This skull, some 9.6 inches long, is carved from an Ammonite fossil. In India the skulls are associated with the God Vishnu and are used in various ceremonies. The name Ammonite actually comes from teh Greek ram-horned God called Ammon. I think these skulls are wonderful inspiration for GMs. There are plenty of fantasty creatures […]
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Assault on the Mountains of Madness
The Achtung! Cthulhu – The WW2 Keeper’s & Investigator’s Guides is stomring it. It made its target in just 26 hours and has gone on to smash stretch goal after stretch goal. In response the British publisher Modiphius has announced a whole new campaign. If it’s full funded via the stretch goals then it’ll be […]
A Doctor Who: The First Doctor Sourcebook review
Doctor Who – The First Doctor Sourcebook is the first in a series of sourcebooks to support Cubicle 7’s Doctor Who: Adventures in Time and Space RPG and to celebrate the 50th anniversary year of Doctor Who. It all began on a November night in 1963. Two schoolteachers followed one of their students, a strange […]
Savage Worlds’ Mercenary Breed competition: setting and compendiums to battle for
Mercenary Breed is a space opera sandbox setting from Savage Worlds licensees Mystical Throne Entertainment. The core rules contain rules for all sorts of sci-fi action and adventure, providing tools to create new races, whole worlds, monsters and creatures as well as missions. The book contains a ready to go sandbox setting, corporations, Savage Tales […]
Inside the mind of the man emailing you monsters
“Let’s find out why you’d want monsters in your email.” Nicholas Cloister is an artist based in Sweden. As a gamer he’s played the likes of MERP, Dungeons and Dragons, Warhammer FRP, Skyrealms of Jorune as well as Swedish RPGs. Cloister has drawn for Paizo and Fantasy Flight Games with his Monsters by Email, which […]
Lewisham’s Role Play Haven makes the news
What happens when you send a journalist who, by his own admission, couldn’t even make it through a Lord of the Rings film to interview a large roleplaying club in London? The results are surprisingly pleasant for the gamers. There is, of course, a catch. The club’s venue, a room in Lewisham Hospital, is at […]
Wizards without Coats: Walmart
Could I find one of these, please? < PreviousWizards without Coats Next > Through no fault of their own, Lord Wal & Mart Kull, accidently activated the dreaded portal of merchandising Don’t you just hate it when you pop out for some loot and milk and come back with way more than you wanted?
What does one life matter? Torment: Tides of Numenera kickstarts
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/inxile/torment-tides-of-numenera/ [Back this Campaign] Planescape: Torment was awesome. The buzz when “Numenera: Torment” was announced was very loud indeed. Today the inevitable has happened the team up Brian Fargo and Monte Cook has launched on Kickstarter. The game is called Torment: Tides of Numenera and it’s asking for $900,000. $900,000 is a lot. While I […]
10 reasons to support International #TableTopDay
Felicia Day’s Geek and Sundry have nominated March 30th to be International Tabletop Day and are asking gamers to support it. Not sure? Here’s 10 reasons why it’s a good idea. 1. You’ll be supporting local businesses This is a great chance for local businesses to attract gaming geeks into the store. This a chance […]
The new Monsters & Magic RPG fuels the Old School Renaissance fire
Mindjammer Press, co-founded by author Sarah Newton, has struck a deal with Chronicle City to print the new RPG Monsters & Magic. The deal very firmly rides the Old School Renaissance. The “OSR” is a nostalgia for the old style of RPGs, with a tighter focus on heroic dungeon adventures, quick character creation and game […]
