Free RPG Day is as it sounds – excellent – and a chance to get your paws on some free RPG loot. Created by the distribution company Impressions, the goal of Free RPG Day is to inspire roleplayers to pick up a new RPG and give it ago. Persuading gamers to try new games is […]
Paizo launch Pathfinder comic
More Pathfinder news from Paizo today and it’s not about the challenge the MMO faces on Kickstater. Paizo, in conjunction with Dynamite, are launching a Pathfinder comic book. The series will be written by Jim Zubkavich, art by Andrew Huerta and covers from the likes of Lucio Parillo, Matteo Scalera, Dave Dorman and Erik Jones. […]
Goblinworks turns to Kickstarter: Pathfinder Online faces investor objections
The headline news is that you can now get a piece of Pathfinder Online fame by being a backer at Kickstarter. At the time of posting, 463 gamers had done just that, raising more than $33,000 and with one of the three $5,000 top tier pledges already gone. We’re a day into the project. However, […]
Paizo haul in Adam Daigle to boost Pathfinder
Freelancer Adam Daigle is being pulled in by Paizo to work full time on Pathfinder. Daigle has written for the popular game before – starting with Bestiary #19 back in 2009 as well as features like “In the Fiend’s Grasp” and “Uringen”. Daigle will be working with Creative Director James Jacbons and developer Rob McCreary. […]
The Angus Abranson interview: A look inside Chronicle City
Angus Abranson is very well known within RPG circles and is associated with games like The One Ring, Doctor Who and The Laundry Files. Along with Dave Allsop he co-founded Cubicle 7 in 2003, secured backing from Rebellion in 2009 and took it fulltime. The surprise came in November 2011 when Angus announced he was […]
Pathfinder RPG becomes a comic book
Paizo Publishing have granted Dynamite Entertainment a license to create and publish a Pathfinder comic book. As Paizo is quick to point out; Pathfinder is now tied with Dungeons & Dragons as the best-selling hobby RPG. It was first published in 2009. Dynamite is a little older, founded in 2004, it now has a range of […]
The Pathfinder MMO
Paizo has licensed the rights to a MMORPG based on Pathfinder. Pathfinder, which out sold Dungeons & Dragons this year according to some analysts, will be developed by Goblinworks as a massively multi-player online RPG. Goblinworks is an independent, Seattle based, company and brings Mark Kalmes (Microsoft, Cryptic Studios and CCP) to the table. Kalmes […]
Paizo will host PaizoCon2012 to celebrate 10 years
Next year, Paizo will have been going for 10 years and their Pathfinder RPG will celebrate its 5th anniversary. PaizoCon, held at the Marriot Redmond Town Center in Redmond, will run from July 6th to July 8th in 2012. PaizoCon 2012 will have three days of workshops, games, panels and special guests. Registration is open […]
Pathfinder tops summer RPG sales
ICv2’s quarterly chart of the best selling RPGs is out and, as expected, Pathfinder tops the chart. There’s a different publisher on each of the top five positions with old favourites and newer entries like Green Ronin’s Dragon Age making the cut. IVc2 reports that games had a great summer – with CCGs and especially […]
Sexy pirate RPG covers for Talk Like a Pirate Day
You will have noticed that today is Talk LIke a Pirate Day. Sites are doing pirate things all over the web. All over the web pirate things are going on. Oh, wait, ahem… What will Geek Native do? Some clever, academic, geeky pirate essay? No. This blog will instead offer up a bunch of pirate […]
