Giest: The Sin-Eaters has been re-edited and brought up to date with the latest errata to produce the 1.1 edition. It’s not a new edition as such but an overhaul. Giest: The Sin-Eaters is a story that begins with your death. It’s the six game in the World of Darkness series and perhaps the least […]
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The Mega-Kickstarter: Steve Jackson raises hundreds of thousands for Ogre
Kickstarter has changed the roleplaying industry. The Shadowrun Kickstarter has raised $1.7m and may hit $1.8m before closing. That’s millions. Millions for roleplaying nostalgia. This shows the power of geeks and gamers. This shows the power of native geeks. Steve Jackson of Steve Jackson Games launched a Kickstarter few days ago. He was asking for […]
Monte Cook quits D&D Next, defends team
The respected and popular designer, Monte Cook, unexpectedly announced he was quitting Wizards of the Coast and the D&D Next project this week. Cook’s return to the company, over a year ago, was one of the first signs that the next generation of the roleplaying game was on the way. Cook blames a difference of […]
Atlas Games sets WaRP to Open
Atlas Games has announced that the rules system for the 20 year old Over the Edge RPG rules system will be released under the Open Game System. Fans can currently pick up a limited edition 20th anniversary edition for Over the Edge now. The OGL rule system is a works in progress. Atlas Games will […]
Hasbro slips into the red despite growth in Magic: the Gathering
Hasbro have posted their financial results for the first quarter of 2012. There are some mixed signals but the overall performance of the company is down. To blame? Girls and bad games. The company has four product categories. Here they are along with their 2012 Q1 performance and percentage change. Boys made $302.8m in net […]
Why your old RPG books could be releasing volatile chemicals
This video answers the question; “Why do old books smell?”. There are a number of reasons but a key part is due to chemical reactions. It’s a bad idea, for example, to store a piece of newspaper in a book as the acidic paper from the newspaper will damage the book over time. At about […]
Chronicle City takes a Radical Approach
Radical Approach has announced that they’ll be entering into a distribution deal with Chronicle City. Chronicle City is Angus Abranson’s new vehicle, post Cubicle 7, and has already signed some interesting names including Wicked World Games’ Cold & Dark, Dungeonslayers and Firehawk Games. Radical Approach, also based in the UK, is known for fantasy RPG […]
Gary Dupuis and the Purple Duck demoness interview
Gary Dupuis is a Canadian artist who has worked with a range of RPG publishers. His credits include Steve Jackson Games, Goodman Games, Headless Hydra Games and Purple Duck Games. Gary’s kindly agreed to do a quick email around his latest commission for Purple Duck Games – a demoness. Purple Duck Games have also kindly […]
Teasing Cold & Dark: the free to download Lost Redemption
Last month Geek Native was lucky enough to have an exclusive look at Cold & Dark; an RPG from Wicked World Games. At the time I speculated whether the game might touch on the Mass Effect style. Lost Redemption seems to suggest so. It’s also been noted that Cold & Dark promises to be a […]
EA admit to using GW’s tank design – except not
Yesterday the question was asked is EA stealing Games Workshop tank design?. It was a fair question to ask because the Games Workshop designed Baneblade looked an awful lot like a tank that later appeared in EA’s free-to-play Command & Conquer Tiberium Alliances. The catch? The tank was never used by EA. GameSpot managed to […]
