Zen Takahashi, a Magic: The Gathering Pro Tour qualifier based in Auckland, New Zealand, has shared his experiences of systemic racism in the professional Magic: The Gathering community. On a less positive note, the other big surprise I experienced on the Pro Tour was the prevalence of the racism in the professional Magic community. Specifically, […]
Archives for August 2018
Paizo previews art from the Starfinder Beginner Box
Paizo are wisely bringing out a Starfinder Beginner Box. The product is designed to help newbies into the hobby and into Starfinder. In a new show, Starfinder Wednesday on the official Paizo Twitch channel, Dan Tharp interviewed lead designer Owen K.C. Stephens and Managing Developer Amanda Hamon Kunz. During the interview Dan shared some art […]
Meet the Lex Arcana characters
Last week Geek Native shared a free to download Lex Arcana Quickstarter. This is an alternative Rome with fantasy mixed in and a world where Divination stopped the Empire from falling. It’s a game that first came out in 1993 and has built a huge following in Europe and has some of the world’s most […]
Dystopia Rising: Evolution rises on Kickstarter
As Geek Native reported in January Oynx Path has the Dystopia Rising license and today they’ve launched their Kickstarter. [Back this Campaign] A pledge of US$20 will get you a PDF of the core book and US$50 gets you both the Dystopia Rising: Evolution core book in hardcover and PDF for ‘at cost’ print on […]
Handbooker Helper is Critical Role’s new show. Handbooker!
Critical Role span off from Geek & Sundry so they had the flexibility to do new things. Today we discover that one of those things is a show called Handbook Helper, no, sorry, it’s called Handbooker Helper, that teaches people the basics of D&D in short videos. The episodes will feature Critical Role stars like […]
Studio Ghibli to Skyrim: Hand-drawn illustrations of iconic geeky architecture
We’re all used to amazing special effects now and computer-generated awesomeness on the big and small screens. That doesn’t stop the pen and paper approach having a unique magic of its very own. A marketing campaign by Angies List, a site that wants you to get in contact with architects, is using the magic of […]
Netflix adds Prodigy to its catalogue today, but it’s not the new Mark Millar title
The next title from Millarworld and Netflix will be a comic book series called Prodigy. Mark Millar thinks the lean character, Edison Crane, is his best. He said; Edison Crane is by far the best character I’ve created in my career…” And today you can watch Prodigy on the streaming platform but, spoiler, it’s a […]
Design your anime! Kickstarter lets fans pitch anime ideas
Evil Hat Productions the publisher behind Fate has gone to Kickstarter for Channel A. This is a card game in which you have to pitch ideas for an anime series. It launched today and is racing to 100 backers and the US$15,000 it is asking for. You can follow progress on the Kickstarter campaign page. […]
Make a splash with your very own Magikarp dice bag
You make a statement with your dice bag. When you sit down at a gaming table, plop the bag in front of you and withdraw your favourite dice you are letting your fellow players know something about your personality. So, who wants a Pokemon Magikarp dice bag? Surely storing your dice in a magical fish […]
D&D release an official colouring book
Illustrator Todd James, an artist who rose to attention by tagging the New York City Subway system as REA S, has an official Dungeons & Dragons colouring book. [I want it] [Let me colour!] Published by Wizards of the Coast, the book is full of traditional Dungeons & Dragons monsters. There’s beholders, trolls, goblins and, […]
