It’s rare for me to be as excited about a RPG when it is initially announced as I was about Kuro. The promise of Japanese style horror blended darkly into a cyberpunk aesthetic was a strong one. From the outset, Kuro had an expectations battle for this review – I was expecting a lot from […]
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Do RPG designers need to rethink archery mechanics?
In fantasy roleplaying games there are some common themes when it comes to the use of the bow and arrow. It tends to be the case that bows are useful because of their range but rather slow. In fact, the trade-off keeps games balanced. The reason you’re a swordsman rather than an archer is because […]
Warhammer 40K cosplay: Eldar Witch
Another addition to the Warhammer 40K cosplay collection as we track Cosplay Blog through their Warhammer Week. The photographer is Andrey Kudryavtsev who you can follow on Deviant Art.
Famous Last Words Friday: Hastur
< Previous stripFamous Last WordsNext strip > “What a useless scroll. It just says, HASTUR HASTUR HASTUR over and over again…” Fan of the series? Check out the other Famous Last Words Friday panels.
Lifting the veil on Delta14 with Angus Abranson and Gobion Rowlands
Angus Abranson is the founder of Chronicle City, a company that helps RPG authors and publishers bring their books to market. Gobion Rowlands is a 15 year veteran of the videogames industry and an author who, writing as Gunnar Roxen, wrote the futuristic detective thriller The Wyld Hunt and the, soon-to-be released, Firestorm Conspiracy. Tomorrow, […]
Dragon Warriors returns to print, hardback
Dragon Warriors was my first ever RPG (not counting the homebrew system a young-me invented with buckets of d6 and Star Wars figures!). I’m not alone; thousands of gamers in the UK and, well, outside of the US have this 1985 classic as their first roleplaing experience. The game was written by Dave Morris and […]
Free to Download: 6d6 Free
6d6 are being especially busy as their successful Kickstarter enters its last week. The campaign is into the stretch goals and, at the time of writing, just a few quid short of unlocking The Dungeon of Demon Strata with the bestiary coming up next. As the Kickstarter attracts attention it also generates more questions from […]
Warhammer 40K cosplay: Necron Lord
Stunning cosplay from the world of Warhammer 40,000. These guys directly serve the Necron Overlords who rule over the Dynasties and Tomb Worlds. Photographer is Andrey Kudryavtsev. Via Cosplay Blog’s Warhammer Week.
Is there conflict between the ‘Gary Gygax Estate’ and new Gygax Magazine?
This may be a tricky story to cover and I suspect emotions are running high. Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson created Dungeons & Dragons. Most people consider D&D to be the original tabletop RPG and Gary Gygax to be its father. Gary sadly passed away in 2008, he had suffered from strokes in 2004 but […]
Classic Talisman board game reborn as PC game
Based on the 4th edition of the Games Workshop classic, Nomad Games has released the Talisman Game for the PC. Although based on the board game Noman have spun this version of Talisman differently; it has a solo play mode. There are 60 quests, each with three achievement levels and players trade gold, objects, collect […]
