Volant from Better Mousetrap Games was written by Clash Bowley with Levi Kornelsen and Klaxon Bowley. Clash is widely respected in the indie RPG scene, known for intelligent observations and comments that appear in articles or blog posts and for moderating the Roleplaying Games community on Google+. You have got a pick of systems when […]
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Will you surrender your booty to the Pirates & Dragons RPG?
Cakebread & Walton are asking £12,000 for this RPG. They’ve 39 days to go and nearly £500 in the bank. That’s to say the campaign has just launched and its too early to see if there’s widespread interest.
Wizards without Coats: Tracking
Adventuring parties need to think carefully about hiring NPCs. Will they add useful skills to the group? Or will they just be a fifth wheel? Is there a chance you’ve hired someone over or under skilled for the task at hand? Worse than that; can they be trusted?
Frozen Skies is a Savage Worlds Dieselpunk RPG worth looking at
Fed up of Kickstarter? Noticed how the production value for Kickstarter pitches just keep on rising? Do you ever suspect that we’re getting Kickstarters for books that would happen anyway? It’s all good. Kickstarter is a boon to the tabletop RPG industry. That said; wouldn’t it be great if we could spot a Kickstarter for […]
Wizards without Coats: Mapping
Looks like these guys have a problem with a backseat mapper. There’s always someone in the group who says they don’t want any responsibility mapping and yet who chips in when there’s a debate. That’s what is going on here. Right?
RED AEGIS promises hard choices and a new style of RPG
Red Aegis launched today as a Kickstarter asking for $25,000. We’re already at $10,000+. There’s big names associated with the project including Ed Greenwood of Forgotten Realms fame.
A look inside: BioShock Infinite – The Siege of Columbia
Plaid Hat Games’ board game based on Irrational Games’ hugely popular BioShock Infinite supports between 2 to 4 players. Each player controls one of the city’s factions and has to battle each other while also coping with the chaos created by Booker Dewitt and Elizabeth as they charge around. Victory points are earned by […]
Wizards without Coats: The Lottery
I’m never so lucky! < PreviousWizards without CoatsNext > OMG! These are my numbers! In this week’s Wizards without Coats, we’re left to consider whether artist V Shane has the sort of humour only found among roleplayers. They say the chaos of a siege is a bit of a lottery, that chance and fortune […]
Will Space 1889 see a new English edition?
Space: 1889 dates back to 1988 when it was published by Game Designers Workshop. It’s a steampunk RPG set in a world that might have been created by Jules Verne or H.G. Wells. Right now – the Germans have it. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/440453703/space-1889-sf-role-playing-in-a-more-civilized-tim/ [Support this Campaign] Uhrwek Verlag (Clockwork Publishing) is one of the larger German games […]
Cubicle 7 publishes Victoriana 3rd edition and free adventure
Victoriana was one of the first steampunk RPGs I enjoyed. It’s a world of high adventure but also politics and intrigue with steam and sorcery. My 2003 GameWyrd era review of Victoriana gave it 9/10 and the game, published by Heresy Gaming then, scored an average of 7/10 in the WyrdRanks. The supplements The Smoke: […]
