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Archives for August 2021

Discover what was posted on the blog during August 2021. This collection covers topics in Tabletop & RPGs, Anime, and TV.

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Honey, I shrunk the heroes: The fungal peculiarity of Bleaksprout

August 11, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Does the Tarantula Witch have a cure? Will a trip to the dangers of The Underlog help?

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

Into Madness: 9 Tabletop Games Inspired by Lovecraft’s Cthulhu Mythos

August 10, 2021 by Guest Writer Leave a Comment

If you’re done with Monopoly and Uno, cue your darkest dungeon-based soundtrack for a look into the abyss.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Arkham Horror, board games, Love Letter, Munchkin, pandemic

Free to Download: Carbon Grey RPG and D6MV quickstart

August 10, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It’s our first look at the MVD6 system, the Magnetic Variant of the D6 system that once powered titles like Star Wars and Ghostbusters.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: andrew gaska, carbon grey, drivethrucomics, drivethrurpg, free to download, magnetic press play, Steve Wieck, west end games

Crowdfunded and gorgeous: Kuraykaba is a steampunk detective fantasy

August 10, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

An armored train snakes through the looming darkness: the steel-clad train Sokore 463 is equipped with a 75mm mountain gun that can blow a target to smithereens!

Filed Under: Anime Tagged With: steampunk, trailers

Your inevitable doom: A review of the Shiver RPG

August 10, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

If you’re a horror fan, then Shiver is worthy of your vile consideration.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: horror, parable games, reviews, shiver

To the Mountains of Madness tabletop RPG to crowdsource an anime

August 10, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

An Air New Zealand tourist jet that vanishes and a search that leads to a previously unknown mountain range in the Antarctic.

Filed Under: Anime, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: animation, Cthulhu Mythos, lovecraft

Era of the Beast: Warhammer Soulbound RPG to track Age of Sigmar’s developing storyline

August 10, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Era of the Beast offers a chance for players and GMs to follow the ongoing narrative of the Age of Sigmar universe, and brings the timeline forward to the current period, which is known as the Era of the Beast.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: age of sigmar, cubicle 7, soulbound, warhammer age of sigmar

Sometimes grim, always unique: Omega Horizon is a new RPG from Paleo Gaming

August 10, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Paleo Gaming has a dystopian sci-fi RPG of space conflict and unique systems up on Kickstarter.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters, sci-fi

Gun Honey in development for TV by Stephen King’s Haven partners

August 9, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The TV show Haven, based on the books by Stephen King, ran for three reasons and was the result of the last Piller/Segan and Hard Case Crime partnership.

Filed Under: TV Tagged With: hard case crime

The Mandalorian gets a 1,336 piece LEGO Imperial Lightcruiser (with tiny Baby Yoda minifig)

August 9, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

On offer now, for a pre-order price of £149.99, is a 1,336 piece Imperial Lightcruiser, complete with tiny Grogu.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: lego, star wars, star wars: the mandalorian, yoda

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