One of the first UK based RPG Kickstarter projects has made its funding goals in days. This chart from Kicktraq shows how the funding progress for the 6d6 RPG Core & Adventure books very quickly reached its goals. Attention now moves to the stretch goals. Stretch goals, sometimes a challenge for Kickstarter funders, describe the […]
Archives for November 2012
Tusken Raider rides fierce Bantha… pug
If you look closely you may see that this is not a real Bantha. That Tusken Raider is just a toy. In fact, the so-called Bantha is actually Chubbs the Wampug. Chubbs has a history of dressing up as a wampa so this Banthapug is a new direction for him.
Paizo to run huge open playtest for Mythic Adventures
Paizo Publishing had more than 55,000 gamers help playtest the preliminary rules for Pathfinder back in 2008. That’s a success they’re looking to recreate. Starting on the 14th, players will be able to download a free copy of the preliminary design document for Mythic Adventures from Paizo.com. The results of the playtest; suggestions, comments, corrections […]
Solar Echoes offers a new RPG experience
Corefun Studios are offering their brand new roleplaying game as a new gaming experience. Tired of waiting for your turn? Annoyed with having to chew through tons of hitpoints before defeating an enemy? Angry that you waited so long for your turn, only to roll a critical failure? So were we! Solar Echoes is presented […]
Doctor Who: BBC confirms Neil Gaiman brings Cybermen back for 2013
The BBC have said that Doctor Who will return in 2013 for a run of eight episodes on the Spring. Only 8? The same post confirms that one of the eight episodes will feature Cybermen, will be directed by Stephen Woolfenden and was written by Neil Gaiman. Gaiman’s earlier Doctor Who episode, The Doctor’s Wife, […]
Who owns what?
This infographic is actually helpful — wait, surprise? It lets us know who owns Marvel movies, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Hobbit, DC, Sherlock Holmes (movies), Bond (UK), Spider-man (cos he’s differnt), Jason Bourne, X-Men, Fantastic Four, Avatar, Star Trek, Transformers, and oh… wait… what about The Terminator series?
A Tank Girl: Carioca review
When I flipped open Tank Girl: Carioca I did not immediately get the Tank Girl vibe. The art is by Mike McMahon – of plenty of 2000AD and some Doctor Who Classics Omnibus editions. Perhaps I got a mixed signal from the 2000AD style, perhaps it just took me a while to get into the […]
Will Kickstarter bring us Elite: Dangerous?
[Pledge your Support] There’s no video. There are no screen shots. You need to scroll down the page before this Kickstarter pitch even hints at what it is trying to do. They are asking for one and a quarter million pounds. And yet; this Kickstarter might succeed. Frontier Developments is looking to develop the next […]
Halo 4 glyph lights up London
One of the largest and brightest man-made objects ever to fly over London did so last night. The object in question, some 50 feet in diameter and over three tons in weight, was the “Halo 4” Glyph. There’s no doubt Halo 4 is launching with quite a bang. Meanwhile, Master Chief was out on Tower […]
Chariot trailer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vbFMbEVKMG0 [Support this Campaign] Chariot could be a movie about seven strangers who wake up and find themselves on a plane. A U.S. government evacuation program gone horribly wrong or something else entirely? They have got a website here and a pretty good cast; Anthony Montgomery (Star Trek: Enterprise), Sharon Taylor (Stargate: Atlantis, Smallville) and […]
