Okay, I think it’s fair to say that Disney could never do a Game of Thrones. They’re not really into building characters up so you appreciate the horror of their death. They’re not really into the incest, murder, animal cruelty and descent into insanity that makes the Song of Ice and Fire so great. However, […]
Archives for March 2013
Eon Altar is a new type of roleplaying game
The goal of Eon Altar is to have that tabletop experience of a traditional RPG and yet it’s been updated with the technology for the 21st century. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iu4O6hczQS4 That’s one mighty big tablet in the middle of the table but these devices are becoming increasingly common. There’s elements in here that help make this feel […]
The Pacific Rim battle mechs: Jaegers
Guillermo del Toro is doing well to channel the best of the mecha genre. We’ve been teased with a series of posters for the movie that show off some of the designs. This post has the mechas, known as Jaegers, for China, Russia, Japan and Australia. If you notice the Jaeger designs for the US […]
Succubus: The Reborn
[Back this Campaign] Mark Rein-Hagen co-founded the RPG publisher White Wolf and created iconic games like Vampire: The Masquerade and Werewolf: The Apocalypse. His next game might be Succubus: The Reborn if this Kickstarter is successful. This game is very different from the storyteller RPGs. This is a card game in which players, working in […]
The best selling RPGs of the winter; Pathfinder rules and D&D slips to third (2012)
ICV2 has released their figures for hobby game sales in the US for the winter of 2012. It’s good news for the year wrap-up with hobby store growth being at 15%, that follows from 20% the year before and in wonderful contrast to the 5% decline we saw in 2008. In fact, 2012 is the […]
The Axis of Awesome channel nerd anger with “Rage of Thrones”
Not Safe for Work lyrics. Unless your work is cool. The Axis of Awesome channel righteous nerd rage with this Game of Thrones “tribute” song. I think tribute is the right word. I’ve seen this played life and, I must say, it’s a lot less angry. They must have to practise that or perhaps the […]
A review of Shattered Moon
Shattered Moon is a roleplaying game from Broken Tower and Tim Westhaven. Westhaven is both author and artist on the game, given that the book is 320 pages of colourful art and clever text the project must have been a labour of love. Shattered Moon makes use of the FateStorm VRS. That’s the FateStorm Virtual […]
Monica Valentinelli on the difference between the Firefly RPG and the Serenity RPG
Monica Valentinelli is a game designer, writer, and consultant who will have responsibility on Margaret Weis Productions recently announced Firefly RPG line as both a writer and brand manager. Valentinelli has worked on “All Flesh Must Be Eaten”, “Ninja Burger”, “Strange, Dead Love,” and Posthuman’s Studio’s “Rimward” among others. She was the Marketing Director for […]
The Whispermen and the Clara Oswald mystery
In an interview with Hollywood.com Steven Moffat has said the Clara Oswald mystery will be wrapped up soon. “You will uncover the mystery of Clara in the next eight episodes,” “All will be made clear. You’ll get your answer.” As Shaunna Murphy of Hollywood this will avoid convoluted mysteries like the death of the Doctor/River […]
J. Michael Straczynski partners with the Wachowskis for Sense8
Netflix continues its clever strategy of creating its own content and has branched out to sci-fi. The company has appointed J. Michael Straczynski (Babylon 5, Jeremiah) with the Wachowskis (The Matrix trilogy) for a sci-fi series called Sense8. It’ll be a part 10 series described as “a gripping global tale of minds linked and souls […]
