The second thing you notice in this Kickstarter is the name of the company; ‘Flying Horseduck’. Good one. Of course, the first thing you’re likely to notice is how their golf ball sized 60-sided die could probably be used as a thrown weapon! They’re asking for US$10,000 to mill and laser all these die and […]
Archives for July 2018
Enjoy these retro gaming cartridge drink coasters
[I want these] Where you gaming before we had spinny discs to put in our gaming consoles? We used to use cartridges that plunked into the machine with a satisfying thunk. Over on Etsy the retailer Cutting Boredom is putting some woodworking skill to good use. These drink coasters are geeky and practical. Each one […]
977 tabletop game publishers just signed a new distribution deal
It’s not easy being an independent tabletop game publisher or designer and one of the many significant challenges to crack is distribution. There are some well-known consolidators in the tabletop games industry; PSI, Hit Point and Impressions. Impressions are the company behind Free RPG Day. The problem with getting access to these guys is size […]
Christian T. Petersen steps down from Fantasy Flight and Asmodee
Christian T. Petersen is perhaps best well known as the founder of Fantasy Flight Games. He wrote the Nocturnum set of adventures of Call of Cthulhu with Darrell Hardy, co-designed the Game of Thrones wargame and worked on Doom: The Boardgame. In 2014 Petersen became the CEO of Asmodee North America. Asmodee is a well […]
The uncommonly adult RPG: Kult – Divinity Lost
This is a review of the Kickstarter version of the fourth edition of the Kult RPG. The Swedish publisher Helmgast AB ran the Kickstarter, produced the book and Modiphius are in the mix as distributors. How ‘adult’ is Kult – Divinity Lost? Kult is the only RPG in my collection that discusses safe words and […]
Search for mysterious monastery of barbarian monks leads to medieval board game discovery in Scotland
For 10 years British archaeologists have been trying to find the site of The Monastery of Deer in what is now known as Aberdeenshire. They’re looking for clues about the Book of Dear, a 10th Century illuminated manuscript which is believed to have a unique insight into the early church, culture and society of the […]
Does gaming make you a better author? An interview with Danie Ware
Children of Artifice is a new release from Fox Spirit Books and British author Danie Ware. At the time of writing, Geek Native is running a competition to readers a chance to win one of two copies of the book. We’re also lucky enough to have grabbed some of Danie’s time for a quick Q&A […]
Short film: Grandma’s Pie
Grandma’s Pie is a short film by Camilo Castro and Richardo San Emerio. We follow a hungry dragon and an oblivious grandmother who have one thing in common – apple pie. You can follow Camilo on Tumblr where he notes he previously worked for Disney but now works for Pixar. I’m not entirely sure Grandma’s […]
Genre Police: You Call it Wuxia, I call it Wushu
From a western perspective, Wuxia and the Samurai genre can be very easy to blend together. In reality, though, Wuxia is a different beast. It has a history of rebellion, heroes disinterested in serving a local lord and finding their own destiny. Sound familiar? It’s probably the content of most weekly gaming sessions. Let’s take […]
This d20 is forged from a meteorite
Gil Ramirez is a blacksmith known as the Vlogsmith on YouTube and he likes to make interesting dice. His most recent project took a meteorite and made a d20. The dice was electro-etched to carve in the numbers on each face. Then the space d20 was acid etched to bring out the Widmanstatten lines. The […]
