Though the current trends in tabletop roleplaying are for loose, flexible designs…games like Numenera, Fate Core, even (arguably) the latest edition of Dungeons & Dragons…there is still a very large part of the hobby devoted to the meticulously-detailed games of yore. With roots firmly tracing back to the hobby’s wargame origins, games like Pathfinder and Shadowrun continue to draw massive crowds and have […]
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Top 5 Worst Character Backstories for LARP
Kristin Brumley is the creator and executive producer of Basic Adventuring 101, a webseries about Live Action Role Play (LARP). The series highlights women in the hobby as well as in the Indiefilm world, and is currently looking for audience support on their Seed&Spark campaign. Whether you are in a LARP, playing a game of […]
Dragon nerds playing Houses & Humans
Dragon nerds love to play “Houses & Humans”. Let’s take a snapshot of their game style. Come on, high roll! Avoid an Argument! (Via Imgur)
Blood & Bone: Gritty, Game of Thrones inspired RPG
Arcana Games is just a few hundred dollars shy of funding Blood & Bone. This RPG is Game of Thrones meets Dungeons and Dragons, a classless game, with a gritty setting suitable for dark fantasy and horror. Check out their Kickstarter campaign for more details. At the time of writing Blood & Bone has 28 […]
When adventures are too big
Ever played through a dungeon that just went on, on and on? Every now and then some publisher pops up with a popular mega dungeon that seems able to gobble up all your time. Stephen Joy of From The Whiteboard.com knows about such adventures!
A Review of A Song of Ice and Fire Roleplaying as a Gateway Game
To say that HBO’s A Game of Thrones is a hit is, at this point, an understatement. People are downright rabid about the show! People who would ordinarily have nothing to do with a story of medieval drama are absolutely crazy about the violent, intriguing, and tragic world in George R.R. Martin’s books. What better way, then, to attract new people into the […]
Slavic and Mediterranean folklore: Awaken RPG
Fed up of “traditional” folklore being a heavy influence in your RPGs? You know; northern European dwarves, elves and trolls with occasional influence from Norse and Egyptian legends? Maybe this Kickstarter for Awaken, which is a dark fantasy RPG influenced by Slavic and Mediterranean folklore will interest you. You can read more about it on […]
Always label your axes!
Geek humour. What should we call jokes like this? Murder hobo meets maths? (Via Imgur)
Symbaroum turns to crowd-funding for English edition
Symbaroum is a gorgeous looking RPG. Back in 2014, Geek Native shared the stunning art and design. The RPG, though, was in Swedish. Now the team have turned to Indiegogo, on a flexible funding campaign, to raise funds for an English language edition. You can read about it on the campaign page. [Back this Campaign] […]
Will you Beat the Dragon?
Arcasam: Beat the Dragon is a one-man Kickstarter project from Lukas Litvaj. He’s looking for $18,000 to bring his “RPG sandbox style” dragon fighting board game to life… and with more than 25 days left to run he’s already got $11,000 in the bank. You can check out the full pitch on Kickstarter.com. [Back this […]
