We knew Cubicle 7 were getting ready for a Kickstarter and here it is. Joe Dever’s fully on board, having most of the video, to help launch this new entry level tabletop game. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/461807648/joe-devers-lone-wolf-the-lone-wolf-adventure-game/[Back this Campaign] The Lone Wolf Adventure Game is as Cubicle 7’s teaser said it would be. This is a game that’s […]
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Classic dice shaming: 13 unrepentant polyhedrons
You might have heard of dog shaming. Naughty dogs get their photographs taken, looking guilty, while they sit with a sign that tells the world which canine crime they committed. “I chewed my owner’s favourite shoes” or “I like to steal the cat’s food”. As it turns out dogs aren’t the only source of frustration […]
Cubicle 7 prepare for Lone Wolf adventure game Kickstarter
Lone Wolf moved from Mongoose to fellow British publisher Cubicle 7 last year. Now we know what’s next for the popular title and it won’t be a hardcore RPG. The name “roleplaying game” is used just once by Cubicle 7 in their announcement and “Adventure Game” is used instead. The Lone Wolf adventure game is […]
D&D 5e: Barbarian, Paladin and plenty more previews
Wizards of the Coast are keeping the stream of Dungeons & Dragon’s teasers up. We’ve had the Table of Contents from the Player’s Handbook, the Sorcerer Class, the Bard Class and a peak into Wild Magic. There’s a lot more. We’ve got the Barbarian Class, Paladin and supporting roles like soldier, hermit, brawler and others. […]
Battle for Wesnoth maps
Cartographer “zookeeper” created and shared these maps from the free and open source game Battle for Wesnoth at the Cartographers’ Guild. These maps are the first time Zookeeper has done any cartography and so the results are very impressive. I’m sharing them here as it is rare to get a multi-part map of a world. […]
D&D 5e: Wild magic
The D&D 5e previews keep on sneaking in. Recently, Codename: Morningstar had the preview of the Wild Magic system that comes bundled with the first 5e Dragonborn art to be seen. The table shows the effects that might happen when a Wild Magic cast goes wrong. Codename Morningstar are the folk building the digital tools […]
Spirit of 77: A review of Cruise Ship of the Damned
Cruise Ship of the Damned is described as a free to download pre-written adventure for Spirit of 77. It’s more than that. It’s actually an introduction for MonkeyFun Studios’ Spirit of 77 RPG. Spirit of 77 is due to launch in Kickstarter in September. What you get with this download is an introduction to the […]
Texts from Kobold
Imagine the scene. An evil wizard is just trying to stock his tower with suitable monsters and minions. As the evil wizard manual says you start with the weak minions first, by the entrance, and then add progressively more powerful beasts. Our wizard puts a single kobold in the first room by the door. He’s […]
D&D 5e: Bard class
We’ve had a peek at the Sorcerer Class and the table of contents which Wizards of the Coast offered up to the Escapist as an exclusive. Reddit spotted that the team at d20 Monkey had another. This time it’s the bard! The first paragraph reads; Humming as she traces her fingers over an ancient monument […]
D&D 5e: Table of Contents and Sorcerer class
Wizards of the Coast have favoured the RPG team at the Escapist with an exclusive look at D&D 5e. They’re showing off the table of contents from the 5th edition of Dungeons & Dragons as well as two pages of the Sorcerer Class. The full list of races are; Dwarf Elf Halfling Human Dragonborn Gnome […]
