I was excited by Golem Arcana, described it as an attempt a whole new board game genre, backed the Kickstarter and got the game. Golem Arcana is clever as it mixes technology, with some great models and the board game. The tech tells you how to play, revealing the moves creatures can make. But I’ve […]
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D&D Mimic dice bag
Looks like we’re safe. Back in November Geek Native shared this rather cool Mind Flayer dice bag from Ultra-Pro and wondered whether Hasbro attack laywers would be inbound. Guess not since the official D&D Facebook page just shared this Ultra-Pro Mimic Dice Bag. I need this The pouch is a soft plush, with a heavy […]
The Consortium and the Secret War
Shades of Vengeance have returned to Kickstarter, after requests from fans, to crowdfund the expansion to their sci-fi Era: The Consortium RPG. I missed the original Kickstarter but note this new Kickstarter offers up cheap ways to secure the core rulebook. There are more details on the campaign page. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/shadesofvengeance/era-the-consortium-the-secret-war [Back this Campaign] If you […]
You see an orc armed with a battleaxe…
This great shot was taken by @Hishgraphics and comes from Cubicle 7’s The Laundry RPG. Gareth Hanrahan’s tabletop isn’t a D&D fantasy at all, but a game based Charles Stross’ The Laundry Files in which a secret British agency battles to keep the world safe from Cthulhu like forces. It uses the Basic Role-Playing (BRP) […]
Gygax Magazine to close
There had been some dispute over the name of the Gygax Magazine. The magazine had Luke and Ernie Gygax on board if not the whole Gygax Estate but now that’s changed. The result means the magazine cease being published. In an email to subscribers, Jayson Elliot of TSR Games, noted; As you may have heard, […]
Making monsters: The Ember card game
Ember is a card game from District31 which launched well on Kickstarter this week. The British tabletop game has earned thousands of Pounds in just a few days. You can see the latest totals on Ember’s campaign page. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1118172895/ember-the-magical-card-game-and-fantasy-playing-ca [Back this Campaign] In Ember players are apprentice wizards playing with a stolen mote of elemental […]
7 tips to building a game world on the fly
Tim Chant is a gamer and author (and baker) based in Edinburgh. His new novel Sam Cane: Hard Setdown follows the ex-con artist and ex-soldier Sam Cane as she flees to fringe of humanity’s scattered worlds and finds a whole lot of danger. Geek Native wanted to tap into Tim’s experience and unearth some tips […]
In Shadow and Corruption – a review of Symbaroum
Symbaroum brings a complete Swedish tabletop fantasy role-playing game to a wider English-speaking audience in a hardback volume or as a PDF. Not the first tabletop game to achieve this transition by any means, Symbaroum might seem unusual in that it only appeared in it’s original language format in 2013. Funding the translation by IndieGoGo, […]
Tavern Tales RPG oozes with creative possibility
Tavern Tales is another RPG going for a Kickstarter birth. It’s done everything right so far; you can download the rules for free and check out the incredible art, or some of it, in advance. I spoke to Tavern Tales’ creator Dabney Bailey who confirmed the free rules download will last the duration of the […]
Delayed Conan RPG puts Brom back on the front cover
The original plan for Modiphius’ forthcoming Conan RPG was to have Brom illustrate the front cover. Unfortunately, the iconic artist’s schedule couldn’t cope. Modiphius have been working with other Conan Properties licensing partners in conjunction with the project since then, including Monolith Board Games, the team behind the Conan boardgame, and Funcom who run the […]
