To keep us going from shopping frenzy to shopping frenzy DriveThruRPG and family run the Christmas in July sale. At the time of writing this post, there are just over 12 days left in the sale. That may seem a lot but there are over fifty thousand items with 25% off! Ouch. Let’s hope we […]
Archives for July 2018
The evil GM Viking skull mug
Picture the scene. You’re sitting behind your DM screen as your players arrive ready for tonight’s gaming session. They’ve already learnt that if you’ve spooky music playing that it means they’re in for a spooky session. What can you do before play even starts to make them worry about deadly combat coming their way? Easy. […]
Ivan Van Norman announces kids D&D book deal with Wizards of the Coast
Ivan Van Norman is a geek with many talents. He has a production credit on Kung Fu Panda, is the GM on Geek & Sundry’s We’re Alive: Frontier stream and is part of Hunters Books the company behind Outbreak: Undead. Now he’s writing kids D&D books illustrated by Caleb Cleveland. The A, B, Cs of […]
A first look inside: the steampunk Newbury & Hobbes
Doctor Who, Dark Souls and Warhammer 40K writer George Mann has a new project and its steampunk. Titan Comic’s Newbury & Hobbes follows special agents Sir Maurice Newbury and Miss Victoria Hobbes through the dangerous and alternative Victorian England as they tackle criminals. I’d say it’s almost like a steampunk Avengers, but I’m not familiar […]
A legend returns! Trogdor the Burninator gets a board game
If you’re blinking your eyes in confusion, then count your stars that you’re a young geek. The rest of us will most likely remember one of the original geeky memes Trogdor! Shut up and take your money? https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1999933720/trogdor-the-board-game [Back this Campaign] This Kickstarter is from Homestar Runner and with 28 days still on the clock, […]
A geeky analysis of Carphone Warehouse’s Massive Movie Calendar
British retailer Carphone Warehouse has put a Massive Movie Calendar online. It’s part of their broadband section, so I guess that’s a nod at the fact we tend to stream out movies these days. You’re supposed to use the calendar to find out what to watch today, and they’ve mapped events in the movies, I […]
The Simpsons sofa in a half-dozen conflicting contemporary styles
Last year HomeAdvisor had a ‘viral’ hit with a blog post that showed the Simpsons House in eight popular architectural styles. Design blogs lapped it up. This year the company is back with another Simspons themed marketing effort. Sadly, we don’t get illustrations this time and make do with reality. The team put together the […]
White Wolf’s new rules ban Nazi symbols, trolls and upsetting people
White Wolf have published new rules of conduct for their World of Darkness site. You may not rile up anyone with your posts, you may not troll, and you may not depict Nazi propaganda. You’ll be forgiven for wondering if this sounds a bit vague and sweeping. After all, you don’t always know what will […]
This is what The Witcher RPG will look like
It’s funny how some RPGs manage to sneak up on you. The Witcher has managed to sneak up on me, and I wonder if, in part, that’s because I’m yet to play the game. I know everyone raves about it. I should play it. Same with Twin Peaks. I’ve not watched it. I should. It’s […]
Genre Police: Eventually We Had To Mention Katanas
The Samurai is now culturally everywhere. Most western geeks understand the concept of Bushido code and can happily argue the difference between wakishai and a tanto. However, when it first arrived, I imagine it was an odd genre for western audiences because while it was wildly aesthetically different, it had many hallmarks recognisable in our […]
