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TTRPG news, reviews and interviews
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Tabletop Forge merges into Roll20
This may be the first Google Hangout merger of note but it won’t be the last. The virtual tabletop system Tabletop Forge will close – the app has a month left of life. Joshuha Owen’s popular system raised nearly $50,000 in Kickstarter and has an impressive 12,000 gamers in Google+ Circles. Owen will be joining […]
The Goblinzin
This rather confident looking goblin is the creation of Arthur Mask. The piece is called Goblinzin which I think is a good name for an entire pesky race.
RPGPundit interview: The Old School Renaissance for Arrows of Indra
Geek Native regrets giving John Tanoswski, aka RPGPundit, this interview. Better research before agreeing to this interview would have revealed a tense past. Future events, including harassment allegations, have been disturbing. The RPGPundit is a game author with titles like “gnomemurdered” and Lords of Olympus” from Precis Intermedia as well as “Forward… to Adventure!” from Better […]
LARP movie: Knights of Badassdom first official trailer
LARPers accidently summon a succubus. I really hope this is a laugh with the LARPers rather than laugh at the LARPers movie. Okay, sure, given it’s style I think we’ll be laughing at some of the quirky characters.. but, gosh, let’s see how this one plays out. Peter Dinklage (Tyrion Lannister in Game of Thrones, […]
Warlock Purple resolves Eldar army court case
Magistrates in Sevenoaks, England, acquitted 28 year old Christopher Kelly from stealing £300 worth of Warhammer 40K miniatures. Kelly had been acused to taking two cases of models from Thomas Gunyon while they travelled back from a tournament in Nottingham. The model carrying cases were supposed to contain an impressive collection; six fire dragons, two […]
Terrain: Lizardmen Pillar ruins
These fantastic terrain enhancements were built for a Warhammer game. The designer, William90, is interested in Nerf and robotics, so he’s clearly quite a creative chap. Instructions for building your own lizardman pillar can be found at Instructables if you fancy having a go. The moss-slicked standing stone, shaped like a gargantuan question mark, stood […]
Commissioned character art for a D&D game goes viral
M.S. Corley is freelance illustrator and graphic artist. He runs at blog at mscorley.blogspot.com.au where he shows some of the quality pieces he’s been working on. This month he showed a collection of character portraits commissioned for a D&D game. These have now been featured on Kotaku and Super Punch. It’s a good thing he’s […]
Twisted Princesses: Disney princesses as RPG encounters
Back in December 2011 Geek Native posted Disney Princesses as RPG monsters by the talented Jeffrey Thomas. This blog suggested they were scary enough to be used as RPG monsters and the post has been popular. Did Jeffrey stop drawing? Nope. Time for an update as we discover more twisted princesses that could be used […]
An exclusive look inside A Gallery of Rogues
A Gallery of Rogues is a project from artist Eric Lofgren and the game designer Jim Pinto. Pinto created the World’s Largest Dungeon which sells on eBay for well over $100, King for a Day as well 7th Sea material and Legend of the Five Rings material. Logfren has worked for the lives of AEG, […]
