Wizards of the Coast have been shuffling their deck. Chris Cocks, President of the company since last year, talked about some of these changes on the Magic: The Gathering community site. There are three main points he pulls out; The Digital Games Studio will focus on re-imagining digital version of WoTC games and includes the […]
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Which 2017 UK RPG or board games convention is best?
Is it hard keeping up to date with the convention scene? I find it a challenge. There are some giant gaming conventions in the States and then Wizard World runs a host of comic cons. In the UK there are still some dominant conventions but I find the landscape is much more fragmented. Luckily, gamer […]
Mega-Cool: A Review of Savage Rifts: The Tomorrow Legion Players Guide
It doesn’t take much more than flipping through the first few pages of the Savage Rifts: Tomorrow Legion Players Guide to know that writer Sean Patrick Fannon has a deep love of the gonzo sci-fi setting first introduced to the world by Palladium Books in 1990. Fannon’s take on the material is significantly more than a straight […]
Corrupt next year: War in Christmas Village
War in Christmas Village is a successful Kickstarter with, at the time of writing, 16 days left go. Pick up a set of unpainted 28mm twisted holiday miniatures with a Christmas theme. Check out the campaign page here. [Back this Campaign] It takes a $25 pledge to get into the miniature range but that first […]
Call of Cthulhu’s Sandy Petersen sues PayPal
Petersen Entertainment LP has taken PayPal to court for withholding $57,000 in funds. The money due apparently relates to a Kickstarter for one of the 12 games the company has successfully funded. The complaint [PDF link] stats that Petersen has been fulfilling gamers’ orders despite PayPal withholding funds. This is good news for gamers as […]
TimeWatch RPG preview
TimeWatch is an RPG from Kevin Kulp. It’s born from a Kickstarter Campaign that made over $100,000. The game is from Pelgrane Press and uses the Gumshoe system, familiar to players of Night’s Back Agents and Trail of Cthulhu, with some modifications. The time travelling adventure is rules light and can be played in various […]
Beware! The DOOM board game is here
[I need this!] The DOOM board game is here and if you want to buy it in the UK then you need to be rich. It’s currently worth £200 if you want to order it on Amazon. One reseller is asking £600. The official price is $75.95 from Fantasy Flight Games. The tactical combat board […]
10 stunning roleplaying miniature dioramas
Do you game with or without miniatures? I don’t tend to use them because I lack both the space to do make full use of the models and the artistic skill to do them justice. That’s not true for gamer Ryan Devoto. His collection of models is gorgeous, and he’s got the space to build […]
Magic and Time Paradoxes: Shintiara passes Kickstarter goal
Shintiara is a fantasy world caught between two stars. On of the stars has collapsed into a black hole and is dragging the planet slowly towards it. The result? Weird time effects. Past and future technologies and other hazards are now active in the world. Shintiara RPG: A World of Magic and Time Paradoxes will […]
Judge Dredd’s iconic 2000 AD grants license to Warlord Games
There’s a new line of miniatures and games coming for the legendary 2000 AD. Warlord Games has secured a worldwide license based on the characters from the weekly comic; this includes Judge Dredd, Strontium Dog, Nemesis the Warlock and the rest. It’s early days yet but it’s believed that the popular post-apocalyptic series Strontium Dog […]
