https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/eschatonmedia/chronos-the-universal-larp-system/ [Back this Campaign] The Kickstarter for Chronos has, at the time of posting, a few days on the clock. It’s funded; currently about $1,000 in pledges more than target. Are you a LARPer? LARP-curious? Geek Native spoke to Ashley Zdeb, putting some hard questions forward, to make sure the argument for Chronos was clear. […]
1 million people later: NARR8 changes the reading experience
NARR8 is a platform that provides an alternative way to enjoy the reading, watching and listening experience. Some have called it the next evolution of the motion comic. The Russia-based company recently passed the 1 million user mark and their Managing Director, Maxim Matveyko, kindly agreed to talk to Geek Native about the company’s growth […]
Kim Newman in the Johnny Alucard interview
Author and horror maestro Kim Newman is the man responsible for the Anno Dracula series. The first novel – Anno Dracula – was published in 1992 and depicts an alternative history where Dracula arrives in England and survives. Vampires become mainstream and for some people that’s a problem. Johnny Alucard is the fourth in the […]
The new Space Hulk game: CEO Thomas Hentschel Lund talks to Geek Native
There’s a new Space Hulk game on the way and it sounds impressive. This is a computer game based on the classic Games Workshop board game of Genestealers against Space Marine Terminators. What’s so special about that? The game, being made by Full Controll, will let friends play with one another on different devices, across […]
Solar Echoes: Explorer’s Pack
Solar Echoes is a fast paced sci-fi RPG from Corefun Studios. With the new Explorer’s Pack coming out, Geek Native took this chance to invite authors Andy Mitchell and Matthew Hannum to discuss the game. You can find other insights on Solar Echoes here on Geek Native including a From the Inkwell article from Andy […]
Superhero Week: An exclusive look inside Emerald City slipcase
Green Ronin’s Mutants & Masterminds is a popular RPG and the perfect subject for some Superhero Week attention. As luck would have it Jon Leitheusser, the M&M Line Developer, very kindly agreed to give us a look at some of the art from inside the forthcoming Emerald City slipcase and talk about the setting with […]
OSR, Monsters & Magic: Sarah Newton discusses her new RPG and the state of RPG
Mindjammer Press operator Sarah Newton has a new RPG about to land. Monsters & Magic promises to be an OSR game that’s backwards compatible with those mighty old school adventures you already own. It’s a new game but it’s old school. Sarah kindly agreed to an interview with Geek Native in which we talked about […]
From the Inkwell: How to select your author
Fearsome Journeys is a new anthology of fantasy adventure from Solaris. The collection has stories from authors like Trudi Canavan, Saladin Ahmed, Glen Cook, Daniel Abraham, Elizabeth Bear and Scott Lynch and is edited by Jonathan Strahan. Strahan, who lives in Australia, is the reviews editor at Locus. Jonathan kindly agreed to a “From the […]
A look inside Sojourner’s Quest, is it an AD&D retro-clone?
Sojourner’s Quest is an RPG by Randall C Ellis. The 168-paged PDF, illustrated by Agnieszka Miroslaw-Kalinowska, is on sale at DriveThru RPG for $4.95. The game, along with the free to download character sheets, was the first upload to Sojourner Games’ home in the electronic retailer and has been followed by Module SQ1: Wynold Forest, […]
Vampires and bandwagons: An interview with Freda Warrington
Freda Warrington is the author of the highly acclaimed A Taste of Blood Wine. In this interview, I ask Freda about the story, about vampires but also about gender roles in fiction and in reality. Are female authors treated differently? You can try this test yourself; what comes to mind when you speculate on a […]
