Made famous by director John Carpenter, The Thing is a 1980s horror movie based on John W. Campbell Jr’s Who Goes There?, a novella published in 1938.
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Definitely not a trap door
It’s made of %100 recycled rubber from tires, is non-slip and frame-retardent and has been UV-stabilised to help resist fading.
Over 1 million homebrew games on Roll20
As Roll20 has shared their user base milestone, we can run some maths. We know the percentage of games users play and know the total number of users; we can convert those ratios to absolute figures.
Sophie Katssby cosplaying as Arcana Queen of Pain
Cosplay by Sophie Katssby as DOTA 2’s Arcana Queen of Pain. Photography by Just Moolti.
QuestCompanion: An chat with Barna Toth, creator of the Quest companion site
The QuestCompanion site is notable even among the vibrant community. It’s quick, clean and easy to use.
Audio EXP: #84 – Anime Awards, and is Vampire coming to Roll20?
While the Zine Quest RPG surge continues, we look outside RPG news for a bit and at the Anime Awards 2021 winners before going back to the hobby to discuss the World of Darkness on virtual platforms and looking for group sites like Mindflayer.
Paths of Savage Gods: Manage and procedurally generate your next adventure
The software procedurally generates worlds. That’s to say, it’s not randomly lobbing maps together but following rulesets with a random chance in them to create different but cohesive cartography.
Comic Relief: Win days of D&D with a Critical Role guest star in Warwick Castle
Wizards of the Coast’s owners Hasbro are providing goodies to Comic Relief so that competition winners can enjoy two epic nights of a Dungeons & Dragons experience in Warwick Castle.
Geek Native Patron gift: Entromancy
As a thank you to Patrons, to give the blog a chance to talk about Entromancy again and because Nightpath really is kind, all Geek Native backers will be getting a digital copy.
Turn your Echo Dot into Star Wars tech
Etsy design studio Slic3DArt say they offer unique 3D printing and art. Well now. They’re right. Star Wars fans and geeks, in particular, will approve.
