Reaper Miniatures is known to many gamers because of a series of very successful Kickstarters. It’s Gen Con week and the company seems to be taking the steps necessary to ensure they don’t become known for other reasons. CEO Ed Pugh had to take to Twitter to say; It has to our attention that one […]
Archives for August 2017
GM Inspiration: Scary coin trap
https://imgur.com/wZLHTlZ This dangerous coin trap was put together by Roman Booteen. He’s had lots of offers to buy it. I think a discovery like this is a good way to keep player characters distracted for a while. The snapping teeth don’t have to be all that damaging as I think the mystery around why anyone […]
Petition started to beg IKEA to make gaming tables
We’ve seen gaming table good enough to dream about on Geek Native before. The story is always the same – they’re not cheap. Now gamer Brad Smoley of Nottingham, MD, has put together a Change.org petition to beg IKEA to make affordable gaming tables available. He notes; The board gaming community is passionate and fickle […]
Warhammer 40K: Wrath & Glory RPG due in 2018
Ulisses North America, a branch of Ulisses Spiele, has picked up the license for the Warhammer 40,000 RPG. Designer Ross Watson, known for Rogue Trader and Deathwatch, will lead development. Wrath & Glory will be set in the Gothic future, the Imperium of Man under threat and at endless war. There will be a seminar […]
The secret origins of the Titans? Watermelons!
Twitter is full of strange discoveries. This set of photographs comes from @bashauma_, aka Naruto But Mom likes Free Watermelon, and blends food with anime. Bashauma_ explains that their son is a fan of the show Attack on Titan. Obviously this meant carving a watermelon into a Titan and watching as kid transformed into the […]
The Fallout board game will be out for Christmas
Fantasy Flight Games and Bethesda’s Fallout board game has been announced for Q4 2017. That means you can put it on your Christmas wishlist. The game is for 1 to 4 players who must decide whether they work together or not. The game is based on the landscape of Fallout 3 and 4. Wilds and […]
The Targaryens are attacking with this dragon kite!
Coolest Kite ever Yup! This dragon kite is pretty cool. While it must take a lot of skill to get it into the air it would look impressive if you crested a hill with it flying along behind you. It would be an awful time to be caught trying to move gold and troops around. […]
Fix: Crunchyroll queue missing on Amazon Fire TV
Veteran anime streaming service Crunchyroll has an Amazon Fire TV app. This is a great help to anyone who wants to keep their tablet or phone free while a monitor streams for them. A bug I’ve encountered a few times now is that the queue and history on the Crunchyroll App sometimes go blank. It […]
Someone has to be a chemistry ninja: Valence Plus
The game is designed to mix education and science. Ninja cards represent molecules and the interactions teach you about chemistry. It is doing well over on Kickstarter, with $15,000 pledged from 200+ backers and 20 days to go to hit the $18,000 target. You can check more details on the campaign page. [Back this Campaign] […]
Appleseed art print
Michael Stephens is an artist, gamer and runner from the northwest of England. I rather like his Twitter profile which he describes as a backup drive for his mind. Stephens hasn’t done much with his Society6 profile, but has picked up 11 followers and has made this simple but effective Appleseed sketch available. [I fancy […]
