Every year Palladium do a Surprise Christmas Package. It’s a chance to get roleplaying stuff signed as well as a pile of stuff for about half the price. The cost of the package, before shipping, is $38. You will get at least $80 to $90 worth of items in your bundle and perhaps more. The […]
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Interview with Cavemaster’s Talzhemir Mrr
Talzhemir Mrr is the co-creator of the RPG Quicksilver and the MMOG Furcadia. More recently, Mrr worked with Jeff Dee on the stonepunk RPG Cavemaster which has been picked up by Chronicle City. Talzhemir has kindly agreed to a Q&A interview with Geek Native to discuss Cavemaster. How would you describe “stonepunk” as a genre […]
Biological mythology in sketches
Simone Des Roches is a PhD candidate studying evolution and ecology. She’s also an artist and illustrator and over the years has spent some time drwing biological textbook style illustrations of fantasty creatures. There are two ways to keep up with new art; via the blog which will suit fans of RSS, or via a […]
Inspiration for the dark Roman Britain RPG: 43AD
43AD is a roleplaying game set in Roman-controlled Britain, a game of dark horror and gritty military action. This week Geek Native published a look inside the game and in this post, we explore some sources of inspiration that author, Paul Elliott of Zozer Games, draws and recommends. Inspirational Music for 43AD Inspirational Books Simon […]
Robin D. Law’s Hillfolk and the DramaSystem
Robin D. Law’s is a well known games designer who brought us the GUMSHOE investigative roleplaying system. He tends to work closely with Pelgrane Press, who have a number of GUMSHOE products, and is actually the Creative Director at Stone Skin Press which is Pelgrane’s fiction imprint. His latest project, foreshadowed by his book Hamlet’s […]
Is the Era of the GM over?
This guest post is written by Joe Prince, author and designer of the GM-less gladiator RPG Eternal Contenders. Eternal Contenders has been picked up by Chronicle City and a print+PDF bundle is currently available for pre-order at their shop. The shadowy figure of the Game Master (GM) hunched behind a screen clutching the precious books […]
Cryptozoic’s The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey board game due early 2013
The poster above is the latest teaser for The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. It features the White Council at Rivendell. That’s Gandalf, Elrond, Galadriel and Saruman. Saruman seems like a grim chap; glad he’s on our side. Cryptozoic have announced a license dealwith Warner Bros Consumer Products that allows them to produce a new board […]
Original developers attempt Deluxe Werewolf: the Apocalypse 20th Anniversary Edition
[Back this project]. The second World of Darkness game, Werewolf: the Apocalypse, is due it’s 20th anniversary. Designers Bill Bridges, who worked on the first supplement, and Ethan Skemp have turned to Kickstarter to try and rise $85,000 to publish a deluxe edition to mark the date. This will happen. At the time of posting […]
A look inside the 43AD roleplaying game
43AD is a gritty military-style game with a slice of dark horror running through it. Life is grim and the world of the native Britons is painted in dark and horrific colours. Britain is a place of fear and death, terrors and torments, and the Iron-Age tribes live with these horrors. Celtic priests, the druids, […]
Free RPG Day 2013 announced
Impressions have announced the official date for 2013 Free RPG Day. The day in question is Saturday, June 15th, 2013. This will be the sixth Free RPG Day Impressions have helped coordinate. It relies on sponsors who provide: RPG accessories (dice, cases, templates, maps etc.) Miniatures related items (minis, skirmish scenarios, scenery, etc.) Any gamer-related […]
