Denis Villeneuve, the filmmaker responsible for Blade Runner 2049 and Arrival, is rebooting Dune. Frank Herbert’s novel has become legendary, lasting beyond his death and first seeing a big picture adaptation by David Lynch in 1984. In the original movie, Kyle MacLachlan played the lead role as Paul Atreides and according to The Hollywood Reporter […]
Archives for August 2018
For a taste of what's inside, Andrew Girdwood published a piece on 14th August 2018 noting: "This is a two-player game in which both players have control of these colossal engines of destruction, each one capable of destroying a city in a single salvo.". It also was tagged with Models.
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Chaosium picks up 3 times ENnie winning Harlem Unbound and will publish the second edition
Darker Hue Studios had a cracking ENnies this year. Chris Spivey’s indie Call of Cthulhu (and Gumshoe) supplement Harlem Unbound won three ENnies. It took home gold for Best Setting, Best Writing and Best Art (Cover). That’s not mucking around. The mystery is set in 1920s New York City Harlem, prohibition is in full swing […]
Adeptus Titanicus: Games Workshop is taking recruits to pilot god-engines
Games Workshop’s latest Warhammer themed game is now open for pre-order. Adeptus Titanicus is set during the Horus Heresy which had humankind locked in a civil war across thousands of planets. The greatest of all the Emperor’s war machines, the god-engines of Adeptus Titanicus, were used against the foe. The traitor, the Warmaster, has his […]
Eccentric English humour and devil witches? It’s the Strange Brigade gameplay trailer
The Strange Brigade are a motley crew of 1930s extreme problem solvers. They have supernatural powers and a talent when it comes to melee and firearms. The game is due out on August 28th from British publisher Rebellion (the same company which owns 2000 AD and Judge Dredd). The third-person shooter will be available on […]
The King Arthur Pendragon RPG moves forward thanks to Chaosium helping Nocturnal Media
The tabletop roleplaying games publishing industry can be brilliant at times. In this case, we have Chaosium deserving of a round of applause as they step up big time, put their money where their mouth was and help Nocturnal Media with the release and distribution of the King Arthur Pendragon RPG. Sadly, in 2017 Stewart […]
Frank Frazetta’s Escape on Venus sells for $660,000
Heritage Auction successfully sold Frank Frazetta’s oil painting for US$660,000. The iconic fantasy painter did the painting as a cover for the novel Escape on Venus by Edgar Rice Burroughs in 1974. Right now, on Amazon.co.uk you can find the 1984 printing of Escape on Venus with the Frazetta painting for a little as 1p […]
Is your DnD party this weird?
If you’ve played in any tabletop RPG for a length of time, you’ll have encountered a weird scene or three. Play for long enough, and it all becomes second nature to you. Wizard: Im gonna need a human skull and i can't have you ask any questions why. Rogue: only if you also don't ask […]
Go wild with Troika as ultra-slimline RPG heads to Kickstarter
We’ve found some great RPG Kickstarters to back this year but it might be fair to say that some of them have promised the Earth if only we would fund them a lever long enough to move it. Not this super-simple RPG. Troika is looking for £5,000 to fund and will put a hardback copy […]
Solo or up to four players in Fantasy Flight’s new Discover: Lands Unknown board game
Discover: Lands Unknown is a new board game from Fantasy Flight Games and Corey Konieczka which you can play by yourself or up to three other players. Konieczka is a highly rated designer. His previous successes include Star Wars: X-Wing Miniatures Game, StarCraft: The Board Game, Battlestar Galactica: The Board Game, Space Hulk: Death Angel, […]
Dark and Deadly: A review of The Witcher tabletop RPG
This is a review of The Witcher tabletop RPG from a roleplayer who is well aware of The Witcher computer game but who has never played it. As a result of reading, re-reading the 330+ pages of the tabletop game and playing through some scenes and melees I am now even more tempted by the […]
