Here’s another board game from Europe that looks like its capturing attention. Dragon Keeper – The Dungeon uses a board design that creates a tower like 3D effect. You can see more on the campaign page. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/512832899/dragon-keeper-the-dungeon[Back this Campaign] At the time of writing Dragon Keeper has funded. It wanted €10,000 and is currently approaching […]
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Dungeons & Dragons 5 goes OGL; Wizards launch DMs Guild
It’s a big day over at Wizards of the Coast and for the D&D community. There’s now an Systems Reference Document (PDF Link) for D&D 5e. This means you can professionally design your own content using fifth edition rules, you can publish your own campaign world and sell it provided you stick within the rules. […]
The Evil Hat gang announce Fate More
Evil Hat Productions has done well with Fate Core. A new Kickstarter shouldn’t be that surprising but there are some twists here. Fate More isn’t an expansion to Fate Core; it’s some new Fate Core books that need a Kickstarter to become physical rather than just digital. Additionally, this is a two part Kickstarter. That’s […]
Is there room for alien tentacle sex in your campaign?
A debate. Do we want perversions and gross-outs in our tabletop encounters? It’s clear that some gamers – perhaps many do – as the Kickstarter smashed its target and Alpha Blue is selling.
Free to Download: A host of D&D monsters and dungeons for 3D printing
Reddit user /u/mz4250 has made files that’ll enable you to 3D print most of the D&D monsters. That’s not all; he’s made them available for for free. You can download them here. At the same time, user /u/sasuke_so_cool, ramped up his own campaign by designing and 3d printing his own dungeon elements. Want those for […]
Settlers of Catan sold, Mayfair Games to continue
Settlers of Catan is one of those board games that’s made it out of the geek world fame and earned more mainstream status. There may well be people at your work or university who’ve never heard of Pathfinder but who know what Settlers of Catan is. Have you heard of Asmodee? They’ve just bought the […]
Mantic Games to bring The Walking Dead miniatures game to life
UK based Mantic Games has secured the exclusive rights to produce a miniatures game for The Walking Dead and for a series of expansions. The main game will include plastic sculpts for characters like Rick and Carl while the expansions will add fan favourites like Glenn and Michonne. The deal with Skybound Entertainment creates a […]
TradeCraft Bonus: Personalised Cthulhu chibi dice box
Fancy having your name inscribed on a wooden dice box? Sound cool? Pledged to Cthulhu, of course. I need this. These personalised wooden dice boxes ship from Kentucky to anywhere in the world and are just one of the many good looking items Etsy retailer Lacers Edge has on offer. The little box has enough […]
Tales of Arcana the Roleplaying Card Game gathers support
Matt Knicl is an ex-Wizards of the Coast writer and creative who has worked on Magic: The Gathering and Dungeons & Dragons. His Kickstarter for a card based RPG called Tales of Arcana has, at the time of writing, a week to go and is close to funding. Find out more at the project page. […]
The One World of Darkness is White Wolf’s future
It’s only been a few weeks since Paradox bought White Wolf from CPP and announced they would review all licensing deals. Now we know Onyx Path and fans can breathe easier as they’re named as a future partner. Lead Storyteller Martin Elricsson and CEO Tobias Sjögren took the stage to share their plans for the […]
