Ignite your Spark! is the call to action fo the 2014 version of Duels of the Planeswalkers. This time the computer version of Magic: The Gathering is making itself available on Android as well as iPad, Xbox Live, Steam and PlayStation Network. If you’re lucky enough to be at PAX Easy then booth #562 is […]
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Pathfinder’s lead designer launches own imprint, issues first product
Jason Bulmahn works for Paizo Publishing as the Lead Designer of the Pathfinder RPG. He also runs Minotaur Games as an imprint publisher. Today, Minotaur Games launched their first product Monster Focus: Skeletons. No surprise that it’s a supplement for the Pathfinder RPG. The download includes 3 new feats, 6 new alchemical items, 5 spells, […]
Tales of the Sleepless City review
Tales of the Sleepless City is a collection of investigations for Call of Cthulhu. The download weighs in at 162-pages from Miskatonic River Press. There are seven different authors involved. Dan Harms for To Awaken What Never Sleeps, Brian Sammons for The Terror from the Museum, C. Michael Hurst for The Fishers of Men, Oscar […]
Villains & Vigilantes RPG creators win legal battle over game
After a 20 month legal battle, Jeff Dee and Jack Herman have regained the rights to Villains & Vigilantes the roleplaying game they created in the 70s. The tussle over the rights of the game was between Dee and Herman and Scott Bizar of Fantsay Games Unlimited. In the end Magistrate Judge Mark E. Aspey […]
Wizards without Coats: No Smoking
Rules are rules. Just ask the GM.
King for a Day hatches, ready to scare us all
Post World Games‘ King for a Day is now live at Drivethru RPG. This is a large, systemless, fantasy sandbox campaign with a focus on the sinister rather than splatter. The style is Lovecraft and the campaign is a chunky toolkit of people, places and events all pointed towards a “horrific and unreal finale”. The […]
The Spark RPG will Kickstart and challenge us all
[Back this Campaign] This Kickstarter campaign from Jason Pitre and Genesis of Legend has raised $5,300 with 24 days to go (at the time of publishing). That’s enough to push beyond the $4,000 campaign goal. Unless there’s a wave of cancellations this game will Kickstart. This means there’s a bunch of savvy gamers who’ll now […]
The Wayne Foundation Charity RPG Bundle: $212 for $25
Troll in the Corner have released their third annual The Wayne Foundation Charity RPG Bundle. The Wayne Foundation is a charity committed to spreading awareness of the commercial sexual exploitation of children and the rehabilitation of domestic minor sexual trafficking. In essence they work hard to get help to child sex workers. The bundle only […]
The problem with vanishing krakens
Turns out every silver lining has a cloud. There might be unexpected bad news just when you thought lady luck had stepped in on your side. This example of a retreating kraken is all too common in the worlds of evil GMs but still a reminder for us all. Shared via Reddit.
Free to Download: Goblins!
Mega Miniatures have a goblin bundle on today that might help save a GM in a pinch. The team has made a PDF of eight paper minis free to download (PDF). They’re based on their F010 product; a pack of 8 goblins for $12. They’re cast in tin and produced at a 25mm. They’ll ship […]
