Last month Paradox Interactive announced it had annexed White Wolf. After a string of problems, White Wolf’s parent company took the RPG publisher’s independence away and declared it would be getting out of writing and making tabletop games. Instead, said Paradox, it would manage the World of Darkness brand and look for partners to bring […]
The best selling sci-fi RPGs of 2018
Old and new titles pepper the best selling sci-fi games of the year.
Free League’s Forbidden Lands RPG offers a twist to the classic fantasy
In the game, players take on the roles of rogues and raiders, not heroes, who are brave and bold enough to carve out their names in a cursed world.
Vampire the Masquerade 5e on Amazon for twice the recommended price
The fifth edition of Vampire the Masquerade hasn’t had an easy ride but some people are very keen to get it. I’m in that group so I was watching Amazon. The game launched at GenCon on the third of August and, as noted at the time, was hard to get hold off. You can now […]
20% off for the August 20th birthday: Lovecraft turns 128
August 20th is H. P. Lovecraft’s 128th birthday. Despite the writer’s racist views, strong even for his time, he has become a major influence on modern horror. The OneBookShelf family are offering 20% off on a wide range of Cthulhu, Great Old One and Lovecraft flavoured items for the next few days. Let’s take a […]
Hope clouds observation: There’s a Dune RPG coming
Denis Villeneuve, the filmmaker responsible for Blade Runner 2049 and Arrival, is rebooting Dune. Frank Herbert’s novel has become legendary, lasting beyond his death and first seeing a big picture adaptation by David Lynch in 1984. In the original movie, Kyle MacLachlan played the lead role as Paul Atreides and according to The Hollywood Reporter […]
Discover the winners of the ENnies 2018 RPG Awards
Gen Con hosted the ENnies last night and there’s a host of winners to announce. EN World shared the news this morning, along with a hat tip to the hosts Andy Hopp, Stacy Dellorfano, BJ Hensley, Mark Morrison and Amanda Valentine. Congratulations to everyone who took home a prize. It’s worth popping back to Geek […]
Vampire: The Masquerade 5th edition launches today
You can now buy Vampire: The Masquerade from select retailers. It’s Gen Con, and White Wolf has just released the 5th edition of the iconic game. If you need the game now you can visit World of Darkness.com or in physical form exclusively from Modiphius Entertainment. Modiphius is acting as the distributor, I don’t believe […]
The uncommonly adult RPG: Kult – Divinity Lost
This is a review of the Kickstarter version of the fourth edition of the Kult RPG. The Swedish publisher Helmgast AB ran the Kickstarter, produced the book and Modiphius are in the mix as distributors. How ‘adult’ is Kult – Divinity Lost? Kult is the only RPG in my collection that discusses safe words and […]
Mutant: Year Zero dishes out a Bundle of Holding
There’s a Mutant: Year Zero computer game coming up but this Bundle of Holding isn’t related to that. This is a way to get the RPG from Free League Publishing called Mutant: Year Zero which I reviewed and greatly enjoyed back in 2014. You’re a mutant based in the Ark, a community in the middle […]
