It’s hard to stand out in the competitive world of dice selling and manufacturing. However, Polish based Q-Workshop are trying to do just that. For a start, they are a successful company. It might not be brand you’re familiar with but they’ve won awards you will have heard of. For another, they use worker elves […]
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The Bortle Dark-Sky Scale and RPGs
Have you ever considered tying the Bortle Dark-Sky Scale into RPG mechanics? In particular, it to influence the strength of magic. The Bortle Dark-Sky Scale is a 9-level scale that measures both the clarity of the night sky’s and the brightness of stars from any given location. You see; light pollution obscures the sky, even […]
RuneQuest II’s Vikings RPG preview
Mongoose have published a complete setting and backgrond book for RuneQuest II called Vikings. The game looks at viking myths but also influenced by historical truths. Here’s a quote from the free preview. Hunting Another unusual aspect of Viking culture is their approach to hunting. Although respected as a valued skill, hunting is not entertainment […]
Paizo’s 13 real world Venture-Captain coordinators
Paizo Publishing has appointed 13 people as points of contact for coordinating Pathfinder Society events. These regional coordinators will be known as Venture-Captains and have the task of overseeing specific locations, local organisers and helping out with the Pathfinder Society. The Pathfinder Society is the organised play arm for the Pathfinder RPG. Hyrum Savage, Marketing […]
Wizards gamble with new D&D Gamma World
The new Gamma World is due out in the UK very soon. Wizards of the Coast are taking a gamble with it but it is an understandable gamble. Firstly, they’re strongly connecting the D&D brand to it this time. There’s not that familiar d20 logo to act as the outstretched hand to new players this […]
The Open Game Table review
Open Game Table starts with a self-confirming statement; The face of RPG blogging has changed quickly over the last several years, and it’s a delight to discuss it. That’s a self-confirming statement because I very much doubt the publishers of the year 2001 would expect a healthy community of fan sites let alone a sponsored […]
Brushfire review
Brushfire is a miniature war game from On the Lamb games. I had my copy sent to work – a digital marketing agency – and handed it to a colleague sitting near me and explained I’d be writing a review of it. Captain Caveman, as we affectionately call his colleague, isn’t a gamer but he’s […]
Free to Download: Signs & Portents 83
The Mongoose team have found time to upload and begin giving away the latest edition of the free to download magazine “Signs and Portents”. This is really a pre-GenCon edition in many ways but there’s enough here to ensure that most Mongoose gaming groups find something to their taste. Here’s the Mongoose supplied teaser. RuneQuest […]
Wu Xing review – a ninja RPG
One of the last tabletop RPGs I got to play in was White Wolf’s Exalted. I had fun; enjoying the anime influence, a fantasy world that wasn’t derivative of Lord of the Rings and the cinematic martial arts. However, the game wasn’t without its challenges. The power levels of the heroes were so high that […]
Smallville RPG published by Margaret Weis Productions
Over at DriveThru RPG you can now buy the PDF version of the Smallville RPG. Margaret Weis Productions has the license for the game – they seem to do well at pitching and winning for this sort of license – and the 192-page, full-colour, hardcover rulebook is expected to be out in August 2010. That […]
