Power Up Gamers have a new Kickstarter live, and it’s for the sequel to L’gat’s Tome of Amazing Creatures. Their tagline is Roleplayers for Accessibility and in Power Up Gamers introduction to L’gat’s Tome v1 they thanks the gaming community for being a safe space for all people regardless of their gender, sexuality, physical handicap […]
Archives for August 2018
One of the stories in this collection was written by Andrew Girdwood on 19th August 2018 and was described as "August 20th is H. P. Lovecraft's 128th birthday. Despite the writer's racist views, strong even for his time, he has become a major influence on modern horror.". It also was tagged with Cthulhu.
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Life in the caldera city: A review of Children of Artifice
Children of Artifice is the first book in a new series by Danie Ware. Ware’s last series a cyberpunk-or-is-it-fantasy about a rogue called Ecko that kept you guessing until the very end. Children of Artifice is a very different beast, it has a different tempo, sticks closer to fewer characters and whereas Ecko was set […]
20% off for the August 20th birthday: Lovecraft turns 128
August 20th is H. P. Lovecraft’s 128th birthday. Despite the writer’s racist views, strong even for his time, he has become a major influence on modern horror. The OneBookShelf family are offering 20% off on a wide range of Cthulhu, Great Old One and Lovecraft flavoured items for the next few days. Let’s take a […]
Your health is a campaign: RPG roles in the body
Owlturd Comix hit the nail on the head with this strip. It looks at different parts of the body and the role they perform. The heart heals, aww. The brain is a sneaky rogue, always coming up with cunning plans. The stomach deals DPS, which is as fast as I can my burritos. The liver? […]
Yoda bookends force your books to the light side of the shelf
[Show me the way] Don’t ever suffer the horror of watching your comic book collection flop to the side and then slide down the shelf into a puddle of superheroic pages. With these Yoda book ends you’ll be able to keep your big hardback roleplaying game tomes together in some sort of alphabetical order rather […]
Warhammer 40K Dreadnaught cosplay
This is cosplay! Really! Shared on Instagram by Warzone Studio with the hashtag Warhammer and Dreadnaught. Dreadnaughts are cybernetic walkers used by various chapters of the Adeptus Astartes as heavy infantry. These aren’t tanks, in the Warhammer 40,000 universe those are much bigger! These guys are infantry. I’m no Warhammer 40,000 expert but from the […]
Wow, this duvet skull is not Netflix and chill
[Too bad. I need this] I wonder what sort of statement this duvet cover makes? If you’re living with flatmates, they don’t get roleplaying, and you suspect they sneak into your room to check out your weird and nerdy purchases then this screaming rip-through skull could undoubtedly send a message. If things are going well […]
Which authors influenced H. P. Lovecraft?
H. P. Lovecraft is one of that select band of authors who lived in virtual obscurity in their own time, but whose influence and popularity have grown hugely since their death. Many of his contemporaries, once considered significant talents by the reading public, are now unknown. Whereas H. P. Lovecraft’s fictional world strikes a chord […]
Dalek built in No Man’s Sky
Did you hear about No Man’s Sky’s recovery? The game had so much hype around it that it was bound to disappoint. Disappointment is exactly what happened to many gamers who purchased it on release and felt that it didn’t live up to expectations. But Hello Games didn’t give up. They kept on releasing improvements […]
Cart off the OneDice system with the Bundle of Holding
The OneDice Universal Revised from Cakebread & Walton is designed to be quick and fun. The premise of the books are for those times when you have a cool idea for a roleplaying session but not very much prep time. It’s also a good way to get players more confident in GMing a little. There’s […]
