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Archives for February 2018

25 strange weather effects for your fantasy RPG

February 28, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

As a GM you might be populating a world full of magic, gods might battle in the skies and demons stalk the night. Despite all this magic, despite the strange elements and powers… the weather remains pretty much boring. In fact, it rarely rains and only when you remember! This post contains a bucket of […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Marcelo Orsi Blanco, rpg ideas

International GM’s Day 2018

February 28, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

March 4th is International GM’s Day (and the anniversary of Gary Gygax’s death). Every year the RPG publisher community rallies around to support GM’s Day in the form of sales. It can be a bit busy and a bit hard to keep track of. The purpose of this page is to keep tabs on the […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: drivethrurpg, Dungeons & Dragons, fat dragon games, international gm's day, rj palmer, sales, tabletop adventures

Three years into the Eye of the Beholder: The Art of Dungeons and Dragons

February 28, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Cavegirl Productions and X-Ray Films have spent three years interviewing artists and insiders with stories to tell from the last 40 years of Dungeons & Dragons. With a GenCon premier in mind the team turned to Kickstarter to raise finishing funds and succeeded. At the time of writing there’s 15 days still on the clock, […]

Filed Under: Online Shows Tagged With: brom, Cavegirl Productions, Chris Seaman, Clyde Caldwell, Darlene, Diesel LaForce, Donato Giancola, Dungeons & Dragons, Erol Otus, jeff dee, Jeff Easley, Jennell Jaquays, kickstarters, larry elmore, Steve Prescott, Todd Lockwood, Tony DiTerlizzi, X-Ray Films

111 Armies of Darkness comics for less than $20

February 28, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Dynamite Entertainment are working with Groupees to give away a lot of horror-heavy comics. We’re talking about Armies of Darkness. If you’ve dealt with shops like Humble Bundle then you’ll be able to deal with Groupees. The idea is that the offer fits your budget. Check it out here. There’s some comics you can get […]

Filed Under: Comics Tagged With: armies of darkness, Dynamite, groupees, sales

Chrono Trigger arrives on Steam

February 27, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Square Enix announced today, surprising many, that an updated version of the classic RPG Chrono Trigger is now available on Steam. Here’s how they announced it on the Steam profile page; Surrrrrrprise! We’ve decided to both announce AND release CHRONO TRIGGER today on Steam! OK, so if you’re reading beyond that last line then you […]

Filed Under: PC Tagged With: Chrono Trigger, Square Enix, Steam

Tomb Of Horrors: Inside D&D’s most deadly, divisive and downright famous dungeon

February 27, 2018 by Ben Jackson-Ellery Leave a Comment

It’s 2006. Our party are trapped on a frozen island on a forgotten continent, miles from Faerun. Unable to leave due to a binding spell placed on us by our enemies, we have searched the island for a way out. Finding evidence of ruins beneath us, we start to dig our way in. After the […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: advanced dungeons & dragons, Dungeons & Dragons, Gary Gygax, John Wick, ready player one, Tomb Of Annihilation, tomb of horrors

35 ideas for a non-musical bard

February 27, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

Bards are an important character class. They can make the difference between party success and party failure… but do they need to have some skinny character prancing around with a lute? No, they don’t. Here’s some ideas for a non-musical bard! Orators Your bard could be a storyteller, diplomat, motivational speaker, poet, philosopher, puppeteer, political […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, rpg ideas

Evocative settings by James Paick

February 26, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

James Paick is a talented artist and designer who has worked with clients like Riot Games, Epic Games, Respawn and Naughty Dog. He’s illustrated for Magic: The Gathering. Paick is also the co-founder and creative director at Scribble Pad Studios that offer concept design and illustrations to game companies, films, advertising houses and even theme […]

Filed Under: Art Tagged With: concept art, james paick

Some of the best Settlers of Catan t-shirts you can find

February 25, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Redbubble is one of my favourite sites for … unofficial merch, or perhaps I should say ‘designs inspired by’, or perhaps just accept it as the fanzone of styles it really is. Settlers of Catan is no exception. On Redbubble you’ll find pages of designs inspired by the classic board game. Here are some of […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: fashion, redbubble, Settlers of Catan, t-shirts

8 real life retro-game playing Gunters

February 25, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

In Ernest Cline’s Ready Player One the name given to gamers who specialise in 80s arcade games/retro-games are Gunters. The Gunters are searching for the famous Easter Egg that will give who ever finds it control of the Oasis. It’s a bit like the quest for the Holy Grail. We don’t yet have a virtual […]

Filed Under: Online Shows Tagged With: ernest cline, go 8-bit, nes, ready player one, Rob Sedgebeer, sega, snes, Steve McNeil, twitch, wifiwars

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