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 […]
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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 […]
The game designer challenge with Stan! Cyberpunk in Japan
Stan! is a name that many gamers are familiar with. Along with Hyrum Savage, Stan! is a co-founder at Super Genius Games where he is both a Senior Producer and Designer. In the run up to Christmas he managed a successful Kickstarter for the Littlest Shoggoth, a Cthulhu for kids book, which is now at […]
Roleplayers chuck money at Busty Barbarian Bimbos
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/burrowowl/busty-barbarian-bimbos/ [Back this Campaign] Busty Barbarian Bimbos is a funded but still live Kickstarter (at the time of posting). It’s a project from Burrowing Owl and John Fitzgerald. At this point in time I’ve not reached out to John to ask what it’s all about – and the game appears to be walking a careful […]
Wizards without Coats: Dice
I think these guys are about to underestimate their opponents…
10 stunning fantasy and sci-fi landscapes
This collection of landscapes, long and wide, are by the deviant artist known as High Dark Templar. The gallery shows fantasy vistas, sombre caverns and sci-fi tableaus.
The Ernie Gygax Fire Relief fund
Ernie Gygax, son of Dungeons & Dragons co-creator Gary Gygax lost his home yesterday to a fire. It is understood that no one was hurt but the Ernie Gygax Fire Relief fund is now being coordinated on Facebook. According to Facebook, Ernie currently lives by Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. Tim Kask wrote; Ernie’s Inferno Update: 7:00 […]
What do we know about the Firefly board game?
Gale Force Nine have a license deal with Fox to produce a Firefly board game. The game will have players as captains of their own Firefly-class transport ships looking for work. Desperate for work players will have to take on any job, so long as it pays and deal with dodgy employers, Alliance patrols and […]
Should gamers pay extra for professional cartography?
Charles White is the co-founder and director of marketing at Fabled Environments. Fabled Environments is an Ennie Award nominated cartography studio with a speciality in modern floor plans and diagrams for RPGs. As we find in this interview with Charles, cyberpunk is about as far into the future as Fabled Environments will go. That’s an […]
Weighted Companion Cube stainless steel dice
Are these the ultimate dice for a gamer? Made layer by layer in a 3D printer and then fired to fuse metal particles into solid steel these Companion Cube die measure 9/16″ across. Look heavy? They’re hollow so aren’t as heavy as they might look. You can buy these dice from Niquegeek at Etsy, for […]
