The Neverwinter MMO is getting a big new expansion called Shadowmantle that brings with it the new Hunter Class, crafting, the new Artifacts rules and the Dread Ring zone. The expansion also carries along some new Paragon Paths. Let’s take a look. To recap; Devoted Cleric has a Paragon Path called Anointed Champion with a […]
Archives for November 2013
GM Inspiration: An illustrated guide of contemporary monsters
Looking for a modern day monster you can terrorise players with? Want to avoid classics like werewolves and vampires but want to draw on contemporary myth and legend? The work Vladmir Stankovic put into the Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Cryptozoology might appeal then. These are all monsters that people still whisper about today, at least in […]
Sleeping Beauty in carbonite – the Star Wars mashup
Geek Native’s featured the great art of Ralph Sevelius before. We’ve seen the Disney Princesses Ariel and Rapunzel as Jedi with lightsabers and Jasmine as slave Leia. There’s perhaps one Princess with a very strong call to the Star Wars mashup. That’s Aurora. Who could Sleeping Beauty be? Who else but Han Solo – who […]
Go green with your luck: Upcycled machined dice
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2055437273/upcycled-machined-dice-d6-d20-fudge-artillery-and/ [Back this Campaign] Yup, that was probably the shortest pitch video you’ve seen for a Kickstarter in a long time. It’s a simple concept though; it is good to recycle stuff so why not use that make dice. This Kickstarter pitch includes d6, d20, Fudge and scatter dice. The latter being the type to […]
The impressive art of Cristi Balanescu
Cristi Balanescu is an illustrator working from Bucharest. He specialises in game art and has worked on projects like Call of Cthulhu, Lord of the Rings, A Game of Thrones, Elder Sign, Rune Age and Star Wars. His blog can be found at StrugglingPixels.
The cosplay from Blizzcon 2013
Blizzcon had its share of cosplay. With World of Warcraft, Diablo and StarCraft to pick from there are plenty of characters and costumes. MLZ Studios’ video is a collaboration between CV staff, OTL Productions and themselves. It manages to give a few of the most striking cosplays plenty of time while also including clips from […]
Doctor Who: An Adventure in Space and Time trailer
An Adventure in Space and Time is a 90 minute biopic written by Mark Gatiss that stars David Bradley (Game of Thrones, Harry Potter) as William Hartnell the actor who played the First Doctor. Brian Cox plays BBC Head of Drama at the same, Sydney Newman, who was instrumental in the creation of the show […]
Totoro cake of tastytasty
Good enough to eat? Or too good? Popular Totoro returns to us in the form of a tasty cake. Thanks to Paint Cakes and Victoria.
Smoking space robot monkey: A review of Aama – The Smell of Warm Dust
The Smell of Warm Dust is the first part of a five part series from Self Made Hero called Aama. The original sci-fi adventure is written by Frederik Peeters and due out late in November via stores like Amazon. In many ways Aama has two beginnings; both mysterious. The first beginning has Verloc waking up […]
Camelot meets Cyberpunk: Inside the Corporia RPG
Corporia is a RPG in the Kickstarter funding stage from author Mark Plemmons. He has worked on projects like HackMaster, Kingdoms of Kalamar, Dungeons & Dragons and Knights of the Dinner Table. In this post we enjoy an exclusive look at a Corporia sorcerer and a brief but insightful with Mark. Why did you dump […]
