Take one cup of inspiration from old-school tabletop gaming, and another from modern raiding games like Monster Hunter, and you’ve got the makings for exciting adventure.
Archives for September 2021
5e Platinum: Some of the best selling D&D 3rd party supplements are in this bundle
The bundle deal gets its name because it only features top-selling indie D&D supplements. These titles have all made the Platinum best-sellers rank at DriveThruRPG.
Then a real monster showed up: Netflix’s Arcane gives us League of Legends
It’s not a light-hearted show. There are some serious themes that we explore there, so we wouldn’t want kids tuning in and expecting something that it’s not.
Fanatical’s Savage bundle: Three computer games for less than a quid
There are two tiers, the top worth £129 worth of computer games, and the first step on that ladder costs less than a quid.
CMON buys Broken Compass RPG studio Two Little Mice
The board game powerhouse and Kickstarter boss CMON has bought the RPG studio behind the award-winning RPG Two Little Mice.
The Spark Company: Feminist geek fashion with pop culture mashup designs
The Spark Company is female-founded, female-run and proudly “feminist killjoys”.
Return of the stompy robots: Mecha & Monsters evolve on Kickstarter
Gallant Knight Games’ TinyD6 RPG Mecha & Monsters was the publishers second game. It’s back on Kickstarter with Mecha & Monsters: Evolved to print a new edition with updates and new art.
The clever Minecraft advent calendar cube is full of gifts
While there are 24 doors, there are some 54 Minecraft-themed gifts inside. Excuse the language, but I’m not sure how the designers square that decision. Multiple items behind doors?
New D&D books confirmed: 50th-anniversary editions in 2024 and Mordenkainen Presents Monsters of the Multiverse in 2022
At Wizard of the Coast’s D&D Celebration tonight, during The Future of D&D, a panel issues with Ray Winninger, Liz Schuh, Chris Perkins, and Jeremy Crawford has confirmed new D&D books.
Data science: The most pettable computer game doggos
We also have data on the dogs that gamers wish they could pet. It’s here that we remember that gamers are weird.