Ever played through a dungeon that just went on, on and on? Every now and then some publisher pops up with a popular mega dungeon that seems able to gobble up all your time. Stephen Joy of From The Whiteboard.com knows about such adventures!
Archives for April 2015
A Review of A Song of Ice and Fire Roleplaying as a Gateway Game
To say that HBO’s A Game of Thrones is a hit is, at this point, an understatement. People are downright rabid about the show! People who would ordinarily have nothing to do with a story of medieval drama are absolutely crazy about the violent, intriguing, and tragic world in George R.R. Martin’s books. What better way, then, to attract new people into the […]
Slavic and Mediterranean folklore: Awaken RPG
Fed up of “traditional” folklore being a heavy influence in your RPGs? You know; northern European dwarves, elves and trolls with occasional influence from Norse and Egyptian legends? Maybe this Kickstarter for Awaken, which is a dark fantasy RPG influenced by Slavic and Mediterranean folklore will interest you. You can read more about it on […]
What if the Green Arrow and Flash ran a fight club?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XE_jH2eQl4 A spoiler free/light combined trailer for the CW’s showing of Arrow and Flash. You’ll get to see a bunch of baddies and a few other appearances as well. Seems pretty clear who would win in a cage fight…
Always label your axes!
Geek humour. What should we call jokes like this? Murder hobo meets maths? (Via Imgur)
Competition: Kick-Ass 3
Are you curious to find out how the Kick-Ass stories finish? Kick-Ass 3 is the last in the trilogy and begins with Hit-Girl in jail. Super heroes are outlawed and a dangerous new criminal boss is in town. Who’s going to die this time? Winning a copy of Mark Millar and John Romita Jr.’s graphic […]
Who’s afraid of the dark? A review of Dark Star
Dark Star by Oliver Langmead is an original sci-fi. The whole book is written in a verse like format. I thought this would be annoying, especially as I used my Kindle app on my Nexus 7 to read my copy, but I was wrong. As it happens, the verse-like formatting of Dark Star is easy […]
Poster: Mother is Watching
Mother is Watching is a poster design by Tom Wiener. The piece is part of Light Grey Art Lab’s #BOSSRUSH show. The goal? To celebrate the role baddies have in computer games. This mother, Mother Brain, is straight out of Super Metroid. If you like what you see you can pop over to Light Grey […]
Seed & Spark: Basic Adventuring 101
The good thing about good ideas is that they’re persistent. Last May I wrote about the LARP series Basic Adventuring 101, reckoned it was worth a shout and backed it on Kickstarter. The team raised nearly $17,000 which is a heck of a lot of funds for a webseries but fell short of their $25,000. […]
Short film: Miles
This is a proof-of-concept film. A teenage dirt bike rider finds himself in a strange friendship with an escaped prototype robot. The bot, M.A.X., is the most advanced military creation in history but seems more interested in playing. There’s more information over at Craine Systems.com. Make wise use this random teleport link as a quick […]
