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Reaper Miniatures’ Bones becomes the 10th $1,000,000+ Kickstarter
The gaming companies are doing so well at Kickstarter. Successes are coming from places that, I safely predict, mainstream press would not have expected and show the size of the RPG community. Reaper Miniatures have just become the 10th company to hit $1,000,000 on Kickstarter. Their campaign, to fun a range of Bones minis has […]
The 2012 ENnnies winners
Friday night at GenCon means ENnies. The ENnies are easily one of the most prestigious awards in the roleplaying industry and combine public vote and the role of judges. Best Adventure Dead Rock Seven (Pelgrane Press) Invasive Procedures (Pelgrane Press) The Rending Box (Pelgrane Press) Silver: Madness at Gardmore Abbey (Wizards of the Coast) Gold: […]
Super impressive Game of Thrones Risk board
This is a handmade and luxury version of Risk. The crafting, by Fay Helfer, is simply fabulous. In an even more geektastic twist this Risk board is actually Westeros. This is Game of Thrones in Risk.
Priests of Mars, Warhammer 40K
This post was intended to show off the rather fantastic front cover of the hardcover Priests of Mars, Warhammer 40,000 book from Games Workshop games designer Graham McNeill. The early reviews are in and have a similar theme. This book does not keep the spotlight just on Mechanus. It’s very true to say that this […]
LARPers watch out: eBay bans the sale of potions and spells
The auction super-power eBay has updated its rules. As a result the selling of advice, spells, curses, hexing, conjuring, magic, prayers and the similar are no longer allowed. The move is likely aimed at the very real practise of selling good luck or sex and love charms on the site as well as curses. This […]
Monte Cook’s Numenera art teaser and update
It’ll come as little surprise to many gamers to discover that Monte Cook’s Numenera Kickstarter (pledge) stormed through its funding goals. At the time of posting the project has nearly $75,000 in backing, 900 backers and 36 days to go. Cook has been sharing more teasers and adding stretch goals. The picture above is from […]
White Wolf’s owners, CCP Games, raise $20M
The Iceland-based CCP Games, makers of EVE Online and owners of White Wolf publishing, have raised $20M in new funding. Most of the cash, in the form of bonds, come from other Icelandic investors and comes in on top of a previous $20M investment round. It’s unlikely that White Wolf, the World of Darkness, or […]
Cracked Open: Inside Lore of the Gods
Right now, DriveThru RPG has 20% off a select number of RPG downloads – if you know the discount code is TooHot8450. One of RPG goodies that qualify for this 20% is DragonWing Games’ Lore of the Gods. Lore of the Gods is the most expensive download that qualifies for a discount this month. Or, […]
Hero Games and Larry Correia to make The Monster Hunters International RPG
Hero Games have partenered with Larry Correia, author of the Monster Hunters series of urban fantasy novels, to produce a new roleplaying game. Set in the “Monster Hunter International” setting the RPG is currently using the name The Monster Hunter International Employee’s Handbook And Roleplaying Game or MHIEHRPG for short. MHIEHRPG will be a full-colour, […]
