The Primeval roleplaying game lets you live the adventures of the anomalies yourself. The tabletop RPG, written by Gareth Ryder-Hanrahan, is published by Cubicle 7 and only needs friends and a couple of six-sided dice to get going. Last week, as part of “New Year, New Game”, Gareth answered some questions about the game and […]
Archives for January 2013
Dicing with Design
This guest post is written by Joe Prince, owner of Prince of Darkness Games and author of Eternal Contenders, due out in print this year via Chronicle City. Eternal Contenders is a GM-free game, that puts the characters in the role of gladiators and was a nominee in the UK Games Expo. Joe is known […]
IBM brainiacs predict steampunk success
International Business Machines, aka IBM, are predicting… steampunk. In fact, they’ve been monitoring social media like Facebook and Twitter, have noticed this steampunk thing and think it’ll catch on. There’s a whitepaper here all about the birth of a trend. The question is; will this be the steampunk we know and love or will Paris […]
The art of New Horizon, a sci-fi RPG
New Horizon is a sci-fi RPG that uses the Volt system. There is a free download for the New Horizon’s starter guide (PDF link) for anyone already curious. The game has a website up at New Horizons RPG.com which introduces the world, the races like Medeans, Warfans and monsters that eat both organic and non-organic […]
A Glass Thorns: Touchstone review
Glass Thorns: Touchstone is the first in a series by established writer Melanie Rawn. It’s an interesting book to review. More on that later. Touchstone is set in a high fantasy world not terribly long after a terrible magical war. On the surface it seems like quite a cheery world now but scratch below the […]
Ghoul Gobin: New Dresden Files series
The Ghoul Gobin #1 is a brand new series in the canon Dresden FIles continuity. This comic book series, published by Dynamite Entertainment, written by Jim Butcher, Joe Cooper and Ardian Syaf picks up after the events of Fool Moon. He’s not on good terms with Murphy, Marcone is pissed at him and the Nevernever […]
Fan favourites: Grumpy cat with Black Cat
This clever sketch of meme superhero grumpy cat and comic fan favourite Black Cat comes from an interesting source. It comes from the roleplay blog Felicia 7 Hardy. If you want you can browse a large archive of Black Cat RPG Tumblr posts.
Making the jump to paper minis, tips from Arion Games
Arion Games is offering a 2013 Paper Mini Subscription on Drivethru RPG. This raises some interesting questions like what are paper minis and should you buy them on subscription? Thankfully, Graham Bottley of Arion Games has kindly agreed to help us understand what’s going on and help roleplayers get started with paper miniatures. Can you […]
Short movie: Sonic the Hedgehog
This fan film, produced by Blue Core Studios, is clearly a not-for-profit spec film. There’s no ads on the video. There’s no need for Sega to do anything other than sit back and enjoy. I watched it cautiously at first, expecting to get bored early on, then mid-way through and then towards the end. Sure; […]
Interview the man who vaporised America; John Birmingham
John Birmingham is an Australia based author known for writing detailed alternative histories series. Without Warning is the first of three books that discover what happens to the world after a large energy field, The Wave, wipes out America on the eve of the Gulf War. Without Warning is fresh out in the UK, after […]
