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Archives for January 2022

Explore all articles published in January 2022. This collection covers topics in Tabletop & RPGs, Geek Stuff, and Cool Tech.

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CARTOGRAPHY FASHION LOKE BATTLEMATS REVIEWS FUNCOM

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Go big, go double: A review of The Wilderness Books Of Battle Mats

January 10, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Wilderness Books Of Battle Mats are another successful project from Loke, albeit within their particular niche.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cartography, Loke BattleMats, reviews

Weird geek fashion trends: Valentine’s Day sweaters

January 10, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

I think I need time to consider the geeky retailer’s latest innovation, though; Valentine’s Day sweaters. Are they a thing?

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: fashion, funcom, skeletons, valentine's day

Tabletop RPG tech: Infinite Realms plans to bring interactive computer graphics to your actual table-based gaming

January 10, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

Megavoid Studios has plans to bring new technology into play with fully interactive 2D and 3D tabletop projected maps.

Filed Under: Cool Tech Tagged With: cartography, household

Chaosium reveals the 40th Anniversary edition of the Call of Cthulhu Starter Set

January 10, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Chaosium has revealed the cover and some of the contents of the 40th Anniversary edition of the Call of Cthulhu Starter Set.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Call of Cthulhu, Chaosium

The Old World: Grim and Perilous – Unofficial fan-made Warhammer Genesys RPG gets a big update

January 10, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

In full colour and carefully made, the game combines elements of Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay with the simplicity of the Genesys system.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: free to download, genesys, warhammer

RPG bundle “Solo But Not Alone” returns to save people

January 9, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Cat McDonald of Peach Garden Games helms the Solo But Not Alone project and is joined by 73 other game designers and creators this year. Together they’ve 101 TTRPGs in a bundle that’s available for just $10.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundles, charity, itch.io, jasper's game day, solo rpgs

This steampunk skull by Stacy Epley has a hidden purpose

January 9, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Who could smash such a charismatic and cigar-chomping skull?

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: paper, papercraft, skulls, steampunk

Short film: Star Wars – First Day

January 9, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

First Day was made entirely in Unreal Engine 5, that’s generally used for computer games but, as you see here, perfectly adaptable for animation.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: sci-fi, short film, star wars, stormtroopers

Pokemon and Secretlab: Game gaming chairs

January 9, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

As the streamers show us, though, you can look good while looking after your posture. You can look like a fashionable geek, and I suspect that’s what gaming chair maker Secretlab is going for with their official Pokemon chairs.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: fashion, pokemon

My Isekai Life looks like a fun anime but is that the show’s actual title?

January 9, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The light novels by Shinkoshoto that the manga is based on are called Tensei Kenja no Isekai Life: Daini no Shokugyō o Ete, Sekai Saikyō ni Narimashita which most translations put as “The Reincarnated Sage’s Alternate World Life: I Got a Second Profession, and Became the Most Powerful in the World”.

Filed Under: Anime Tagged With: Square Enix, trailers

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