Some RPG publishers are talking about a thorny issue again – supporting international backers on Kickstarter projects. It’s an expensive challenge and some are asking whether it makes any sense to accept international backers at all. The catalyst for the latest round of discussions is artist Bambi Wendt’s $70,700 “A Field Guide to: Dragons, Wyrms, […]
Archives for July 2017
Fantasy city map generator
[Show me this!] Here’s a great little tool if you want an instant fantasy city map made for your RPG. The free website will let you create a small town, large town, small city or large city. Hovering over the map lets you see the name given to a particular quarter – like docks, or […]
A first look at at Queen Amanitore the Nubian leader in Civilization VI
The official Civilization blog has revealed details about the leader of the Nubian faction. She is a Kandake (queen) called Amanitore. In real life, she was one of the great builders in the region between the Nile and Atabara. In fact, in the game, Nubia gets unique looking pyramids. This warrior queen also gets unique […]
Doomfist cosplay!
Doomfist is an Overwatch character. I’m sure the Overwatch experts can tell us all about this character skills but as far as I understand of the backstory he’s a Nigerian heir to a prosthetic-technology company. He goes from goes from loosing an arm to becoming one hell of a badass! This incredible snap was shared […]
The biggest titles at DriveThruRPG’s Christmas in July sale
Every year the online power house that is DriveThruRPG does a Christmas in July sale. Right now the site’s search engine has 37,874 items in the sale and most are at the 25% off. The landing page lists the hottest titles, those games people are snapping up, and we have Dresiden Files Accelerated leading the […]
This guy has sold 1,000s of chainmail bikinis
Bill McCall of Utopia Armoury has turned his childhood hobby of working with chainmail into a job. Incredibly, when he was just 17 he built his own shop at the Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire and dived feet first into chainmail commerce. You don’t need to travel all the way to Pennsylvania to buy Bill or Utopia […]
The Doctor Who 2017 Christmas special trailer lands
Look at those TARDIS. We’ve Peter Capaldi as 12 and David Bradley back doing his glourious work as 1. Long-time writer Mark Gatiss makes an appearance and, nice to see, the return of a certain companion. Are you looking forward to it? Or have you had enough of Who for a lifetime or thirteen?
14 of the best DnD memes on Pinterest
We’ve looked at some of the best DnD memes on Facebook and we’ve even checked out some classic dice shaming but that does not mean the search for RPG humour is over. Oh no. There’s still Pinterest to explore! There’s a whole host of geeky memes in that dynamic archive of popular culture. Here are […]
D&D group hit with $1,000 fine
A D&D gaming group in Springport, America, faced either jail time or $1,000 in fines plus $1,000 for every day they kept gaming. The problem? A neighbour reported them for gambling. The Facebook screengrab comes from one of the gamers in Cris Sidhe’s group. In a Google+ post Sidhe admitted that the gamers did joke […]
Dishwasher safe, geeky and large glasses
I don’t think my dislike of glasses that aren’t dishwasher safe is irrational. It makes a big difference if a glass needs extra special, slow, individual attention after use or not. The good news is that all these geeky glasses are 500ml and dishwasher safe. These are glasses you can bring to the gaming table. […]
