[Back this Campaign] Some of my roleplaying game sessions make heavy use of music. I like to use it when I GM. It’s a challenge to find it though – first I look for movie or game scores as any singing tends to disrupt the game. The advantage computer game scores have over movie scores […]
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8 tips for promoting your Kickstarter on Google+ RPG Communities
Geek Native co-moderates one of my favourite RPG communities; the Roleplaying Games community on Google+. Every week we see plenty of people popping in to promote their RPG or related Kickstarter. Some do it well. Some do it badly. I want everyone to do well so scribbled down this little guide to help. 1. Don’t […]
Joe Dever takes Lone Wolf to Cubicle 7
Flash back to March and we had news of Lone Wolf and Mongoose splitting up. Details were sparce but “Megadeal” customers were offered credit. At the time Matthew Sprange noted; Termination of Mongoose Publishing’s Lone Wolf gamebooks and RPG range has been actioned by mutual consent of the author and the publisher. Contractually, we are […]
MWP part ways with Marvel; offer 150% refund and pull books
Margaret Weis Productions have posted a pipline post discussing future projects. Tucked in the end of the post is the news that the company will stop producing Marvel Heroic Roleplaying: Basic Game. The reason? Success was not good enough. Christi Cardenas explains, in the post, that; Our first event, CIVIL WAR, was successful and well […]
Wizards without Coats: Eggs
Happy Easter? < PreviousWizards without Coats Next > Magic talismans my arse, what a waste of a fireball, these are just eggs! Perhaps there’s a reason why so few fantasy game worlds have a festival/holiday that involves a bunny hiding eggs for people to find. Think of the mixed messages that would send!
Larry Elmore’s Sovereign Stone comes to Pathfinder
[Back this Campaign] This is a Kickstarter that’s on track to making x2 of its campaign goal within the first day of release. Here was I wondering whether there were any Kickstarters left that could excite the RPG crowd. Larry Elmore, of course, is famous. He’s the artist behind D&D’s Red Box (and SnarfQuest) as […]
On how to adapt your game for gamers and Jim Pinto’s latest Kickstarter
Jim Pinto of Post World Games is on a roll. King for a Day is now available after a successful Kickstarter and A Gallery of Rogues is underway after funding. Jim’s current Kickstarter is already past x3 times funding and so Toolcards: Fantasy GM Cards looks to complete the hat trick. Geek Native wanted Jim […]
Rime of the Merchant Marienburger Warhammer diorama
This impressive diorama was created by GMM Studios for the wargaming conference Adepticon.
Download the Dungeons & Dragons Next wallpaper
Wizards of the coast have made a D&D 5 wallpaper available. The dragon design is available in lots of different sizes, for desktop, mobile and even Twitter and Facebook. The Twitter zip bundle includes an avatar icon.
Wizards without Coats: Foreclosure
Wizards of the Coast dates back to 2009, and even then, the economy was dire. < PreviousWizards without Coats Next > I did manage to get the round table M’lord… Oh dear. Everyone’s suffering in times of austerity. Poor Camelot. The last thing the castle needs is to vanish to magical foreclosure.
