Update! The goalposts shifted on us, folks! Everyone who entered this competition already is a winner! There are still some codes left in the new flash competition. Did you play Dungeons & Dragons: Tiny Adventures only to wake up one day and find it yanked from Facebook? Perhaps you’ve been hearing more and more chat […]
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RPG Musical: Role Initiative
Okay, keep playing through the first few seconds of over dramatised musical and the actual video begins. This video is actually an entry for the 2011 Windy City 72 hour film competition. If that means they only had 72 hours to put it together – it’s very good. They had extra requirements; they had to […]
The One Ring: Adventures over the Edge of the Wild RPG review
The One Ring RPG is the latest Lord of the Rings roleplaying games. My main aspiration when I bought the game, buying it as a pre-order, was that it felt like Lord of the Rings. I think we all have our own take on Lord of the Rings. We now even have a generation of […]
Augmented Reality CCG – Drako
I remember Eye of Judgement well. I never played it – but I saw friends beginning to dabble with it. It was a collectable card game that the PS Eye turned into something special. The camera would scan the cards being used in the game and provide some pretty cool animations. The game was closed […]
Dark Crystal RPG in the works
There’s a rumour there will be a sequel to the Dark Crystal. According to the gossip, Omnilab Media and The Jim Henson Company will produce a 3D movie called “Power of the Dark Crystal” with special effects and puppets. It’s been suggested that Michael and Peter Spierig will direct. To be honest, only time will […]
Fffuuu says: Merchants in RPGs are greedy buggers
I think this ffffuuu-style comic is 100% true. There’s no doubt in this blogger’s mind that this is exactly how merchants, traders and shop owners behave in computer RPGs. I suspect merchants and traders might try this approach in some traditional tabletop RPGs too! What do you think?
Free to Download: Dark Eon Assassin comic
Mongoose Publishing have a new game on the way. It’ll be a solo boardgame and called Dark Eon Assassin: Tyrant of Acheron. A solo boardgame is an interesting idea. Something to do while you’re waiting for gamers to arrive or when you can’t sleep at night. In the game you’re a genetically bred assassin – […]
Is this the best GM seat ever?
Have you ever encountered the “too many books – too few desk space” problem while running a game? You can’t leave books out on the floor; players might get a peak of what’s to come. In fact, sometimes you may want a book sitting harmlessly on its shelf until it’s needed so players don’t have […]
Wizards of the Coast and Atari settle legal battle: D&D digital return to WotC
In 2007 Atari signed a 10-year deal to look after the digital rights of Dungeons & Dragons. The goal was to have the computer game company do more of Dungeons & Dragons Online, Neverwinter Nights and other digital successes. It all went wrong in the last few days of 2009 with Wizards of the Coast’s […]
Vigilance Press: Interview with James Dawsey
There have been some recent changes at Vigilance Press. At the start of the month Chuck Rice, company founder, launched the Vigilance Blog. Over on Facebook Chuck Rice also announced that James Dawsey had not only joined the company but had taken the position as owner and publisher. Rice is expected to stay on both […]
