Arion Games is offering a 2013 Paper Mini Subscription on Drivethru RPG. This raises some interesting questions like what are paper minis and should you buy them on subscription? Thankfully, Graham Bottley of Arion Games has kindly agreed to help us understand what’s going on and help roleplayers get started with paper miniatures. Can you […]
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Warlord Games expands to America, teams up with Warhammer 40K creator
Warlord Games, founded by gamers made redundant from Games Workshop, have entered into a partnership with Rick Priestley and are expanded to Arizona in the USA. Based in the Lenton Business Centre, just a mile from their old employees, Warlord Games is run and was founded by John Stallard and Paul Sawyer. The company does […]
A stunning first look at Cyberpunk 2077
It seems like a long time since we heard the news that the Cyberpunk RPG would become a computer game. The developers were the Polish outfit CD Projekt who had brought us the stunning cRPG The Witcher. Now we have a first teaser for the forthcoming computer game. What do you think? Have they captured […]
Is it funny when they die? Roleplayers’ famous last words
“What a useless scroll. It just says HASTUR HASTUR HASTUR over and over again…” “Hey you! Bitch queen of the spiders!” These comic strips are from Geek Native’s 10 week long famous last words Friday. These quotes come from the famous last words archive from GameWyrd which dates back to 2003 and a user generated […]
New Year, New Game: Wu Xing: The Ninja Crusade
It’s not the Chinese new year until the 10th of February (Year of the Snake) but perhaps a bit of Wuxia (martial hero) action might tempt you in DriveThru RPG’s “New Year, New Game” Third Eye Games’ Wu Xing: The Ninja Crusade might tempt you. The 40% discounts at or the extra 15% using the […]
Monte Cook’s Numenera becomes Planescape: Torment sequel
I think the best computer roleplaying game I’ve ever played was Planescape: Torment. Skyrim is great but Planescape: Torment was special. It looks like the stars have aligned and there will be a follow up. Wizards of the Coast have carefully guarded the rights to Planescape and the original Black Isle studio close. Makes it […]
New Year, New Game: Trail of Cthulhu
DriveThru RPG are running a big sale, up to 40% off core rules with the offer “New Year, New Game” promotion. Want to save more money? Use the coupon happynyng2013 to bag a further 15% off. The question is? Which RPG should you dabble in? What about something dark, something a little dangerous, something that […]
The Drummond dungeon
Alex Drummond is a professional concept artist and illustrator. He produces work of this impressive quality. He has worked for Marvel, Games Workshop, AEG, Square Enix and many other big names. Recently, Alex popped up on reddit wishing he could draw more dungeons professionally. He shared a sample dungeon that he had created and it’s […]
New Year, New Game: Mutants & Masterminds Hero’s Handbook
Want to try a new RPG this year? Gamers trying new games is good for the industry. If you like what you sample perhaps you’ll go on to support publishers and please your friends by buying some supplements. It can be expensive buying and testing new RPGs though and so, each year, DriveThru RPG holds […]
New Year, New Game: Cold & Dark
Here’s how to make a good gaming start to the year – try a new RPG. One of the most significant sales of the year is on at DriveThru RPG today and runs up until the 14th. The “New Year, New Game” sale is designed to encourage gamers to try something new. There are over […]
