I know you’ve put the trenchcoat away since we did Gothpunk but it’s time to get it out again. Put it back on, find a hat and pour yourself some bourbon straight from the bottle. There’s a mystery to be solved and we’re gonna have to crack some writer’s knuckles to do it – let’s […]
RPG Ideas: Running games in a historical context
Tim Chant is a gamer and author (and baker) based in Edinburgh. His latest project, The Frost Fair, asks ‘what if?’. What if history worked out slightly differently. Would the world be very different? Geek Native invited Tim to suggest some ideas for running RPGs in a historical context and he stepped up to the […]
Genre Police: Showdown At High Noon
Many of you might be wondering why I’m even bothering with the Western. Nowadays it’s viewed as a diminishing corner genre. When you say ‘Western’ to people they come up with an idea of ‘heroic cowboys’ killing ‘savage injuns’ and give it a pass. While there is some content that resembles this statement, not all […]
Hellish weaponry: Shane Hensley chats about the weird west and The Sixth Gun
Oni Press and Pinnacle Entertainment Group are running a Kickstarter for The Sixth Gun. It’s a weird west RPG based on the comic book The Six Gun. You can check out the pitch video below, the campaign page here and our Q&A with PEG’s Shane Hensley, Scott Woodard, and Cullen Bunn by scrolling down. [Back […]
The Sixth Gun RPG Kickstarter and free The One-Hand Gang adventure
This post introduces the Kickstarter from Pinnacle Entertainment Group, the creators of the weird west RPG Deadlands, and Oni Press the publishers of the weird west comic The Sixth Gun. There’s a free adventure from The Sixth Gun RPG author Scott Woodard available at the end and you can check more details on the campaign […]
How to grab two free Deadlands comic books
Pinnacle Entertainment and Visionary Comics are working with IDW to publish a collection of Deadlands comics books. To promote the range and support local retailers there’s a nice twist in which geeks can unlock two free titles. Anyone who pre-orders Dead Man’s Hand at a local store and then shares “I just got dealt the […]
Which were the best selling horror comics this year?
Last week we asked “Who scares the best” and investigated DriveThru Fiction’s best selling horror stories. We found out that gamers tended to go for anthologies and White Wolf did well. Gamers don’t just read books; they read comics too. There’s DriveThru Comic’s best sellers from Halloween 2012 up until the start of this month […]
10 popular horror comics for roleplayers
It’s the run up to Halloween and we’re digging deep into unknowable horrors. Yesterday, with sales data from DriveThru RPG and RPGNow we asked are these the best horror RPGs of all time?. Today we look at comics. The slideshow above is composed of front covers from the most popular horror series (comics with a […]
Pinnacle reloads Hell on Earth
Pinnacle Entertainment have made a Savage Worlds version of Hell on Earth available. Hell on Earth Reloaded, by Shane Lacy Hensley, hit the virtual shelves on the 28th. The book fits into Pinnacle Entertainment’s Deadlands Reloaded project but does not need any knowledge or experience of the Deadlands Reloaded setting to play – just access […]
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, […]