#GamerGate is a card game by James Desborough’s Postmortem Studios. It is named after the stormy and hotly contested row among computer gamers and games journalists. This is a row which has involved bomb hoaxes, death threats and doxxing. Postmortem Studios described the game as a joke, saying; Gamergate the Card Game commemorates THE defining […]
Chronicle City appoints “Grim” James Desborough
James Desborough has some experience with controversy. Geek Native interviewed Grim during a firestorm of protests. A petition had been set up to urge Mongoose Publishing to drop him from their roster for misogynistic views. The claim was denied, passions and tempers rose, arguments flooded into RPG forums and no one will thank me for […]
The Kickstarter launch: UK publishers and authors respond
Kickstarter is the most widely recognised crowdfunding site in the world and, this week, it announced UK launch dates. Publishers can create projects already but cannot begin funding campaigns until Halloween. It’s worth, just briefly, considering why this is so important for gamers. Kickstarter makes possible roleplaying games, books and miniatures that would otherwise have […]
If this funding project fails – we’ll keep your money
I’m most familiar with Kickstarter even though it’s yet to launch in the UK (the autumn, I’m told – seems like they’re running tight on time) but the premise is very clear; if the project fails then supporters don’t spend their money. Isn’t IndieGoGo the same? No? Step forward the controversial James Desborough and the […]
Interview with RPG designer James Desborough
James Desborough runs Postmortem Studios and is a self-employed games designer. This month Desborough finds himself in a whirlwind of attention when a petition against him urged Mongoose Publishing to drop his work. That petition used to be available here but now redirects here and has transformed into a petition to Steve Jackson Games to […]
RPG publishers react to D&D Next
On Monday, Wizards of the Coast announced that D&D 5e project is live. The Hasbro owned company promised that the fanbase would be involved in product development. The news was covered by the likes of Forbes and the New York Times and the media pointed out just how divisive Dungeons and Dragons 4e had been. […]
