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10 stunning fantasy and sci-fi landscapes
This collection of landscapes, long and wide, are by the deviant artist known as High Dark Templar. The gallery shows fantasy vistas, sombre caverns and sci-fi tableaus.
The Ernie Gygax Fire Relief fund
Ernie Gygax, son of Dungeons & Dragons co-creator Gary Gygax lost his home yesterday to a fire. It is understood that no one was hurt but the Ernie Gygax Fire Relief fund is now being coordinated on Facebook. According to Facebook, Ernie currently lives by Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. Tim Kask wrote; Ernie’s Inferno Update: 7:00 […]
What do we know about the Firefly board game?
Gale Force Nine have a license deal with Fox to produce a Firefly board game. The game will have players as captains of their own Firefly-class transport ships looking for work. Desperate for work players will have to take on any job, so long as it pays and deal with dodgy employers, Alliance patrols and […]
Should gamers pay extra for professional cartography?
Charles White is the co-founder and director of marketing at Fabled Environments. Fabled Environments is an Ennie Award nominated cartography studio with a speciality in modern floor plans and diagrams for RPGs. As we find in this interview with Charles, cyberpunk is about as far into the future as Fabled Environments will go. That’s an […]
Weighted Companion Cube stainless steel dice
Are these the ultimate dice for a gamer? Made layer by layer in a 3D printer and then fired to fuse metal particles into solid steel these Companion Cube die measure 9/16″ across. Look heavy? They’re hollow so aren’t as heavy as they might look. You can buy these dice from Niquegeek at Etsy, for […]
RPG Ideas… nearly impossible buildings
These photographs are the work of Jim Kazanjian. You can even buy limited edition prints of the clever work at 23 Sandy. He’s inspired by H.P. Lovecraft and its not hard to see the M.C. Escher influence either. I’m recommending these “nearly impossible” buildings as RPG ideas because it’ll unsettle players in lovely ways. Some […]
Rick Priestley: Beyond the Gates of Antares delayed, not dead
The surprise news last night was Beyond the Gates of Antares pulling the plug on their Kickstarter campaign. This wasn’t a campaign to get a second edition for the wargame out or a quest to fund some sourcebooks; this was a Kickstarter to launch the game in the first place. So where does that leave […]
Why is cyberpunk so popular? Let’s ask a Line Developer!
David Viars is the Line Developer for the cyberpunk RPG Interface Zero. As this post goes live Interface Zero 2.0 is rocking it on Kickstarter and the game is expanding before our eyes. Geek Native grabbed time from David for a catch up and questions. We talk about cyberpunk, Savage Worlds, the balance between systems […]
Gamer Valentine’s Day: the d10 Engagement Ring
This incredible ring was created by UK based deviant artist Dragonslorefury. She had the help of her father who just happens to be a jeweller. DLF notes that her partner and her are frequent roleplayers. The ring has already wowed the internet but given it’s Valentine’s Day; let’s share it here too.
