Impressions have announced the official date for 2013 Free RPG Day. The day in question is Saturday, June 15th, 2013. This will be the sixth Free RPG Day Impressions have helped coordinate. It relies on sponsors who provide: RPG accessories (dice, cases, templates, maps etc.) Miniatures related items (minis, skirmish scenarios, scenery, etc.) Any gamer-related […]
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Interview with Cavemaster’s Jeff Dee
Jeff Dee is a game designed based in Austin and the founder of UNIgames. Dee co-wrote and illustrated Fantasy Games Unlimited’s Villains and Vigilantes which has been described as the first complete superhero roleplaying game. In this interview Jeff has kindly agreed to talk about his latest game, co-written with Talzhemir Mrr, which may also […]
Worlds Apart RPG launches with 6 books and a free edition
Worlds Apart is a fantasy RPG from Expeditious Retreat Press that uses the Traveller mechanics. It was written by Joseph Browning. There are six books in the the launch and these include the Worlds Apart core rules for £7.42 / $12 as well as the Worlds Apart core rules for free. What’s the difference? The […]
The new Rolemaster opens for public playtest
Iron Crown Enterprises, ICE, are busy rebuilding a game and its fan base. That’s their description for the new effort around Rolemaster. Rolemaster has split into two; Rolemaster Classic and Rolemaster Fantasy Role Play. The latter was launched a self-contained set of rules but grew and produced expansions. Rolemaster is a classic game, it turned […]
Rifts Black Market hardcover Gold Edition
Palladium Books have a limited edition, only 250 printed, signed copies of Rifts Black Market. It’s become known as the Gold Contraband Edition. The book itself contains information about the black market in the post-apocalyptic world of Rifts North America. It is 192-pages long, has cover art by Chuck Walton and is written by Matthew […]
A look at the Prismatic Art Collection for gamers
Back in April Geek Native looked at attempts to raise funds for the Prismatic Art Collection. The goal of the collection was two-fold; firstly to produce art of heroes of all colours and secondly to make this art available via the Creative Commons license so authors and gamers could use it to make their own […]
Free eBooks and 50% off games at Dream Pod 9
It’s a good time to go check out Dream Pod 9’s online store as they are offering up to 50% off a range of books from their classic titles. The sale includes; Heavy Gear RPG and Tactical Jovian Chronicles RPG and Lightning Strike Gear Krieg RPG and Tactical Rules Tribe 8 RPG CORE Command d20 […]
League of Adventure: Dreaming Spires
Dreaming Spires is the first adventure module for Triple Ace Games’ League of Adventure series. It is written by Sarah Newton, known for Mindjammer and work on Achtung! Cthulhu, and uses the Ubiquity system. The League of Adventure is an RPG from the UK based publisher which puts players in late Victorian Age setting with […]
A look inside the stonepunk RPG: Cavemaster
Cavemaster was a successful Kickstarter project from Jeff Dee. The game positioned itself as a “stonepunk” RPG – playing on the steampunk evolution from cyberpunk. Players could take on the roles of hunters, gathers, warriors, shaman and other stone age classes, the game would feature historitically accurate creatures alongside magic and other fantasy rules. The […]
If this funding project fails – we’ll keep your money
I’m most familiar with Kickstarter even though it’s yet to launch in the UK (the autumn, I’m told – seems like they’re running tight on time) but the premise is very clear; if the project fails then supporters don’t spend their money. Isn’t IndieGoGo the same? No? Step forward the controversial James Desborough and the […]
