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Numenera: Monte Cook announces his new RPG
Popular RPG game designer Monte Cook has announced his new RPG. Back in April, Cook made gamer headlines when he quit the D&D Next project, blaming differences of opinion with the company, but backig the #DNDNext team. His new project, Numenera, is being funded by a Kickstarter campaign and may suggest Cook prefers to push […]
What are Heroclix Fast Forces and Gravity Feeds?
There are many different HeroClix sets; X-Men, Justice League, Star Trek, Lord of the Rings, Halo, Street Fighter, Gears of War, Chaos War, Marvel 10th Anniversary, Avengers Movie, Galactic Guardians, etc. However, sometimes you’ll see the phrase “Fast Forces” prepended or appended to a title of the range. You may even see discussion about Gravity […]
Infinite X Studio release Quantum RPG beta as a free download
After a successful Kickstarter project, Joshua Frost’s Infinite X Studio, based in Seattle, has released the Quantum Roleplaying Game beta as a free download. Frost said; “We topped 500 downloads over the soft-launch weekend,” “Now that we’ve crushed the PDF download servers at our host, it’s time for the world to know the Quantum RPG […]
Blood Red Sands promises competitive RPG play
Ralph Mazza, author of the indie RPG Universalis, has teamed with Galileo Games to launch a Kickstarter project. Universalis is now 10 years old and successfully enough to be looking at its fourth print run.
How to score 20% off DriveThru RPG this month
About once a month DriveThruRPG make some of their products available for a 20% discount. The catch? You need to know which products and you need to know the discount code. The discount code is in the picture above. TooHot8450. This only leaves the pesky matter of working out which products quality. Geek Native can […]
Guest post: Stompy Bot step up for a Heavy Gear computer game
Stompy Bot Productions and Dream Pod 9 have announced the exclusive licensing of Dream Pod 9’s Heavy Gear for PC, mobile and console 3D gaming to Stompy Bot Productions.
Kickstarter makes amends
On Thursday petitions against Kickstarter were starting to appear. Why? The popular crowdsourcing platform had moved to block retailer rewards or bulk discounts. Kickstarter didn’t want retail chains to muscle in on pledges, paying up thousands in order to qualify for bulk discounts. The RPG community led the protest. It’s not unusual for local RPG […]
Concerns new Kickstarter policy hurts publishers leads to petitions
Kickstarter has introduced a new condition into their terms and conditions that prevents discounted bulk pricing as pledge awards. There has been increasing experimentation and success a Kickstarter in recent months. Penny Arcade ran a controversial campaign to raise money and allow them to remove ads from their site. Although the campaign was popular some […]
Guest post: Spartan Games hunting for players to promote to Vanguards
Spartan Games are now looking for Spartan Vanguards, volunteers to help spread the word about their systems – Firestorm Armada, Dystopian Wars and Uncharted Seas.
