Car Wars is coming back and Scott Haring will be in the driver’s seat. Steve Jackson Games first released Car Wars back in 1981. The vehicle combat simulation was set in a post-apocalyptic future with players driving everything from motorcycles to tanks, heavy with weapons and with the simple goal of survival. The original game […]
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Pasts, Personas & Prophecies funds
There’s about two days left on the Kickstarter clock and the indie RPG Pasts, Personsa & Prophecies has made it past their $8,484 funding goal. The pitch video introduces a lightweight, story focused RPG with an interesting use of prophecies to drive character development. This European blogger is struck by the “super radical” use of […]
Frankenstein’s Bodies from Andrew Harman
Andrew Harman might be best known as the author of books like The Sorcerer’s Appendix, Talonspotting and The Frogs Of War but he also worked with Iain Lowson and others on Dark Harvest: Tales of Promethea which is a collection of novels based on the Dark Harvest RPG. It’s Dark Harvest that’s inspired this card […]
Winning tips for running Paizo’s The Daughters of Fury
Every year Paizo hold a great big competition in which GMs compete with ideas for monsters, adventures and a host of other RPG situations. This year the RPG Superstar competition was won by Victoria Jaczko. Victoria’s entry, The Daughters of Fury, is expected to be released as an adventure module by Paizo in November of […]
Take a look at LARP: the movie
It’s not often you see a Kickstarter video that oozes cinematic skill. In fact, there’s so much video goodness that there’s actually two videos; one for Kickstarter and another pitch video. Let’s look at both. [Back this Campaign] A $1 backing gets you a vote as to whether Larp Girl‘s character lives or dies. That’s […]
Nightmares of Futures Past
We are just a few weeks from the opening of the new X-Men movie Days of Future Past. This is perhaps one of the most popular X-Men story arcs even though it only spanned two issues of the original series. It presented a dark future where all mutants were seen as a threat regardless of […]
Competition: Boost your GM skills with a pack of Storyteller Cards
Storyteller Cards are a deck of 54 playing cards from Jason Tagmire and Campbell Whyte. The cards are designed to let you bring some random inspiration to your gaming. Flip a card over and let it guide you. How does that work? Each one has 4 unique elements; character, item, action and a location. Each […]
Explore Altais: Age of Ruin
A big project pitch for a new RPG from Parhelia Games. This is a dystopian science fantasy game set in a world nearly destroyed by magic. Here’s the pitch. [Back this Campaign] Parhelia are looking for AU $40,000 to fund the full colour book. It’s worth noting the exchange rate. If you work in US […]
Big Damn Shiny Heroes: A Review of Firefly Friends in Low Places
Firefly came and went like its insect namesake, but the series endures through a wide fan-base, comics, and various games. Rightly so, because in my opinion Firefly was a damned fine series that warrants the adoration it receives. Margaret Weis Productions has taken a stab at the ‘Verse before, presenting a Cortex-powered game based on […]
Storyteller Cards: Fantasy inspiration takes to Kickstarter
For $10 you’ll get yourself a toolkit for creating stories and running games. Here’s the pitch. [Back the Campaign] File this Kickstarter under “might as well”. They’ve 9 days on the clock and about half of the $13,000 goal to collect. This can be done. I see the attraction to the storyteller cards. I’ve not […]
