Where do you store your favourite dice and the miniatures currently in use as the characters in your RPG? Somewhere disappointing like a balled up plastic bag? Somewhere sensible like a bookshelf or somewhere heroic like on the mantelpiece? You could store them in a large wooden chest that might just be a Mimic. That […]
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Win a pair of tickets to Insomnia!
The UK’s biggest gaming show is Insomnia. It’s held between the 9th and 11th of December at the NEC in Birmingham. Geek Native has coordinated with The Ticket Factory to drum up a pair of tickets for a lucky winner! Entering the competition is easy but restricted to residents of the UK. Log into the […]
Win the Traitor Son Cycle from Miles Cameron
The latest book in the Traitor Son Cycle is out. Miles Cameron’s A Plague of Swords returns to the Red Knight even as a new threat and dangerous enemies conspire against him. The series is popular, shining a light on the dirty an bloody work of mercenary knights in a way rarely seen. The first […]
Feisty? They’ll bite your hand off: Dangerous plushies from ThinkGeek
It’s holiday season so the nerdy monkeys at ThinkGeek start to produce interesting gift ideas. These feisty pets are exactly that! Right now you can opt for a feisty cat, feisty bear or feisty dog but the site reveals there’s a fourth in the form of feisty monkey Grandmaster Funk. We can expect plenty of […]
How an illustrator gets into drawing for RPGs: An interview with Jackie Musto
Bedrock Games have a “Pay What you Want” RPG in the form of Wandering Heroes of Ogre Gate. The wuxi inspired game has its own detailed martial arts setting and uses the Network System. There’s 180 Kung Fu techniques in the game, along with tips on how to help the game develop and art from […]
Johnny Sokko and his Flying Robot posters
Wow. This is a blast from the past. Are you old enough to remember Johnny Sokko and his Flying Robot? It was a kaiju import from Japan, with bad dubbing and people in low budget costumes. No? There’s a video at the end of this post to bring you up to speed and/or infect your […]
LEGO’s 2016 Star Wars Advent calendar already selling out?
Planning on picking up a LEGO 2016 Star Wars advent calendar? You might have to be quick. At the time of posting Amazon UK still has the £25 item in stock but it’s marked as the #1 Best Seller in its department. Meanwhile, the official LEGO Store has just re-listed the product with a “Call […]
Veteran ICE Rolemaster GM and successful author: Miles Cameron talks Plague of Swords
A Plague of Swords is the fourth book in the Traitor Son cycle. Having withstood the might of one enemy the Red Knight discovers another. Worse, the first conflict might have been nothing more than a distraction conjured up by this clever new foe. Miles Cameron is the author of The Red Knight the popular […]
12 Masks of Halloween: #12 Cyborg Mask
This mask is a little different. Pick it up from Morph Suits ad bring it to life with a speial app and your smartphone. That’s right. The smartphone is used for the scanning cyborg’s eye. It adds the special effects and will give you a mask that stands out, for all the right reasons, next […]
12 Masks of Halloween: #11 White Walker Mask
Okay, Amazon don’t describe this mask as a ‘white walker’. They call it a ‘white undead ice zombie’ but if it reminds you of Game of Thrones then it reminds me of Game of Thrones too. This mask has had a half-dozen of reviews, at the time of posting, and all 5-stars. Makes me wonder […]
