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Cartography craze: Your fandom’s nerdy maps beautifully illustrated

August 8, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Cartography is a beautiful focal point for any room. It looks fantastic, it's a discussion point, it's a flag of fandom, an icebreaker, a reference, and you will discover new details for months to come.

The Lord of the Rings RPG The One Ring funds a new edition, with a new publisher, in minutes

February 11, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

On schedule, Free League Publishing launched the Kickstarter for the new look and second edition of The One Ring RPG.

Revisiting geeky architecture with the Dark Crystal

February 18, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

As you would hope, they have the Castle of the Crystal (during the Skeksis' rule) as well as before.

Genre Police: Alienating half my readership by choosing High Fantasy!

January 21, 2018 by Ben Jackson-Ellery 2 Comments

Welcome to back Genre police, a new series of articles where I take a look at a genre or sub-genre, how it has been handled in gaming and how we can implement that in our games.…

The Eaves of Mirkwood out now

July 31, 2017 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Games Workshop used to see its share price flick up and down depending on how well the Lords of the Rings or Hobbit movies had done at the box office. They had the wargame and miniature license.…

Not something you see every day – The Orc Dance

November 27, 2015 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Have you ever accused someone of not being a “proper geek”? If so; you may not like what you’re about to see in The Orc Dance below. Or did you love it?…

80 fantasy plants that might appear in your next RPG [infographic]

September 12, 2015 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Do you run a fantasy RPG which has a world strangely filled with entirely mundane fauna and flora. How would that even happen? This infographic from AvasFlowers takes to the works of fiction to compile 80 of the best alternative plants into a single, handy, list.…

Cartography craze: Your fandom’s nerdy maps beautifully illustrated

The Lord of the Rings RPG The One Ring funds a new edition, with a new publisher, in minutes

Revisiting geeky architecture with the Dark Crystal

Genre Police: Alienating half my readership by choosing High Fantasy!

The Eaves of Mirkwood out now

Not something you see every day – The Orc Dance

80 fantasy plants that might appear in your next RPG [infographic]

Mordor built brick by LEGO brick

Cheesy Hobbit Valentine’s Day cards

Rule 63 Bilbo Baggins

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