When did you first hear about Modiphius Entertainment? The London-based publisher first got attention with promises of Achtung! Cthulhu, a setting that merged the horror of war with horrors from beyond time and space, and then smashed targets at Kickstarter. Then came Mutant Chroncies as Modiphius targeted the sleeping giant, promising enough new life to […]
The ENnie 2014 Awards: who are the winners?
It’s GenCon and that means one of the year’s biggest and most popular set of gaming awards: The ENNies. As usual competition was fierce. For almost all of the 20+ categories there were two prizes to fight for; gold and silver. Geek Native has the full list of winners below. Did anyone publisher thrash the […]
5 ENnie award winners already announced as voting opens
5 ENnie award winners already announced as voting opens Team EN World opened the voting booth for the 2014 ENnie Awards this week. Voting started with 5 winners being announced for the 2014 Judges’ Spotlight award. So, who won? Hobomancer Companion from Hex Games Deep Magic from Kobold Press Rocket Age RPG from Cubicle 7 […]
Modiphius scores Thunderbirds game license
Kickstarter masters Modiphius have been using their rising profile wisely. The company has announced that they’ve secured the license from ITV Studios to produce a Thunderbirds tabletop game. The designer is Matt Leacock who’s well known for games like Pandemic, Forbidden Desert and Forbidden Island. The game is due out in the Autumn next year. […]
Free to Download (for now): Mutant Chronicles 3rd Edition FREE Beta
It’s not normal to see a company releasing a set of free rules and then appointing a lead writer. If free rules happen at all; the writer normally comes first. So what’s going on with Modiphius and Mutant Chronicles? We know they raised a stack of cash in Kickstarter. I called the francise a sleeping […]
Mind blowing: Mindjammer Roleplaying Game review
Space is big. Mindjammer is bigger. This review is based on the Thoughtcast Edition of the game which is available already to those roleplayers who preordred the game. Author Sarah Newton tells me it is 99.x% of the final game; with just some typos and textboxes to fill. I didn’t notice and I’ll tell you […]
Sleeping giant: Mutant Chronicles relaunches
There’s been games, miniatures and even movies but Mutant Chronicles faded. Now, Modiphius has teamed up with Paradox Entertainment to use Kickstarter to fund a return. There’s nearly £65,000 pledged, six times the funding goal and still three weeks on the clock. [Back this Campaign] Geek Native caught up with Chris Birch, publisher at Modiphius […]
A look inside: Cthulhu at War
The Cthulhu at War bundle from Pelgrane Press available at RPGNow is a little different from other bundles. It putss together Cthulhu adventures from two companies; Pelgrane Press and from Modiphius. Pelgrane has their award winning Trail of Cthulhu while Modiphius have their Kickstarter superstar success Achtung! Cthulhu series. The bundle offers a cash saving […]
Modiphius announce DUST Adventures RPG
Chronicle City backed Modiphius has signed a licensing deal to bring Paolo Parente’s DUST to life as a roleplaying game. DUST is an alternative history game based in a World War 2 in which alien technology and a mysterious ore called Vk allowed Germany to continue the war. There are three great powers still; The […]
Competition: The Great Indie RPG Giveaway
This competition is not being run by Geek Native. The great team at Roleplayers Chronicle have an absolute host of Indie RPG goodness to give away. There are five different packages to win. Just as WizKids are doing for their Pacific Rim HeroClix competition the Indie RPG Giveaway is using Rafflecopter. In this case; there’s […]