This will be the 6th RPG Superstar contest from Pathfinder publisher Paizo. The goal is to find fresh talent in game design and represents a chance for game designers to have their work scrutinised by industry leads. Sign up at paizo.com/rpgsuperstar if you’re interested. What challenges do you face? There will be five RPG Superstar […]
Paizo to run huge open playtest for Mythic Adventures
Paizo Publishing had more than 55,000 gamers help playtest the preliminary rules for Pathfinder back in 2008. That’s a success they’re looking to recreate. Starting on the 14th, players will be able to download a free copy of the preliminary design document for Mythic Adventures from Paizo.com. The results of the playtest; suggestions, comments, corrections […]
An introduction to Indie+
What is Indie+? It is an online convention and hangout for gamers. It’s made possible by Google+ Events and Google’s rather awesome Hangouts (also part of Google+). Hangouts, if you’re not familiar with them, are super easy to use video chats that support many people at once. They represent a virtual table as much as […]
The best selling RPGs of the summmer (2012)
Industry watchers ICv2 have released their count of the top five selling roleplaying games this summer. Tallies will always differ but ICv2 run interviews with manufacturers, distributors and retailers. The top five are; Pathfinder (Paizo Publishing) Dungeons & Dragons (Wizards of the Coast) Dark Heresy/Rogue Trader/Deathwatch (Fantasy Flight Games) Dragon Age (Green Ronin Publishing) Dungeon […]
Kobold Press release the Midgard campaign setting
Kobold Press have published a 296-page Midgard Campaign Setting is one of deep magic, seven regions flavoured by Central and Eastern Europe and fantasy. The two year project was lead by Wolfgang Baur, Jeff Grubb and Brandon Hodge and involved the Open Design community. The setting, containing adventures and sourcebooks, is compatible with Dungeons & […]
D&D versus Pathfinder – battlefield Google
Awesome Dice have put their search research hats on and dug into marketing data to compare Dungeons and Dragons to Pathfinder. The dice co have put together a cracking, long, well researched post over here and provided some handy charts for it. What is Geek Native going to do? We’re re-using the eye candy, the […]
The Gamers: Dorkness Rising spawns a Pathfinder Kickstarter
The Gamers is a basement budget film, a friendly spoof, on gaming from Matt Vancil and Dead Gentlemen Productions. The Gamers: Dorkness Rising is a sequel, set in the same gaming world, but focuses on a different playing group. So, what’s Gamers: Dorkness Rising like? Wikipedia notes, in the style section, that Gary plays a […]
Interview with Jim Zub, lead writer for the Pathfinder comics
Jim Zub is a writer and artist based in Toronto, Canada. He has worked for Capcom, Hasbro, Namco-Bandai and others. Jim’s the lead writer on the new Pathfinder comics and has agreed to do a Q&A interview with Geek Native. Geek Native quoted Jim along with the first art teasers from the series. He said; […]
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. […]
Raging Swan Press launch Cultists of Havra Zhoul with free teaser
Cultists of Havra Zhoul is a GM’s resource for the Pathfinder RPG. Published by Raging Swan Press, written by Pierre Van Rooden, the download presents the secretitive cult, its apparant dedication to law and how it has really fallen into darkness and corruption. “I am Havra Zhoul. Respect me. Obey me. Fear me. If you […]
