Recently, I was criticized for comparing every game out today to Fate Core. It’s not fair, I was told. After some thought, I realized it was finally time to give Fate Core a review and explain why, exactly, I think this game is today’s standard-bearer for tabletop roleplaying, and why every game that’s come out since can and should be compared […]
Crestfallen RPG returns
Crestfallen was written 15 years ago and first released, for free, over the internet. This makes it something of a granddaddy of an RPG. Now White Rose Games have turned to Kickstarter to release a new edition with professional art. You can check out the full pitch over at the campaign page. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/396706317/crestfallen-rpg [Back this […]
Break Out or Fall Out: review of Behind the Walls for Fate Core
Evil Hat Production has leveraged the power of Patreon and burgeoning support for Fate Core material to crank out some top notch supplements and adventures for their game. Unlike crowd-funding, which drives people to contribute toward a lump sum, the Patreon-model supports ongoing and regular content. Evil Hat has used this regularly ‘income’ to draft […]
I Can Haz Fate Core? A Review of The Secrets of Cats
Two of geek culture’s hottest trends today are the Fate Core roleplaying game, and cats doing just about anything. A merging of the two seems almost inevitable. Thankfully, The Secrets of Cats: A World of Adventure for Fate Core, by Richard Bellingham, does great justice to both subjects. The first thing that jumped out at […]
Phoenix Outlaw find success with Smoke & Glass
This Kickstarter pitch has made its pledge target with still 24 days to go. At the time of writing over 160 gamers have backed this steampunk setting for Fate Core. [Back this Campaign] There’s an interesting option early on in the pledge levels. For just $3 you can get a retail shoutout on Phoenix Outlaw’s […]
Daring Comics Role-Playing Game
I like Daring Entertainment’s open and honest pitch for the Daring Comics RPG. They say things like; Keep in mind, a Kickstarter is not a product pre-order. You are pledging money that will go into actual book production so that we can get it into your hands and into retail. Which means that each Backer […]
Top selling RPGs this winter: D&D slips even lower
Industry watchers ICv2 have released their research on which RPGs sold best in the Winter of 2013. This data is based on interviews with retailers, distributors and manufacturers. It’ll be US-centric too. The result? These charts aren’t bulletproof but still a pretty good indicator. You can see the chart for Summer 2013 here which had […]
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 […]
Wave Goodbye to the World of Tomorrow: Aeon Wave for Fate Core
In the near future, the scientific community become aware of a signal emanating from space. The signal contains a massive quantity of indecipherable information, a data stream, broadcast from an object in orbit around Mars. The signal becomes known as the Aeon Wave – and for those able to decrypt even a fraction, the data […]
Epic Norse fantasy for Fate Core: Iron Edda on Kickstarter
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sandandsteam/iron-edda-war-of-metal-and-bone-for-fate-coretm/ [Back this Campaign] Sand & Steam Productions, helmed by Tracy Barnett, look to have a successful Kickstarter. Iron Edda: War of Metal and Bone, which will be for Fate Core to begin with, asks for $10,000 and a few days into the campaign has $10,000+ in the bank. A full-colour PDF copy is available […]
