Anime Trumps is a game from NGames. On the 14th it opens its doors to welcome beta testers – and this phase will run until the 28th of March. After that all the data will be wiped. Actually, the blog title is wrong. It’s not “top trumps”. I think that’s a trademark but the idea […]
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Game of Thrones RPG combat trailer
There are a few Game of Thrones games in progress right now – this blog post is about the RPG for the PC, Xbox 360 and PS 3. It’s being produced by Atlus in collaboration with HBO and Cyanide Studios and is one of the heavy hitters. This video trailer looks at the combat system […]
A look at the most feared of the four Horsemen
This is a sponsored video placement for the new Darksiders computer game. Darksiders followed the Horseman War. Darksiders II leaps to the most feared of the four Horsemen and follows Death himself. Who do you think of when people talk about the four Horsemen? Death is the only rider named in Revelation but is “Death” […]
DC Universe Online: Battle for Earth trailer
Battle for Earth if the third DLC for DC Universe Online. It brings new Earth Powers, more multiplayer and open-world content and more battles against Brainiac. The DLC promises to introduce a new story twist. Players will be able to Raid Themyscira, dealing with the Avatar of Magic, Chimeric Brainiacs, protecting the Amazons and Beastimorphs. […]
Chronicle City calls in Dungeonslayers
Dungeonslayers is a popular RPG that you pay for – if you want. The game has an old school feel, level-based and fantasy but with a modern set of rules. The rules themselves aren’t very long – just 10 pages long. They’re also free as a download. Created by Christian Kenning in 2008 in Germany, […]
AEG releases Nightfall for iOS
AEG (Alderac Entertainment Group) will be bringing their relatively young collectible card game Nightfall to the iPhone and iPad. Actually, as I recall Nightfall preferred ‘deck building game’ as a term since it represented an attempt to get away from the cash drain and un/lucky discoveries that can haunt other collectible card games. AEG aren’t doing this […]
Who are the #DnDnext thought leaders? [infographic]
The rather useful infographic search engine and hosting platform Visual.ly has launched a beta project that lets you build your own infographics. You can access it for free at create.visual.ly and dabble with a few pre-made templates that plug into public data sources. I had to give it a go while it was still in […]
Competition: Spot Dungeon Master to win $10
There’s a $10 gift voucher for DriveThru RPG to be won in the next seven days. To win you just need to make a perception check and luck roll. Are you familiar with the 80s cartoon of Dungeons and Dragons? If not then I suggest a quick Google to catch up. To win the gift […]
Felt lined castle dice tray
Want to roll your die in style? Okay, okay… do you just want to roll your die in such a way that they don’t bounce off the table, clatter loudly to the floor and then hide under the sofa? Dapper Devil have a rather impressive looking and not too expensive felt line castle dice tray […]
Review of Dronolan’s Tower and Journeys in Darkness
Sometimes I enjoy the slow process of sourcing music for tabletop RPGs. It involves hunting around in Spotify or Last.fm to look for the right sort of ambience. Sometimes I know background music will be really important for the game or key scence. Of course, this also means I’m subject to the awkward combination of […]
