Some RPG publishers are talking about a thorny issue again – supporting international backers on Kickstarter projects. It’s an expensive challenge and some are asking whether it makes any sense to accept international backers at all. The catalyst for the latest round of discussions is artist Bambi Wendt’s $70,700 “A Field Guide to: Dragons, Wyrms, […]
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Fantasy city map generator
[Show me this!] Here’s a great little tool if you want an instant fantasy city map made for your RPG. The free website will let you create a small town, large town, small city or large city. Hovering over the map lets you see the name given to a particular quarter – like docks, or […]
Doomfist cosplay!
Doomfist is an Overwatch character. I’m sure the Overwatch experts can tell us all about this character skills but as far as I understand of the backstory he’s a Nigerian heir to a prosthetic-technology company. He goes from goes from loosing an arm to becoming one hell of a badass! This incredible snap was shared […]
This guy has sold 1,000s of chainmail bikinis
Bill McCall of Utopia Armoury has turned his childhood hobby of working with chainmail into a job. Incredibly, when he was just 17 he built his own shop at the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire and dived feet first into chainmail commerce. You don’t need to travel all the way to Pennsylvania to buy Bill or Utopia […]
Dishwasher safe, geeky and large glasses
I don’t think my dislike of glasses that aren’t dishwasher safe is irrational. It makes a big difference if a glass needs extra special, slow, individual attention after use or not. The good news is that all these geeky glasses are 500ml and dishwasher safe. These are glasses you can bring to the gaming table. […]
Prototype deadly Game of Thrones blinds (spoilers!)
I don’t normally care for Venetian Blinds. They remind me of paper-pushing offices. These Game of Thrones blinds from Made to Measure Blinds are different. Spoiler alert! These blinds show the deadly peril that some of favourite (or love to hate) GoT characters have run into. Ned Stark Joffrey Lannister Oberyn Martell Robb Stark Hodor
Superhero Week: Thor Ragnarok Pops look cutely awesome
Pop Vinyl specialist Pop in a Box has a collection of new models from the forthcoming Thor movie. There’s Ragnarok Thor, Loki and a Valkyrie scavenger suit. My absolute favourite are the masked Hela who stands out with her horned mask, the yellow-eyes of Heimdall and an awesome gladiator model for Ragnarok Hulk. [I need […]
Superhero Week: 3pm launch! The Spider Special Box
[Show me more] Zavvi are launching at 3pm today a limited edition ‘Spider Zbox’ in conjunction with the release of Spider-man Homecoming in cinemas. In fact, they’re even letting you pre-order your Homecoming Blu-ray, 4K or steelbook now if you want. The Spider Zbox will have 5-7 items and they’ve given us the nod they’re […]
Superhero Week: Heroic jetpack backpack!
Did you ever just wish the kids would hurry up? Now you can help them along by suppling them with their very own jetpack backpack! [Buy one here] This clever design is the work of British talent Andy Mason. Mason works for Suck UK, a site brimming with gift ideas, and has habit of turning […]
Superhero Week: Superhero cospaint!
Cosplay is going strong… and cospaint is picking up interest. One of the things cospaint has going for it is that it makes for dramatic YouTube montages and long running Twitch streams. The queen of superhero cospaint is Kay Pike. We’ve featured her work on Geek Native before but since it’s Superhero Week let’s share […]
