Roleplaying games are often about bravery. Characters charge into danger in order to rescue those weaker than themselves, to get to the loot first or just because it’s the right thing to do. But bravery comes in all different shapes and forms. In Dungeons & Dragons, your adventuring party equipped with magic weapons and divine […]
Era: The Chosen – An RPG of horror across three time periods
Geek Native has covered Shades of Vengeance Era Kickstarters before and the latest looks to stick closely to the design principles of the previous. Era: The Chosen is a horror RPG in which PCs are from human clans fighting to save the world from The Anonassi. The project has funded already. At the time of […]
Daemonical: Procedural horror and proximity voice chat for roleplaying
In Daemonical you can play as either the demon trying to stop the ritual or get rid of the humans before the sun rises or as one of the four humans trying to finish the ritual. It was the use of procedural that got my attention. Procedural, perhaps made (in)famous by No Man’s Sky, is […]
The uncommonly adult RPG: Kult – Divinity Lost
This is a review of the Kickstarter version of the fourth edition of the Kult RPG. The Swedish publisher Helmgast AB ran the Kickstarter, produced the book and Modiphius are in the mix as distributors. How ‘adult’ is Kult – Divinity Lost? Kult is the only RPG in my collection that discusses safe words and […]
The Christmas in July sale means 25% off 50, 259 RPGs!
To keep us going from shopping frenzy to shopping frenzy DriveThruRPG and family run the Christmas in July sale. At the time of writing this post, there are just over 12 days left in the sale. That may seem a lot but there are over fifty thousand items with 25% off! Ouch. Let’s hope we […]
A geeky analysis of Carphone Warehouse’s Massive Movie Calendar
British retailer Carphone Warehouse has put a Massive Movie Calendar online. It’s part of their broadband section, so I guess that’s a nod at the fact we tend to stream out movies these days. You’re supposed to use the calendar to find out what to watch today, and they’ve mapped events in the movies, I […]
Genre Police: Crafted By Love
Yes. You Guessed it. It’s the Obligatory Cthulhu Column. Or ‘Cosmic Horror’ if you will. The genre owes a great deal to Lovecraft’s original creations, so much so that discussing the genre is essentially a dissection of mythos works. So this column is going to be a little more focused than usual. Something faceless owns […]
Awaken: The Blood of Salvora RPG offers a Kickstarter for Slavic horror
The Blood of Salvora is a new addition, but not a new edition to the Slavic and Mediterranean inspired dark fantasy RPG. If you’ve already got the core rules, then this Kickstarter could be worth $30 in credit for you. You can read more and follow the campaign here. [Back this Campaign] Let’s take a […]
Genre Police: Blogpost Of Vile Darkness
Splatterpunk horror is a title that tends to set eyes rolling. Viewed as the lowest form of horror, splatterpunk lives up to its name. The genre is often derided as ‘gore for gore’s sake’ or ‘just going for shock factor’. Well…yes. But it’s more than that. So take a deep breath, we’re going to search […]
Genre Police: Oh The Horror!
Over the next few columns we are going to be diving into Horror. While we’ve looked at topics that have bordered the genre before, we haven’t dived right into its black heart. The problem with horror is that it very quickly divides into a massive set of sub-genre specifics. Poe, Lovecraft, King, Bright, Barker are […]