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Scenario design: The glue that binds mysteries

October 29, 2023 by Guest Writer Leave a Comment

I asked game designer Josh Fox whether there was something he would write about mystery games and what makes them tick.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: apocalypse keys, brindlewood bay, Lovecraftesque

Lovecraftesque 2e: Together, you’ll die alone

October 11, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Lovecraftesque is also a Lovecraftian game that directly challenges H.P. Lovecraft’s racism and deconstructs negative ideas about mental health that had become synonymous with cosmic horror.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: backerkit, black armada, crowdfunding, horror, Lovecraftesque

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #224

September 30, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Routinely Itemised is Geek Native’s RPG news summaries column that reaches out to RPGers everywhere on Friday evenings as a one-stop review, discoveries, tips and interviews posts.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: black armada, calendar, Cubicle 7 Entertainment, evil genius productions, horror, Lovecraftesque, rebel moon, routinely itemised

Moriah is a Zine Month RPG of bloody sacrifice

February 1, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Moriah is bloody. It’s an RPG in which characters can cut off body parts to gain temporarily boost dice.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: itchfunding, Lovecraftesque

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #106

June 25, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A busy week of RPG news summarised and segmented into bullet-point lists. TSR Games have TSR Games over a barrel.

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Black Armada announce Lovecraftesque 2nd edition and playtest

June 22, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The core of the game is the same as ever: you play a lone, isolated Witness who stumbles upon a cosmic secret and (probably) meets a terrible end.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Becky Annison, black armada, horror, lovecraft, Lovecraftesque

Supernatural 20s: 8 innovative horror RPGs you can play on Halloween

October 28, 2019 by Guest Writer 2 Comments

With Halloween fast approaching, you may be looking for a way to get your spooky on and simultaneously enjoy the awesome, imagination-fueled hobby of roleplaying games.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: dread, horror, kids on bikes, Lovecraftesque, mothership, tales from the loop, thousand year old vampire

New Agenda Publishing to promote diversity in the RPG community

January 3, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

2018 has seen the launch of New Agenda Publishing with a goal of amplifying underrepresented voices in the RPG community. There are three founding board members. There’s Misha Bushyager who will be acting as writer, editor and marketing manager. Misha is a GM who has written for games like Dead Scare, Lovecraftesque and Chill: SAVE. […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Eloy Lasanta, Lovecraftesque, third eye games

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