Late last year Full Controll announced a deal with Games Workshop to produce both computer and mobile versions of a Space Hulk game. At the time it sounded very interesting as it offered cross-platform support. In other words, you could use your PC to play with friends on their iPads. Today we have the first […]
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Creighton Broadhurst’s success tips as Raging Swan Press turns three
Creighton Broadhurst worked with Wizards of the Coast for nine years before founding the RPG publisher Raging Swan Press. Creighton says he runs the company for “fun and the joy in creation” and has steered the company safely to its third birthday. Geek Native wanted to know what the trick was. How do you have […]
Mongoose and Lone Wolf split; Megadeal customers offered credit
Something’s up between Mongoose Publishing and the creator of Lone Wolf Joe Dever. The RPG publisher can’t share the details but won’t be publishing any more Lone Wolf books. With Lone Wolf pages already pulled from the Mongoose website, writing on the forums, Matthew Sprange notes; Termination of Mongoose Publishing’s Lone Wolf gamebooks and RPG […]
Waking from its slumber Green Ronin’s Freeport discovers Pathfinder
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1780208966/freeport-the-city-of-adventure-for-the-pathfinder/ [Support this Project] Freeport is part of Green Ronin’s history. I remember when the first books started to appear back during the dizzy days of the d20 bubble. In this video Chris Pramas admits Freeport has been off the boil, in fact the series has been slumbing like a Great Old One. Given the […]
What happens when you replace RPG dice with a Jenga tower?
Dread is a game where people die. Why not add to the atmosphere by using a Jenga tower as a replacement to dice? This is a new video but not an new idea. Dread, published by The Impossible Dream, is designed to use Jenga rather than dice and won the 2006 ENnie for Innovation and […]
Winter not coming. WotC insist “s’no new mana”
Wizards of the Coast tweted to insist the new snow mana symbol that had appeared in their Magic: The Gathering search engine was a mistake. (Jon) Winter is not coming. The snow mana symbol that is currently on Gather is a mistake. Fix coming soon. — Magic: The Gathering (@wizards_magic) February 27, 2013 You can […]
Could Drinking Quest 3 offer the best gamer insults of all time?
Do you engage in a bit of banter with your gamer pals? For C$20 you can have a personalised insult built into the next version of the popular drink based RPG Drinking Quest. [Back this Campaign] This is an Indiegogo fund raiser (probably because the creator isn’t in either the US or the UK) and […]
Wizards without Coats: Chainmail
And all I got was this stupid t-shirt, er, sorry. All I got was this stupid chainmail shirt!
Actual crocodile armour
This is what real Roman armour looks like when it’s made from crocodile leather. It’s also Egyptian armour. This is ceremonial garb of a crocodile cult. The Romans had garrisons all over Eygpt and they took part in civic and religious events, life and raised families. This armour was found on the banks of the […]
Margaret Weis Productions signs Firefly RPG deal
MWP, the publisher behind the Marvel RPG, Dragonlance, Leverage, Smallville and Supernatural RPGs have added another TV show license to their roster of games today – Firefly. The first releases for the Firefly RPG may be out in just a few months, in print and digital, using MWP’s Cortex system. The deal was struck with […]
