Randall C Ellis is the author of the fantasy RPG Sojourner’s Quest. As a games designer and world creator he has tackled the issue of game and character balance at a professional level. For Superhero Week he’s been kind enough to offer a quick opinion piece on how to think about game balance in a […]
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Is D&D Next bringing back Planescape and Spelljammer?
Yesterday Mike Mearls posted some information on how D&D Next, that’s Dungeons & Dragons 5, will cope with its Many Worlds. The designers wanted to maintain as much “story compatibility” as possible so you can convert an existing campaign over to D&D Next. For example, they’ve divided elemental planes into three rings so you can […]
The Realmsound Project: Making the pitch for RPG audio
Do you think audio has a place in tabletop RPGs? That’s to say; should the GM be able to enhance the game by playing sound at the right point in time? Would that improve the atmosphere or does it ruin the sense of imagination? There’s been some Kickstarter success. Wes Otis asked for $1,000 and […]
Superhero Week: 10 more brave superhero RPGs go to war
This is the second Superhero Week here at Geek Native. It is therefore the second time 10 superhero RPGs have stepped up to battle it out. It’s your chance to using the rating stars to say how much you enjoyed the games. Is you favourite game included? If not then perhaps it made the list […]
In the Cone of Shame this cat plays Magic: The Gathering
We’ve seen cats and Magic: The Gathering on the blog before. This one is special. This one features a cat in a “cone of shame” who is playing a game of Magic: The Gathering, beating his human, to cheer up. Via Imgur.
Is this the best t-shirt for a GM ever?
As many paladin will tell you there’s a big difference between being “Good” with a capital G and being nice. Good demands certainly ethics. Nice is a condition on how you apply those ethics. That said, I think this t-shirt from Think Geek is better suited to games masters, dungeon masters and storytellers. They’ll follow […]
A look inside The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey board game
This July we’ll see a new The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey board game from Cryptozoic ship to hobby stores. In fact, this may be Amazon’s page for it. Designed by Reiner Knizia the The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey game makes use of two boards, a handful of dice, 14 dwarf cards, 18 resource titles, 2 […]
Steve Jackson Games acquires Chupacabra: Survive the Night
Back in April Steve Jackson wrote; To make a long story short: I’d like to plow some Munchkin money back into the game hobby. The gaming guru was looking for games to buy. Stalwart Phil Reed was put in place to manage the process. It looks like David Blanchard, Brian Frodema and John Jacobsen’s Chupacabra: […]
Lucky skull teapot for gamers
What do you drink when you game? I’ve gone through drinking litres of fizz, to booze and now onto tea. I’m British, it’s natural. That’s why I think this “lucky” teapot from Archie McPhee might have a home on the tables of some gamers. Who wouldn’t want this teapot watch closing as the dice roll […]
GM Inspiration: Wooden whale monsters
These pictures from the artist David Kemp inspire all sorts of GM and world building thoughts in me. He found two derelict cove-boats and joined them together to create the “Wooden Whaler”. I can imagine barbarian hordes spilling out from between the teeth of fantasy sized alternatives. What do you think?
