A new documentary by People Make Games has delved even further into the murky underside of popular game Disco Elysium, to unveil… even murkier details. We’re talking greed, toxic working culture, creators kicked out of their own brainchild, death threats, and a corrupt scheme to fraudulently take money from the company to… buy that company […]
Archives for May 2023
Rush! Forbidden Planet reveal their MCM London limited exclusives
As you’d expect for such potentially valuable and certainly collectable comics, all three are bagged and boarded. Pre-orders are open now.
Stone Punk: A rules-lite prehistory-inspired fantasy RPG
There’s always the idea of using Kickstarter to support new and emerging talent, so let’s focus on Will Hillard, a student at UCSD, writing RPGs for fun and who has just smashed their funding goal on the platform. The tabletop RPG is called Stone Punk, designed to be easy to start playing and is set […]
Am I Actually the Strongest? Anime combines Dr Strange with Rugrats royal fantasy
To be reincarnated into another world with the promise of a “cheat” power is one thing… but to be reborn as a baby, and then left for dead after your royal parents think you’re powerless??
New DCC Lankhmar on offer in the Bundle of Holding
For more than 50 years, Fritz Leiber chronicled the adventures of Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser. The two rogues gallivant across their fantastic realm of Nehwon from their home base in the City of Seven-Score Thousand Smokes, Lankhmar.
Controversial horror author Brian Evenson pens Mork Borg adventure setting for Severed Books
The Wikipedia entry on American academic and horror author Brian Evenson outlines the ‘BYU controversy in which his novel Altmann’s Tongue prompted complaints from the restrictive university.
Cos4Hope: Cosplay charity secures Federal Nonprofit status
In the United States, Cos4Hope, which began with the #CosplayForACause rallying cry in local cosplay communities to encourage cosplaying volunteers to sign up for suicide prevention walks, has secured nonprofit status.
Free to Download: 5e Spells from The Curse of Er’Mah’Gerd
When Good Company ventured into the Funk a year ago to retrieve the fabled Staff of Er’Mah’Gerd, the heroes hoped to bring prosperity to a land long fraught with peril.
Is life after the adventure wholesome? Frieren: Beyond Journey’s End
Elf mage Frieren and her courageous fellow adventurers have defeated the Demon King and brought peace to the land. But Frieren will long outlive the rest of her former party.
Convincing gamers: The Ultimate Game Master Screen crosses 1,500 Kickstarter backers
An account created by Forged Gaming and RealmSmith called The Ultimate Game Master currently has over 1,600 backers and over a quarter of a million American Dollars pledged.
