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Archives for August 2021

Short film: Puparia

August 31, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Shingo Tamagawa created this beautiful and slightly disturbing short animation all by himself. The project took three years to complete.

Filed Under: Art Tagged With: short film

Classic Fighting Fantasy designs on t-shirts for charity

August 31, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The collective of gamer artists and designers led by Simon Kay and known as Seven Squared has a charity deal on some classic Fighting Fantasy designs.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: fashion, Fighting Fantasy, Ian Livingstone, t-shirts, Warlock of Firetop Mountain

Classic female characters redesigned with realistic bodies

August 31, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

I might be naive enough to write up a gambling site’s marketing stunt, but I think we’re pushing forward towards better representation.

Filed Under: Art Tagged With: league of legends, mortal kombat, overwatch, World of Warcraft

A sneak peek inside the Tome of Peculiar Discoveries

August 31, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The project wants to add colour to your 5e with more mystery that might be cut from a fairy tale. There are some 300+ creative magic items and cute companions in the book.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, kickstarters

Wyrmworks Publishing shares a free disabled NPC to the DMs Guild every week

August 31, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Wyrmworks Publishing has a spooky name, but a kind heart.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: dms guild, Dungeons & Dragons, free to download, Wyrmworks Publishing

It’s time to explore the dreaded City of Mist

August 30, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Son of Oak’s City of Mist is a superhero detective noir RPG based on the Apocalypse Engine with custom tags and a narrative drive at its core.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundle of holding, bundles, city of mist, queerz, Son of Oak Game Studio, superheroes

An anime about being kicked out from the Hero’s adventuring party

August 30, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The full title of the anime is “Banished from the Heroes’ Party, I Decided to Live a Quiet Life in the Countryside”, which is almost the elevator pitch in its own right.

Filed Under: Anime Tagged With: trailers

Kobold Lab’s Radiant Relic dice

August 30, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It’s not just the unusual shapes of these dice that got my attention (look at the d20 and d4!) but the colours.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: dice, Etsy

Feel the darkness: Red Dawn – Into the Dawnlands battles towards funding on Kickstarter

August 30, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

Red Dawn positions itself as the spiritual successor to Dark Sun. So, that’s dark D&D.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: dark sun, Dungeons & Dragons, kickstarters

Modify, don’t reinvent: A review of There Once Were Dragons

August 30, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

There Once Were Dragons is an old school vibe of a tabletop RPG from One Dwarf Army. It’s been out for a few months and has ticked up to copper best-seller on DriveThruRPG, mainly driven through word of mouth.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: reviews

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