Baked by Norwegian cake designer Carolina Eriksson this xenomorph uses especially hard homemade gingerbread.
Archives for January 2019
$1.4m worth of rare Batman comics go missing
Rand Lawrence is the Comic Art Consignment Director at Pedigree Comics and therefore knows a thing or two about comics.
Taxi driver finds a 23-year-old shrinking Martian measurement unit
Some geeks collect candy and sweets. Ex-Marvel editor Jason Liebig, who worked on the X-Men series, is sometimes described as “the Indiana Jones of lost and forgotten candy”
New Year, New Game: 5 tips for running Tiny Dungeon 2e
Have fun! In a minimalist game, there’s not a framework for everything or every action.
“Chasing our own tail” The RPG community on political correctness: An interview with Sarah Newton
My gut feeling is that our society in general and our hobby in particular is in danger of chasing its own tail on this one. Our sensitivities can become too “meta”, in the sense that we can end up censoring ourselves from discussing historical and cultural phenomena and closing down debate in the interests of not challenging anyone’s preconceptions or comfort zones, and I think when that happens we’re actually falling prey to tactics of factions who are against precisely that diversity, liberty, and cultural sensitivity we’d like to champion.
A spicy surprise: A review of Capharnaum – The Tales of the Dragon-Marked
Capharnaum is a fantasy roleplaying game set in a world inspired by Arabian nights, Argonauts and adventure. The game is not a historical setting RPG or even an alternative history RPG, it’s complete fantasy, and that becomes important if you start to think about cultural appropriation, sexism, the role of religion and a whole bunch of other ‘spicy subjects’.
New Year, New Game: Star Trek Adventures RPG interview
One of the big titles in DriveThruRPG’s bundle deal is the official Star Trek Adventures RPG from Modiphius Entertainment.
Genre Police: How Grim To Grimm?
It can feel at once mischievous and a throwback to what is viewed as the ‘original stories’. But do we lose anything when we veer away from the recognised trope set?
God of War: Kratos cosplay
Krato’s beard smells of pine and dead troll.
Matt Colville’s new RPG live stream will avoid clashing with Critical Role
He plans to channel the YouTube community he’s build up over Twitch to watch the live campaign. However, the show will be uploaded to YouTube after the session wraps.
