Urg, this looks messy. Two years ago the movie producer Tom DeSanto (X-Men, Transformers and this summer’s Bumble Bee) struck a deal to ‘oversee the Gygax catalog of published and unpublished works’. Now, according to the widow of Dungeons & Dragons co-creator, she is being used by him and New Myth Entertainment for $30 million. […]
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Twister with tentacles! A’Writhe: A game of Eldritch contortions
It’s not April 1st. I don’t think it’s April 1st. It might be the end of the world, though, as we summon Great Old Ones together. WizKids has a new game in American stores today, and it safely described as Twister with a Cthulhu theme. Twister with tentacles? You play in teams of two; one […]
Hope clouds observation: There’s a Dune RPG coming
Denis Villeneuve, the filmmaker responsible for Blade Runner 2049 and Arrival, is rebooting Dune. Frank Herbert’s novel has become legendary, lasting beyond his death and first seeing a big picture adaptation by David Lynch in 1984. In the original movie, Kyle MacLachlan played the lead role as Paul Atreides and according to The Hollywood Reporter […]
Chaosium picks up 3 times ENnie winning Harlem Unbound and will publish the second edition
Darker Hue Studios had a cracking ENnies this year. Chris Spivey’s indie Call of Cthulhu (and Gumshoe) supplement Harlem Unbound won three ENnies. It took home gold for Best Setting, Best Writing and Best Art (Cover). That’s not mucking around. The mystery is set in 1920s New York City Harlem, prohibition is in full swing […]
Adeptus Titanicus: Games Workshop is taking recruits to pilot god-engines
Games Workshop’s latest Warhammer themed game is now open for pre-order. Adeptus Titanicus is set during the Horus Heresy which had humankind locked in a civil war across thousands of planets. The greatest of all the Emperor’s war machines, the god-engines of Adeptus Titanicus, were used against the foe. The traitor, the Warmaster, has his […]
The King Arthur Pendragon RPG moves forward thanks to Chaosium helping Nocturnal Media
The tabletop roleplaying games publishing industry can be brilliant at times. In this case, we have Chaosium deserving of a round of applause as they step up big time, put their money where their mouth was and help Nocturnal Media with the release and distribution of the King Arthur Pendragon RPG. Sadly, in 2017 Stewart […]
Is your DnD party this weird?
If you’ve played in any tabletop RPG for a length of time, you’ll have encountered a weird scene or three. Play for long enough, and it all becomes second nature to you. Wizard: Im gonna need a human skull and i can't have you ask any questions why. Rogue: only if you also don't ask […]
Go wild with Troika as ultra-slimline RPG heads to Kickstarter
We’ve found some great RPG Kickstarters to back this year but it might be fair to say that some of them have promised the Earth if only we would fund them a lever long enough to move it. Not this super-simple RPG. Troika is looking for £5,000 to fund and will put a hardback copy […]
Solo or up to four players in Fantasy Flight’s new Discover: Lands Unknown board game
Discover: Lands Unknown is a new board game from Fantasy Flight Games and Corey Konieczka which you can play by yourself or up to three other players. Konieczka is a highly rated designer. His previous successes include Star Wars: X-Wing Miniatures Game, StarCraft: The Board Game, Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game, Space Hulk: Death Angel, […]
Dark and Deadly: A review of The Witcher tabletop RPG
This is a review of The Witcher tabletop RPG from a roleplayer who is well aware of The Witcher computer game but who has never played it. As a result of reading, re-reading the 330+ pages of the tabletop game and playing through some scenes and melees I am now even more tempted by the […]
