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.…

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.…

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.…

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.…

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!…

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.…

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?…

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 parks.…

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.…

8 real life retro-game playing Gunters

February 25, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a 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.…

25 strange weather effects for your fantasy RPG

International GM’s Day 2018

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

111 Armies of Darkness comics for less than $20

Chrono Trigger arrives on Steam

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

35 ideas for a non-musical bard

Evocative settings by James Paick

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

8 real life retro-game playing Gunters

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