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Archives for July 2017

The Eaves of Mirkwood out now

July 31, 2017 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Games Workshop used to see its share price flick up and down depending on how well the Lords of the Rings or Hobbit movies had done at the box office. They had the wargame and miniature license. Cubicle 7 has the RPG license, done well with The One Ring and is taking a very different […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: adventures in middle-earth, cubicle 7, John Howe, Jon Hodgson, lord of the rings, Middle-earth, Sam Manley

How it all started! A review of Robotech #1

July 31, 2017 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

When Titan Comics announced it would do a brand new Robotech series it sold out. It’s already on a second printing and you can expect to find it on sale early August. The series promises not just to be another re-telling but a way to continue Carl Macek’s original vision. This collection takes into account […]

Filed Under: Comics Tagged With: brian wood, Carl Macek, harmony gold, previews, reviews, Robotech, titan comics

The portable Crit Kit for travelling GMs

July 31, 2017 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Do you GM a game that you travel to? Perhaps you game from home but just don’t have much space? I think Justin Sirois Kickstarter for dice tray and portal dungeon will appeal to you. The main problem? This metal fan was surprised to encounter a loud death metal track to the Kickstarter video. This […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: dice, kickstarters, severed books

Backers condemn $3.5m dungeon crawl as unplayable

July 31, 2017 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Last year CMON, once known as Cool Mini or Not, pushed past $17m in revenue. How? Kickstarter and loyal fans. They’re really good at it. It’s perhaps not a surprise that their 2016 Kickstarter for Massive Darkness was a huge hit. Over 22,000 backers and incredible $3.5 million raised! The core box will set you […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cmon, kickstarters, massive darkness

Shark chair – GMs get all the best furniture

July 30, 2017 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

[I need dis!] I call this the shark chair. Made.com, however, call it the Rodnik Shark Fin Chair and want to sell it to you for a few hundred squid. If I had the cash I’d be tempted! There’s been a surprising amount of quirky chairs for gamers over the years on Geek Native. Do […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: household, sharks

Check out Dungeons and Doggos

July 30, 2017 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Dungeons and Doggos is a webcomic published on Tumblr. You can tell at a glance how it works – we’ve a friendly pack of dogs getting together to play some D&D. Makes total sense! It looks new, certainly I’ve not seen the trips before, and the archive goes back to June 2017. Not a Tumblr […]

Filed Under: Sites Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, humour

Appleseed collectable models

July 29, 2017 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Appleseed is a manga by Masamune Shirow in which ESWAT members Deunan Knute and Briareos Hecatonchires try and protect their city, Olympus, from disorder. Half the city are bionically augmented in this post-Third World War blend of cyberpunk and mecha. I was able to catch Appleseed Alpha on the big screen and was impressed by […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: Appleseed, Appleseed Alpha, Masamune Shirow, models

Stabbed seven times after a Magic: The Gathering fight

July 29, 2017 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The St. Cloud Police department are reporting at Elia Creech, a 31-year old Magic: The Gathering player, called them after stabbing someone seven times after argueing about the game. His 20-year-old friend and he had been playing over night on Friday when a fight broke out. At first Creech used a rubber mallet as a […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: crime, magic the gathering

How D&D is played in US prisons

July 29, 2017 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

Vice Media’s Waypoint has a series on prison culture and we’re looking at D&D. Some prisoners are able to use the hobby to hold their lives together. It turns out that Dungeons & Dragons is more common in prisons in America than you might have suspected. It is likely that most lock-ups have at least […]

Filed Under: Sites, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: crime, Dungeons & Dragons

$500 prize for designing an adventure

July 29, 2017 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Controversial publisher Venger As’Nas Satanis is offering up $500 for a one-shot 5-7 page scenario. Why? Kort’thalis Publishing has had a good run at the #1 slot at DriveThruRPG with Adventure Writing Like a Fucking Boss. The contest is double-down on the guide’s success. Entries for the contest must be in by November 1st, 2017 […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Kort'thalis Publishing

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