Firefly came and went like its insect namesake, but the series endures through a wide fan-base, comics, and various games. Rightly so, because in my opinion Firefly was a damned fine series that warrants the adoration it receives. Margaret Weis Productions has taken a stab at the ‘Verse before, presenting a Cortex-powered game based on […]
Archives for April 2014
Storyteller Cards: Fantasy inspiration takes to Kickstarter
For $10 you’ll get yourself a toolkit for creating stories and running games. Here’s the pitch. [Back the Campaign] File this Kickstarter under “might as well”. They’ve 9 days on the clock and about half of the $13,000 goal to collect. This can be done. I see the attraction to the storyteller cards. I’ve not […]
Game of Thrones blinds
Need some blinds for your gamer den? The team at Made to Measure Blinds have put together some designs to appeal to geeks. In fact, they’ve gone Game of Thrones and created roller blinds in the style of the 9 Great Houses. House of Arryn House of Baratheon House of Greyjoy House of Lannister House […]
Game of Thrones cute dragon t-shirt
As it turns out Daenerys Targaryen could end up with a cute and friendly dragon. Or, well, for legal reasons – a white haired woman might happen to make friends with a black dragon that seems to be toothless. Totally unique characters. There’s a $5 discount for fast movers over at Tee Turtle.
X-Men battle the Sentinels
The MTV Movie Awards had a clip from X-Men: Days of Future Past. It’s an early part of the movie when the “future” X-Men are stuck battling some advanced Sentinels. This is an MTV embed, so sometimes flaky, but seems to air in the US and UK. I spotted Iceman, Bishop, Warpath, Kitty Pryde, Sunspot […]
Short film: Oxygen
A post-apocalyptic animation which sees our hero try and survive in a world that has turned to dust. The air can no longer be swallowed; pollution is too high. What to do? Try and grow plants in an airtight laboratory with the last of the oxygen supply in bottles. Time to watch some more? Click […]
World of Darkness MMO cancelled – the last of White Wolf?
White Wolf’s owners CCP have today announced that the World of Darkness massively multiplayer RPG has been cancelled. This means 56 employees in the Atlanta studio have lost their jobs although some, thankfully, from the office have been offered other roles in the company. Today, the CCP site is still advertising for jobs in Atlanta […]
Daring Comics RPG cancelled
The Kickstarter for Daring Comics RPG has been cancelled. It was only a few pledges short of success. Anna Lunsford, financial officer for Daring Entertainment, posted a notice on the site to explain the decision. In short; not enough demand. That’s interest. The kickstarter wasn’t flying; that’s true… but it did get close to passing […]
Tears at Bitter Manor: Insights from RPG Superstar winner Steven Helt
Tears at Bitter Manor is a brand new adventure from Paizo for Pathfinder. The 64-paged book includes a two-sided, full-colour poster map and suits a group of 5th-level characters. The adventure module is written by Paizo’s in-house team and Steven Helt. Helt won Paizo’s RPG Superstar winner of 2013 and this means that this adventure […]
Dangerously good! Annie and Tibbers from League of Legends
Annie Hastur, yes Hastur (don’t ask me to write it a third time) is a dark child. In fact, Annie is a mage champion from League of Legends. She spends most of her time flinging fire and with her pyromania ability every four spells ensures her next offensive cast will stun all damaged enemies for […]
