British gaming forum UK Role Players have announced the winners of their 2011 Gaming Awards. First the bad news; UKRP LARP Designer, UKRP LARP and UKRP newcomer are all off the table as an award this year due to lack of valid entries. This is a shame. There are some great LARPs in the UK. […]
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Nights of the Crusades publish first version
Nights of the Crusades is an RPG that’s been a few years in the making. It was back in November of last year we published an open call for the playtest. Now you can download the 106-page rulebook from the Aetheric Dream site The world of Nights of the Crusades is similar at first but […]
Paint battles: Hornby to challenge Games Workshop
Last week Hornby issued a market statement that contained the dread words; “below current market expectations”. This is never good. Hornby currently have a net debt of £8.5 million – but that’s down from £12.8 million a year ago. Hornby’s challenge seems pretty clear. Who’s buying Scalextric at a time of heightened job insecurity? Hornby […]
Raging Swan Press launch Cultists of Havra Zhoul with free teaser
Cultists of Havra Zhoul is a GM’s resource for the Pathfinder RPG. Published by Raging Swan Press, written by Pierre Van Rooden, the download presents the secretitive cult, its apparant dedication to law and how it has really fallen into darkness and corruption. “I am Havra Zhoul. Respect me. Obey me. Fear me. If you […]
Graphicly to challenge One Book Shelf? Empower publishers?
Geek Native was lucky enough to interview Graphicly’s CEO Micah Baldwin back in the day In fact, back then Graphicly was known as Graphic.ly and was part of the whole .ly domain doom. Since then Graphicly has faced some fierce competition in the digital comic market from the likes of comiXology, made some acquisitions, introduced […]
Is this spider monster too scary for any LARP?
This blogger asked the question Are Air Swimmers any good LARPs?. The answer seems to be no. They’re too fragile. Oh, I suppose a clever team of GMs could have a shark swim through the air as a very clever effect. This video is attempt 2. TD Artwork has just finished creating a very large […]
Shroud of the Ancients Fantasy RPG
Time is running out to support Dark Tavern Press’ The Shroud of the Ancients adventure for the D5 roleplaying game. At the time of posting the Kickstarter campaign had 24 backers and just over $1,500 raised of a modest $5,000 total. There are 6 days to go. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1643151566/shroud-of-the-ancients-fantasy-adventure-d5-rpg/ The Should of the Ancients is set […]
Don’t show the players: Archers are fast
Did someone tell you that the problem with archers is that they’re a bit slow? Do you have game mechanics that insist you’ll spend one round firing an arrow and another around knocking the next one? That sounds familiar to me. This looks like a video that your GM didn’t want you to see. Russian […]
D&D Virtual Table review
Wizards of the Coast have a new virtual table for their D&DI subscribers. It’s in beta. If you’re not a D&DI subscriber then a friend who is can get you a beta invite code to use for a while. This is a review of a still in beta product. Technology has been a problem for […]
Wizards of the Coast brings back AD&D
Wizards of the Coast will republished Advanced Dungeons & Dragons. The company will produce premium versions of the original AD&D rulebooks, with original art and content but with new cover designs.
