At the time of writing there are a few days left on the clock to back this Kickstarter. It’s asked for £2,000 and is approaching £10,000 which is good nws for the Kicking it Forward.org it’s part of. For more details about the campaign check out the pitch. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/703093372/rpg-concept-cards-creatures-treasures-and-a-9-deck [Back this Campaign] The pitch video […]
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Cakebread & Walton score Winter of the World RPG
British publishers Cakebread & Walton are known for games like Clockwork & Chivalry, Abney Park’s Airship Pirates, Pirates & Dragons and the OneDice series. They’ve just scored the license to take Michael Scott Rohan’s ebook series and create a two core gamebook RPG. Rohan’s 6-part fantasy series is published by Gollancz’s SF Gateway imprint and […]
Post-human furry RPG: A review of HC SVNT Dracones
HC SVNT Dracones sounds as exotic as it does a mouthful; take that as a sign of things to come. This is a post-human RPG. It’s the future, the humans are gone, and only anthropomorphic animals, known as Vectors, remain. Creator Pierce Fraser opens by defining the theme of the game, and it’s about humanity. […]
What stirs in the Titansgrave: Ashes of Valkana (Part 3)
This is the third in the series of posts following Wil Wheaton’s Titansgrave RPG for the Tabletop Channel. You really should read and watch parts one and two for context. Geek Native’s Ashes of Valkana posts are currently sorted by the Titansgrave tag. In this episode the four characters Aankia (Hank Green), Kiliel (Alison Haislip), […]
Cubicle 7 bring Cthulhu to the Cold War
There are new owners at Chaosium who have a focus on Call of Cthulhu, the game they are famous for. Does that mean all other Call of Cthulhu projects are dead in the water? Perhaps not – today Cubicle 7 launched a Kickstarter for World War Cthulhu: Cold War for the Call of Cthulhu RPG. […]
Green Ronin’s Blue Rose makes a colourful return
It’s a little strange to think that Green Ronin’s Blue Rose is 10 years old – but it is. The game dates back to the days where publishers wanted to do something different with the Open Game License after a slew of d20 products and Green Ronin had found success with Mutants & Masterminds. Now […]
What stirs in the Titansgrave: Ashes of Valkana (Part 2)
You’ll benefit from reading Part 1 or just skimming Geek Native’s Titansgrave coverage before digging into this post. Why? We’re looking at Wil Wheaton GMing the second part of his Titansgrave: Ashes of Valkana scenario in this post. There’s a scene in this episode in which Wil, as the GM, apparently breaks a golden rule […]
Board to Death with the Street Kings?
Street Kings is another board game project on Kickstarter. Like every board game to launch in the last gaggle of months it faces the uphill challenge of getting noticed and raising funds. It looks like a good game. Curious? You can check it out in more detail on the campaign page or read the summary […]
5 ways to end the world without being boring about it
I’m a big fan of post-apocalyptic RPG settings and as a result I must have ended the world in two dozen ways already. There are some common ways of bringing about the apocalypse and some of them are a touch cliché. Let’s just say you wanted to try something different to challenge your group of […]
Inspired by RTS and MOBA: The Ether Wars board game
Ether Wars is a board game inspired by Real Time Strategy (RTS) and Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA) computer games. The Spanish crew behind it are hoping to use Kickstarter to launch the game and perhaps as small studio. I think it’s worth taking a look at the campaign page. [Back this Campaign] This project […]
