Routinely Itemised: RPGs #103
It feels like a spicy week, with plenty of news and a noticeable uptick in Kickstarter activity. Oh, and the powerhouse Marvel returning to roleplaying games.
Grimdark and Femmecore: City of Flesh
The RPG invokes a dungeon crawl's dark horror feeling while focusing on mechanics which drive in-game drama and push personal stories.
Indie Groundbreaker Awards announced
Last night, the Indie Game Developer Network ran the 2020 Indie Groundbreaker Awards.
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #32
RPG news summary of the surprise announcement of a Dishonored RPG and the most anticipated games of 2020.
Competition: Afterlife RPG dice and art print
Win some custom Afterlife dice and art by answering one, no wrong answer, question and being picked at random.
You’re dead already: Afterlife – Wandering Souls stirs on Kickstarter
Your character is already dead. You're wandering a macabre and surreal plane called Tenebris. Imagine Guillermo del Torro directing a mashup of Alice in Wonderland and What Dreams May Come.
Bloody Demon Slayers: A game about monster hunters on their periods
Bloody Demon Slayers is essentially a magical girl game about people who get powers on the periods. Buffy the Vampire Slayer meets Sailor Moon.
Dark fantasy with destiny – A review of WITCH: Fated Souls
Witch: Fated Souls first popped onto my radar when Angry Hamster took it to Kickstarter. They wanted €4,500 and raised nearly €16,000 instead.
A successful Kickstarter does not mean the resulting RPG will be any good.…
If you like sports then you’re more willing to strike deals with demons
Have you noticed how mainstream media is always very quick to point out if a criminal was a gamer – or whether a suspected criminal was a gamer. Statistically it’s likely that some of the worst criminals in today’s society are football fans but that’s not a parallel the media like to point out.…
Exclusive: A sneak peek at WITCH
WITCH is a new RPG coming from Liz Chaipraditkul and Floor Coert at Angry Hamster Publishing. There’s a Kickstarter for WITCH RPG expected in March. I’m looking forward to it.
We’ve been granted a sneak peek into the mind of a Djinn in WITCH as they wrestle with their need to grand wishes.…
