Free League Publishing’s RPG Tales from the Loop took Best Game and a host of other Ennies in 2017. The game’s rules are based on Mutant: Year Zero and while you can get the game from FLP’s site now you’ll have to wait until September for it to arrive on Amazon. In 1954, the Swedish […]
Monte Cook announces Numenera 2
At Gen Con 50 Monte Cook Games announced Numenera 2. According to a tweet from Total Party Thrill’s Shane there are two books. The first is Numenera 2 Discovery which is designed to replace the original Numenera core book but not the whole line. Monte Cook’s latest Numenera release was just a few days […]
Chaosium leads the 2017 ENnie nominees. Can you pick a winner?
In this post you’ll get a list of all the nominees for the 2017 ENnies. We’ve added up all the nominations each publisher has picked up. Our math puts Chaosium up in front but the chasing pack is strong. Who do you think will be there? First of all you’ve a chance to vote for […]
Roll20 signs Monte Cook Games
Monte Cook Games has signed on Roll20 as their official “virtual gaming space” partner. Roll20.net is a cross between a web conference and virtual tabletop which is specially designed for tabletop gamers. Charles Ryan, Chief Operating Officer of Monte Cook Games, said, Roll20’s interface and ‘tabletop’ experience is terrific for Cypher System gamers who can’t […]
Disqualifications strike the 2015 ENnies
The list of official 2015 ENnie nominations can be found below or at EN World. The list is a little different today as one nomination from the Best Electronic Book, Best Free Product and Product of the Year has been removed. The game in question is the unofficial Mass Effect RPG written by Don Mappin […]
Decrypting the Cyphers: A Preview of the Cypher System Rulebook
Sitting down to read – and then review – the Cypher System Rulebook from Monte Cook Games, it had me thinking: what are gamers expecting from this core generic package that they haven’t got in their hands already? The original Numenera setting had a very specific focus and provided the first look at the Cypher […]
Return Man to Dust: A Review of The Dark Spiral
Every game hopes to bring something new to the table, but as a reader you don’t necessarily grok the setting or the promise from the outset. Sometimes you’re left to your own devices. Other times, the publisher kindly serves up an introductory adventure or – even better – a whole campaign. By offering a set […]
A Strange End of Days: Review of Eschatology Code
With the still relatively recent release of The Strange, the new iteration of Monte Cook’s Cypher system first used in Numenera, Eschatology Code provides a quick and straight-forward adventure to get you started. Designed for running at conventions, and actually used by the Monte Cook Games team at Gen Con 2014 this summer, it offers […]
Get ready for Virtuacon 14
Virtuacon offers the best 3 days in virtual gaming. It’s coordinated via RPG Geek but run via the Virtuacon Google+ community. Games take place in Google Hangouts while programs like DiceStream and Roll20. If you’re not sure how that works then this video is recorded from actual gameplay from last year. Jacob Wood running a […]
The ENnie 2014 Awards: who are the winners?
It’s GenCon and that means one of the year’s biggest and most popular set of gaming awards: The ENNies. As usual competition was fierce. For almost all of the 20+ categories there were two prizes to fight for; gold and silver. Geek Native has the full list of winners below. Did anyone publisher thrash the […]
