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.
Archives for July 2013
On location Poison Ivy cosplay
These photographs where taken at The Missouri Botanical Gardens. It strikes me you’d be challenged to find a better location for a Poison Ivy cosplay photoshoot. The cosplayer is Desiree Alana. As Nicole Wakelin of Fashionably Geek, who also blogged the pictures, says – Desiree has that perfect “you know it’s not sweet and innocent” […]
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 […]
Will Little Witch Academia 2 awaken anime studios across Japan?
This isn’t yet another Kicktarter. For a start, this is a Kickstarter to do the wonderful Little Witch Academia a free anime from Studio Trigger. Also, this is the Kickstarter that introduced the Japanese anime studios to crowd funding. Here’s the original. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBlqxEIJ_Cg If the promise of a sequel feels like a “shut up and […]
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 […]
A review of The Guild: The Official Companion
The Guild Official Companion has an introduction from Felicia Day. Fear her. Wait, just to be clear; I don’t fear Felicia Day. That’s a quote from Josh Whedon (Buffy, Firefly, The Avengers). To give the full context; Her mind works faster than mine ever will and her mouth works faster than that. Felicia’s career will […]
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: […]
Cosplay highlights from Hoshicon 2013
The standard of cosplay continues to edge upwards as you’ll see some cracking efforts in this video. You’ll also see some funny attempts and nods to “it is the thought that counts”. Hoshicon 2013 must have been a fun convention to be at. Tickets for next year will be available at Hoshicon.org later.
Who’s leading the Ennies 2013 pack?
The nominations for the 2013 ENnies are out. These are a big set of awards in the roleplaying publishing world. Counting by hand, I reach 57 publishers nominated and that’s up from just shy of 40 from 2012. Paizo Publishing and Pelgrane Press lead the pack with 7 nominations each, with Cubicle 7 in third […]
