Yesterday you saw some of the great genderswapped costumes from this year’s San Diego Comic Con, but if you’re looking for some truly clever cosplays, it’s hard to beat those that mashup two different characters. These mashups were some of the best I spotted at the 2018 SDCC. McThor Would you like fries with that […]
Archives for July 2018
Free to Download: The Expanse Roleplaying Game quickstart
You can now download The Expanse RPG quickstart for free. The timing is spot on as publisher Green Ronin are only a few days into their The Expanse Roleplaying Game Kickstarter, and it is going great guns. It funded in just one hour, smashing the US$30, 000 goal. At the time of writing, there are […]
Free comic books to kids with Skies Over Superior
Skies Over Superior is a new comic book series with monsters, music, mental illness, mythology and Michigan. At the time of writing, there are five days left to back this funded Kickstarter project. [Back this Campaign] There’s a generous preview of the comic, taken from the Kickstarter pitch, below but first, let’s take a look […]
Is the Dutch solution to Loot Boxes more evil than the problem?
The Dutch banned Loot Boxes and Valve removed them in June. Wesley Yin-Poole has a nice write up the situation over at Eurogamer. In essence; Loot Boxes are gambling. You pay money for them and don’t know what you’ll get back. The situation was made even worse (or more addictive) with loot box trading and […]
The official 13th Doctor Who posters unveiled
[Show me more] GB Posters are a market leader in the UK, therefore firmly on the BBC’s radar, have released the first official 13th Doctor posters. [Get closer] The Doctor is played by Jodie Whittaker, the first female Doctor since the show began in 1963, and she and the TARDIS feature in two posters. Both seem […]
Are fans wrong? Hasbro CEO didn’t say Dungeons & Dragons is esports
It’s been a busy week for Hasbro. Their results are out and it has been a good year. Both Magic: the Gathering and Dungeons & Dragons are hero products helping to drive revenue up to levels that please investors. The company’s share value rose more than 10% yesterday. They’ve also announced two new D&D campaign […]
Geek t-shirt: Level up!
There’s a lot to like about Tee Turtle. They specialise in cute and geeky t-shirts, and I think we all should have one in our wardrobe. I have a few Tee Turtles in my personal supply but here’s a new panda favourite: Level Up. [I want this] What we have here is a kawaii panda […]
Steve Jackson Games attempt to bring back his first ever RPG
If you played tabletop games a lot in the 1970s then you may have played Melee or Wizard. This tabletop game later evolved into a more traditional game to take on Dungeons & Dragons. Yeah, well, that went well… but now you can get involved with Kickstarter campaign. [Back this Campaign] Steve Jackson Games seem […]
11 character portraits to bring your Eberron game to life
Yesterday, Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition got two more official campaign settings. The Wayfinder’s Guide to Eberron brought the old Eberron setting back and the Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica took the established Magic: the Gathering setting and brought it over to D&D. Both settings are different from the Forgotten Realms and ‘familiar’ locations like Waterdeep. […]
The other D&D Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica leaks
Wizards of the Coast have now confirmed that Guild Masters’ Guide to Ravnica is the next D&D setting (along with Eberron) but for a while, the RPG community only had rumour and an unexplained listing on Amazon to discuss. During the Sunday of discovery, eagle-eyed gamers found more than just the main core book on […]
