This poster meme hails from a poster designed by the British, but never actually published, during World War II. Keep Calm and Carry On was supposed to boost morale and clearly did a very good job at tapping into the national psyche. It’s almost as if the poster or its designer had some Persuasion powers… […]
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The Solar Echoes interview with Andy Mitchell
Solar Echoes drew some attention when it launched. The RPG promised a new gaming experience and is available at RPGNow with a price tag of $35 for the Player’s Guide and $30 for the Controller’s Guide. The sci-fi RPG market is rarely an easy one to tap into and Andy Mitchell of Corefun Studios, the […]
Eldritch Skies Design essay
Eldritch Skies is a Lovecraftian sci-fi RPG from Battlefield Press. The game is written by John Snead and is set in 2030. The post below is a design essay from the game’s creator. The seed for this project originated in a discussion on RPG.net back in 2006. Science fiction is my favorite genre in which […]
Famous Last Words Friday: Don’t Worry
Today is Friday! Hurrah! This means you can review our growing collection of Famous Last Words art from talented V Shane or be old school check out the old collection. < Previous stripFamous Last WordsNext strip > Oh don’t worry – the poisonous ones have orange stripes
Wizards of the Coast’s owners, Hasbro, deny Disney rumours
After the news of Disney buying Lucasfilm and beginning work on three more Star Wars films there were whispers that Disney was also interested in buying Hasbro. Buying Hasbro would make some sense for Disney because of the rights the toy company owns. For example, with Marvel on board Disney has a modern day Universe […]
Kicktraq insights on 6d6’s successful UK Kickstarter
One of the first UK based RPG Kickstarter projects has made its funding goals in days. This chart from Kicktraq shows how the funding progress for the 6d6 RPG Core & Adventure books very quickly reached its goals. Attention now moves to the stretch goals. Stretch goals, sometimes a challenge for Kickstarter funders, describe the […]
Paizo to run huge open playtest for Mythic Adventures
Paizo Publishing had more than 55,000 gamers help playtest the preliminary rules for Pathfinder back in 2008. That’s a success they’re looking to recreate. Starting on the 14th, players will be able to download a free copy of the preliminary design document for Mythic Adventures from Paizo.com. The results of the playtest; suggestions, comments, corrections […]
Solar Echoes offers a new RPG experience
Corefun Studios are offering their brand new roleplaying game as a new gaming experience. Tired of waiting for your turn? Annoyed with having to chew through tons of hitpoints before defeating an enemy? Angry that you waited so long for your turn, only to roll a critical failure? So were we! Solar Echoes is presented […]
Wizards of the Coast sued over trading card patent
We’re used to seeing tech companies suing tech companies in the States. It’s a strange system worth billions of dollars. A company called Wildcat Intellectual Property Holdings filed a case against Nintendo, Sony, EA, Konami, Zynga and Wizards of the Coast last year in a patent battle. The name ‘Intellectual Property Holdings’ suggests that Wildcat […]
An interview with Paul Elliott of 43AD
Paul Elliott of Zozer Games is responsible for a number of Traveller products like Outpost Mars, the Vietnam roleplaying game GRUNT and more recently 43AD. At the start of the month, Geek Native posted a look inside the game to reveal Roman soldiers, the grim life of the native Britons, druids and ancient horrors. Paul […]
