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Independent Journalism 📜 4+ Year Archive 🔍 Primary Sourced 🔥 Active Coverage

Malcolm Craig Reports

Built on a foundation of objective journalism, Geek Native has tracked Malcolm Craig for more than 4 years. This archive collates 7 reports, ensuring that breaking developments are evaluated with deep topical expertise. This resource evaluates first-hand data from official industry announcements and crowdfunding mechanics.

Adrian Tchaikovsky’s surprise connection to classic indie design shapes upcoming Tyrant Philosophers RPG

June 1, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Exclusive reporting from the UK Games Expo floor reveals how Hugo-finalist author Adrian Tchaikovsky’s deep appreciation for classic indie RPGs directly influenced the system for the upcoming Tyrant Philosophers roleplaying game.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Adrian Tchaikovsky, astate, cold city, Francesco Nepitello, handiwork games, Jon Hodgson, malcolm craig, Marco Maggi, morgan davie, uk games expo

Handiwork Games recruits The One Ring designers for The Tyrant Philosophers roleplaying game

May 26, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Handiwork Games recruits The One Ring designers Francesco Nepitello and Marco Maggi for The Tyrant Philosophers roleplaying game.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Adrian Tchaikovsky, astate, cold city, Francesco Nepitello, handiwork games, malcolm craig, Marco Maggi, morgan davie, tabletop scotland, The One Ring

The Bunker Game: Malcolm Craig’s brutal classroom experiment comes to Conpulsion

April 12, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Discover the dark history of The Bunker Game as Malcolm Craig’s University of Edinburgh experiment makes its commercial debut at Conpulsion 2026.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cold city, conpulsion, edinburgh, handiwork games, Jon Hodgson, malcolm craig

Cold City Hot War: Kickstarter brings two scary TTRPGs back to life

March 9, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Cold City and Hot War are different games with different twists and mechanical nuances, but they’re related, and Hot War is the terrifying conclusion to Cold City.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cold city, handiwork games, kickstarters, malcolm craig, Paul Bourne

Cold City and Hot War indie RPGs get new editions and academic study

October 31, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Malcolm Craig is now a senior lecturer in history and, as a game designer, published indie tabletop RPGs such as Cold City and Hot War.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cold city, handiwork games, Jon Hodgson, malcolm craig

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #109

July 16, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

The latest shipping delays at Wizards of the Coast even as we learn more about Fizban’s Treasury of Dragons and the return of gem dragons to the game, a fantastic charity bundle deal, Fragged Empire and Osprey’s Sigil & Shadow.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Accessible Games, animal adventures, arcknight, astate, avatar legends, bundle of holding, charity, chromatic dungeons, cubicle 7, D101 Games, Diana Jones Award, dms guild, doctor who, Dream Realm Storytellers, Dungeons & Dragons, en publishing, fasa, Fire Ruby Designs, Fizban's Treasury of Dragons, flames of freedom, fragged empire, Free League Publishing, Freyja's Tears, gaxx worx, ghostfire gaming, gildor games, Greg Stolze, grim hollow, Iron Crown Enterprises, jackals, James Wyatt, jp chapleau, just crunch games, Keith Baker, Loke BattleMats, luke gygax, magpie games, malcolm craig, midlam miniatures, mork borg, neverending, onebookshelf, OpenQuest, osprey games, Paizo Publishing, Palladium Books, R. Talsorian Games, rod wiebel, rogue trooper, Rolemaster, routinely itemised, savage pathfinder, sigil & shadow, starfinder, Steamforged Games, Symbaroum, tales from the loop, the dee sanction, The Wild Beyond the Witchlight: A Feywild Adventure, tsr games, uk games expo, Vampire: The Masquerade, Victoriana, wizards of the coast, wonderfiled

Exclusive: a|state 2e cover reveal and sign-up launch

July 7, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

a|state is a world of both beautiful and baroque, a sprawling urban nightmare, with the second edition based on Forged in the Dark.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: astate, forged in the dark, handiwork games, Jon Hodgson, malcolm craig

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