I was cautious. I had recently read and thoroughly enjoyed Tanya Huff’s werewolf and mage drama The Silvered and now found myself with Tanya Huff’s military sci-fi Valour’s Choice. I like sci-fi but fantasy seems to have an easier job of pleasing me. I was cautious because I was struggling to believe Valour’s Choice would […]
Archives for January 2014
Your childhood favourites transformed into badass fighters
Deviant artist Sylvain Sarrailh has been working hard to transform your childhood favourites into badass fighters. If that’s not enough the talented fellow also publishes the comic Neighbours of Chaos.
Celebrate the birthday of modern roleplaying
We’ve roleplayed for generations but Dungeons & Dragons is considered the first modern roleplaying game. It was published in 1974 and will be 40 this year. This blogger has asked Wizards of the Coast whether they’ll be celebrating the birthday of their flagship RPG. At the time this post was written the press team of […]
Geek cat battle! Wookiee cat versus Game of Thrones cat
Two geeky cats. They’re both awesome but only one can win the geek cat battle. Which one will you vote for? Use the Twitter button below each picture to cast your vote! Tweet I vote for Game of Thones cat Tweet I vote for Wookiee cat Tweets about “#geekcatbattle”
Guess What’s Coming to Dinner: Reviewing The Esoterror Summoning Guide
The Membrane is a border between our reality and the Outer Dark, a dimension filled with terrors and darkness. The Esoterrorists, a scattered and ill-organised group of occultists and outright mad men, work tirelessly to tear down that barrier between worlds to loose the floodgates to ultimate power. Unfortunately, this very act will open our […]
New Year, New Game: Eternal Contenders
Eternal Contenders is a RPG with a twist that’s part of DrivethruRPG’s New Year, New Game sale. What’s the twist? This is a roleplaying game you play without a GM. No GM? Is that crazy talk? Eternal Contenders’ author Joe Price raises an interesting point when he asks is the era of the GM over?. […]
My argument: Black Panther deserves to be favourite
There’s a TV ad running in the UK for a subscription to a graphic novel collection called “Marvel’s Mightiest Heroes”. If you’re in the UK and had the tellybox on you may well have seen it. It’s one of those deals where you pay a little for the first book, unlock a bunch of goodies […]
New Year, New Game: Fate of the Norns: Ragnarok
I look forward to DriveThruRPG’s New Year, New Game sale as a chance to get to know new games. That said; it is not possible to judge a book by its cover and it is not always possible to get a feel for a RPG from a description. Authors and game designers who are generous […]
Doctor Who: The first and last lines of each Doctor
Do you remember the first thing the 9th Doctor said? “Run!” seems to sum up the series. Then there’s the 10th infamous; “I don’t want to go.” Cheezburger have put together an infographic of the Doctor’s first and last words for each generation. For the 12th generation? Yes; we’ve the first words – not the […]
New Year, New Game: Dungeon Crawl Classics
It’s a brand new year. As D&D turns 40 this year perhaps you’re in the mood for a new game… that is also a classic game? There’s some good news for you this week as DriveThruRPG are running a 50% sale in the theme of “New Year, New Game”. In the sale is Goodman Games’ […]
