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Continuing the archive (Page 757). This section features historical reporting and reviews.
Necronomicon fragment LARP scrolls
The Litany of Dagon scroll Geek Native shared in August had its fans so I took notice when I came across Zarono on Etsy selling a range of Cthulhu and Necronomicon scrolls. The experience feels in keeping with the H.P. Lovecraft experience; I was browsing through Etsy’s wonders when I noticed the strange designs on […]
Mayfair announce “Catan: Explorers and Pirates”
Mayfair games have a new $50 Settlers of Catan expansion. The Catan: Explorers and Pirates add-on supports three or four players and will last around 90 minutes. The new expansion includes three missions and five scenarios designed to be mixed and matched to extend the number of unique uses you’ll get from the game. The […]
Shadows of Esteren review: Fantasy done darkly
Shadows of Esteren first appeared on my radar when it smashed its Kickstarter campaign to get translated into English. I scratch my head because I do not believe I backed the campaign but even at this stage the game oozed quality. Let’s face it; grim fantasy games are hard to do well. Even at the […]
Famous Last Words: Actually, chainsaws…
< Previous stripFamous Last WordsNext strip > “Actually chainsaws make fairly clumsy weapons.” Cast your eye over the other Famous Last Words Friday pieces but know that this one is special. This Famous Last Words goes live on the day some worry might be the end of the world thanks to the Mayan calendar […]
Paizo announce Mystery Monsters Revisited for Pathfinder
Mystery Monsters Revisited (~$19.99) is a campaign setting for Pathfinder. The book looks at the myths behind legendary creatures featuring beasts like the chupacabra, sasquatch and the mountain-dwelling yeti, mothman and Sandpoint Devil. Each monster comes with a summary of its own misdeeds, evidence the creature tends to leave behind and a stat block for […]
Doraleous and Associates
Doraleous and Associates is an animated YouTube series spoofing the adventures of a band of heroes. In many ways this is a gaming group that you’ll already be familiar with. The first episode is careful with its animation but I think the cleverness of the plot comes through. The series continues, watch it here and […]
Alluria’s Pathfinder bundle: 65% off a sea-themed collection
Alluria Publishing have a “Super Pathfinder Holiday Mega-Bundle” on sale at DriveThru RPG. The usual value of the gaming books is just over $88 but with the bundle discount in place the actual total is $30. That’s a 65% discount. The catch? Alluria’s not said when the holiday mega-bundle deal comes to a close. The […]
Did Flying Mice lead to a Better Mousetrap: An interview with Clash Bowley
Clash Bowley is the lead author and artist of the sci-fi RPG StarCluster, a host of supplements, the Blood Games Occult Horror RPG, Book of Jalan RPG and plenty others. These are games that I assocaite with Flying Mice Games but now see attributed to Better Mousetrap Games. Clash has kindly agreed to an interview […]
The Role-Playing Color Wheel
This is a tool for Gamemasters. It lets GMs add incidental colour to descriptions of the gaming world. At the start of each session, rotate the rings randomly to create new slices so that when you need to reference some colour you can pick a slice and use it for inspiration. The colour wheel was […]
