• About
    • Policies
    • Write For Us
    • Ads
    • How We Earn Money
  • Email Digest
  • Patreon
  • Shop
  • Resources
    • Archives
    • Conventions
    • Chat Portal
    • Free eBooks
    • Latest TTRPG News Summary
    • RPG Tips
    • RPG Tools
    • Short Film Roulette

Geek Native

From the land of Geek

  • Books
    • Comics
  • Games
    • Console
    • Mobile
    • PC
    • Tabletop & RPGs
  • Geek Stuff
    • Cool Tech
    • Art
    • Interviews
    • Sites
    • GameWyrd
      • Echoes from the Wyrd
      • Famous Last Words
      • The Lost Archives
      • Weird Awards
      • Wyrd Reviews
  • Movies
  • Music
  • TV
    • Anime
    • Online Shows

Game designer Matthew McFarland closes his company after abuse allegations

February 17, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood 3 Comments

Matthew McFarland will close Growling Door Games. In a brief blog post the company said; It is with great sadness that we announce that we are shutting down Growling Door Games, Inc. Matt will be addressing the specific reasons for the shutdown sometime soon. Backers of Growling Door Games’ Undead Kickstarter have been reassured that […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Indie Press Revolution, Matthew McFarland, onyx path publishing

Will Chill 3e’s Undead sourcebook shamble to life?

October 22, 2017 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Matthew McFarland’s Kickstarter for Undead, the third sourcebook for Chill 3rd Ed, finishes on Halloween. At the time of writing it has more than $13,000 in the pot on a $16,000 goal. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/playattentiongames/undead-a-sourcebook-for-chill-3rd-edition-horror-r A pledge of $15 gets you the PDF copy of Undead if the Kickstarter hits targets. $25 means you’ll get both the […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: chill, horror, kickstarters, Matthew McFarland, undead

Something dangerous brews: The Onyx Path Publishing team lift the lid on Beast

June 17, 2015 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Onyx Path Publishing have had a run of very successful Kickstarters, built up a loyal fan base and developed a reputation for both looking after popular RPGs and innovation. The latest project is a Kickstarter for Beast: The Primordial which is going strong. This is a brand new title, that’s had some controversy and plenty […]

Filed Under: Interviews, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: CCP, kickstarters, Matthew McFarland, onyx path publishing, richard thomas, white wolf, world of darkness

Will it be a spooky success? Chill 3rd edition goes to Kickstarter

October 2, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Halloween is at the end of this month. Come Halloween we’ll known whether Matthew McFarland’s 4 Kickstarter is successful. This time round his Growling Door Games is attempting to bring about the return of Chill. [Back this Campaign] I’m a fan of games like this. Whispering Vault, Kult… and even Beyond the Supernatural are all […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: chill, horror, kickstarters, Matthew McFarland

Who scares the best? Top 10 best Horror sellers at DriveThru Fiction

October 23, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

DriveThru Fiction is the sister site to DriveThru RPG. It doesn’t take a natural 20 on an Int Roll to work out that the online shop sells books and might be a good guide to what gamers are buying. With help from One Book Shelf, the site’s owners, we’ve had a look at the best […]

Filed Under: Books Tagged With: Arc Dream Publishing, cthulhu, Delta Green, Dennis Detwiller, Greg Stolze, halloween, horror, Joseph Carriker, Kenneth Hite, lovecraft, Matthew McFarland, Monica Valentinelli, Pelgrane Press, Ray Winniger, Rob Heinsoo, robin d laws, white wolf, world of darkness

Quick Links

  • Archives
  • Become an Event Sponsor
  • Chat Portal
  • Cookie Policy (UK)
  • Geek Conventions
  • Kickstarter Heat
  • Newsletter
  • Patreon
  • Resources
  • RPG Publisher Spotlight
  • Social Media
  • Podcast: Audio EXP

Info

  • Contact Us
  • Corrections
  • Privacy

Columns

  • Quick RPG news summaries
  • Quick mini-reviews
  • Quick highlights podcast
  • Recent Kickstarters 
  • Competitions!

Follow Us

Social Media

Recent Posts

  • Hexcrawl review: Fly Me to the Moon
  • Solving the RPG scheduling problem: Holger from Groupfinder discusses LFG safety
  • A Spaceship Name Generator inspired by The Culture and John Scalzi

Supporters

  • Patreon

Copyright © 2025 · News Pro Theme on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in

Want cookies?

To provide the best experiences, we and our partners use technologies like cookies to store and/or access device information. Consenting to these technologies will allow us and our partners to process personal data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this site and show (non-) personalized ads. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions.

Click below to consent to the above or make granular choices. Your choices will be applied to this site only. You can change your settings at any time, including withdrawing your consent, by using the toggles on the Cookie Policy, or by clicking on the manage consent button at the bottom of the screen.

Functional Always active
The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.
Preferences
The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.
Statistics
The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for statistical purposes. The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
Marketing
The technical storage or access is required to create user profiles to send advertising, or to track the user on a website or across several websites for similar marketing purposes.
Statistics

Marketing

Features
Always active

Always active
  • Manage options
  • Manage services
  • Manage {vendor_count} vendors
  • Read more about these purposes
Manage options
  • {title}
  • {title}
  • {title}
 

Loading Comments...
 

    pixel