Cloud Empress is a tabletop RPG by watt that’s smashed Kickstarter goals and takes a far future world inspired by the likes of Dune and the manga Nausicaa and applies it to the sci-fi horror of Mothership.
Archives for January 2023
Overtake! An anime with the need for speed
The race in question is F4, and the action is a partnership between Kadokawa and Toryca.
Hyped or hyperspace? Review of Rendezvous with Rama
Rendezvous with Rama is a science fiction novel by Arthur C. Clarke, first published in 1972. Set in the early 2130s, the book tells the story of a 50-kilometre-long cylindrical alien starship that enters the Solar System.
Do I look like a joke to you? WTF Comics
The Montreal-based comic artist is also the illustrator for Lily Spectrum. Jean-Nicolas has ADHD, and Lily is autistic, and both are talented enough to be worth supporting.
Weirdly cute or just ugly? Gollum phone and controller holder
Firebox says the figure will be coveted by all who see it. That might work for magic rings, but I’m not so sure.
They came for the geeks: Magical Girl Destroyers has a mobile game
In Magical Girl Destroyers KAI, you’ll be Otaku Hero and leading the battle to save geek culture. T
Savage Worlds’ Legend of Ghost Mountain: Martial Arts RPG kicks Kickstarter target
The Ghost Wardens draw magical power from strong emotions. Rage. Fear. Joy. Disgust. Sorrow. Only a handful of candidates pass the harrowing trials to harness these emotions—a process that turns their hair white. Those who succeed are privy to mystical martial arts techniques.
Audio EXP: #181 – Burning Bridges
Wizards of the Coast offer a Creative Commons alternative, apologising but pushing on with their plans to change the OGL. There’s lots to speculate on in this week’s RPG news podcast.
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #188
A brief recap of RPG news and (more) OGL drama from around the TTRPG. This week mass and finance media are in on the news.
FandomSpot benchmark: One in ten D&D players have quit for good
FandomSpot wisely run a survey to benchmark the impact of the D&D OGL crisis.
