demons was the Great Unclean One and my proudest achievement as a wargamer was gluing one together and applying a splash or two of green […]
GM Inspiration: Steampunk werelion gentlemen
Here’s a picture that might inspire an encounter or two. If you’re running a steampunk came that features werelions or lion-men in suits then I think we’d all like to hear about it! Why not leave a teaser in the comments below. You might also check out some other RPG ideas. Via /r/pics.
A look inside… Shattered Moon Ogre Pledged and Devout
Broken Tower have released Shattered Moon Ogre Pledged and Devout as a supplement for their new Shattered Moon setting. Ogres are protectors of nature but for some of them the calling is beyond the natural. The supplement has details of teh Pledged and Devout racial vocations for ogres, three templates with avatar record sheets and […]
Challenging conventions on steampunk and dice: The Edara RPG pitch
Carl Harrison is the Lead Deigner for Caelestis Designs and Ryan Schoon is the Lead Writer. The team has a Kickstarter pitch for a steampunk RPG that proposes a “Renaissance” view to steampunk and a close look at the use of dice and luck in RPGs. Geek Native was able to ask Ryan and Carl […]
Art confirms Kickstarter for Cthulhu Britannica London
A few days ago this poster for Cthulhu Britannica London popped up online. Looks good – but there is no Cthulhu Britannica London. It hinted at a new game and given the style of the poster the question was “Will there be a Kickstarter?” Geek Native has more art for the Cthulhu Britannica London. It […]
Wizards without Coats: One Ring
In this week’s Wizard without Coats encounter, we go to places that The Lord of the Rings never did. < PreviousWizards without Coats Next > Thats like, the first unwritten rule; no one wears the One Ring doing dishes… gah hobbits! The first rule of surviving the dangerous fantasy world – do not wear […]
A look inside Atlantis: The Second Age
Khepera Publishing, the team behind Godsend and Hellas, have bought the the rights to the classic Atlantean Trilogy by Bard Games. The result is a Kickstarter for the RPG Atlantis: The Second Age. [Back this Campaign] Jerry Grayson is offering a large degree of transparency on the project. The entire draft text of the RPG […]
Is this a Cthulhu Britannica London clue?
Cthulhu Britannica is a series of games from Cubicle 7 and fully licensed from Chaosium, the Call of Cthulhu RPG owners. There are a few books in the series, including Shadows over Scotland, but I’m not aware of a Cthulhu Britannica London. So what does this image mean? A mockup done for fun? Perhaps but […]
Fat Dragon and DramaScape bring tiles to print-on-demand
Here’s a good idea. These RPG gaming tiles from Fat Dragon Games are now available on print-on-demand but they print two-sided and are coated so you can write on them with dry-erase marker and then wipe clean. The covering also means you can use clear tape to stick the tiles together to ensure your dungeon […]
