Contagion is a modern horror RPG that’s only available DriveThru RPG. The game uses the d20 OGL, albeit a highly modified one, and is completely standalone. The quickstart guide is now entirely free to download and includes the overview of the basic system, an improved combat system from the first and the introduction of Contagion […]
Vampire meets Cthulhu as Orbis Aerden: Reign of the Accursed woos Kickstarter
Dead Eyed Shade Games offer up a multimedia story for Orbis Aerden: Reign of the Accursed for their Kicktarter pitch video. They’re open about their influences; this is a mixture of World of Darkness with Cthulhu and some Game of Thrones style political truths thrown in for good measure. [Back this Campaign] The Kickstarter has […]
Short film: Through the Storm
What would you go through in order to bring you drowned husband back from the eerie land of the dead? Would you take on a Banshee? Would you consider it? This short film from an Irish team was written and directed by Fred Burdy and features Katie McGrath. It’s won a whole lot of awards. […]
Short film: Graffiti Area
Graffiti Area is the third of the Bombay Sapphire’s second Imagination Series films Geek Native has shared. The first was Exit Log, a sci-fi, and the second Reflections that took a sinister twist. Don’t be put off when you see subtitles at the start. This isn’t a dialogue based short. It’s all action. The question […]
Hunters Books pushes Outbreak: Deep Space a sci-fi horror survival RPG
I missed Outbreak: Undead but with the sequel Hunters Books is taking the same survivor horror them to space. [Back this Campaign] The Kickstarter opened on May 3rd and will run until June 1st. It’s asking for $8,000 and has nearly $5,000 from just above 50 backers. Taking a look at the pledges we can […]
Poseidon Rex trailer
Poseidon Rex is a rare type of YouTube video. It has more dislikes than likes and yet the watch count is increasing each day. Released by IGN at the start of the month, the trailer shows a Sharktopus style monster b-movie in which some treasure hunters go up against an underwater Tyrannosaurus Rex. Okay, okay, […]
Short film: Lights Out
This is spooky.
Monster bicycle seats
Quite freaky! Not sure I’d be all that comfortable sitting on this bicycle seat. This design inserts taxidermy molds into bike seats and was finalist in the designboom “Asia Awards 2013” competition. You can read more at designboom. Designed by Canadian Clem Chen the goal is to recycle old bicyle parts into art. One design […]
Fall of Man Kickstarter signs Jim Butler
The Fall of Man is a Kickstarter from Samurai Sheepdog. It promises an RPG of post apocalyptic horror and survival. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2033407677/fall-of-man-a-post-apocalyptic-gothic-horror-fanta/ [Back this Kickstarter] This is an ambitious project that asks for $22,000. There are 28 days to go and more than $4,000 in the pledge bank. The stretch goal targets list all the way […]
Free to Download: Cold & Dark at Christmas
It’s the holidays and the gift giving has started already. Publisher Wicked World Games have made a number of free downloads available for their sci-fi horror Cold & Dark. The free downloads include rules for a Medical Pod, a handy device in Cold & Dark. Apparently these rules were ready in time for the core […]
