Children of Artifice is the first book in a new series by Danie Ware. Ware’s last series a cyberpunk-or-is-it-fantasy about a rogue called Ecko that kept you guessing until the very end. Children of Artifice is a very different beast, it has a different tempo, sticks closer to fewer characters and whereas Ecko was set […]
Fear the Sea of Leaves: A review of the Summerland RPG
Summerland is the result of a successful Kickstarter by Greg Saunders. Looking back at the campaign I can’t quite pinpoint the moment I decided to back it, I have vague memories of having heard good things about Saunders, and I certainly liked the concept even if it was presented in a remarkably simple pitch. The […]
Steampunk Avengers: A review of Newbury & Hobbes – The Undying
I rather liked the look of the Newbury & Hobbes comic when Geek Native had the chance to share a preview of it last month. I toyed with the phrase ‘Steampunk Avengers’ then but shied away. I won’t any longer. Wait. I don’t mean the superheroes. In this instance, my use of the word Avengers […]
Dark and Deadly: A review of The Witcher tabletop RPG
This is a review of The Witcher tabletop RPG from a roleplayer who is well aware of The Witcher computer game but who has never played it. As a result of reading, re-reading the 330+ pages of the tabletop game and playing through some scenes and melees I am now even more tempted by the […]
Sergeant Nerd Games: A review of Banes
You can pick Banes up at DrivethruRPG for US$5 and its only 17 page long. The RPG accessory is a set of system-agnostic tips for adding weaknesses to monsters in exciting ways. Given that Banes is so cheap and lightweight it is not usually the type of RPG supplement sites like Geek Native will review. […]
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 […]
In space, no one can hear you plot: A review of The Singularity Trap
I spent one of my precious Audible tokens on The Singularity Trap, so I hoped it would be good. If you’re not familiar with Audible, then the tokens are a blessing and a curse. It’s a subscription service, and you get one token a month. You can get whichever audiobook you want with them – […]
Could you survive? A review of Middenarde
There’s no shortage of RPGs out there. The move to digital publishing has lowered the barriers to entry to such an extent that homebrew campaigns and rules appear every week on sites like RPGNow and DrivethruRPG. This plentiful supply of games is a silver lining worth adventuring for but the cost, the cloud it brings, […]
Up close and space opera – An Empire of Silence review
Empire of Silence is the début novel from Christopher Ruocchio and “The Name of the Wind” meets “Dune” is how some people are describing it, which is no mean feat! I think this is an excellent way to summarise the feel and the scope of the sci-fi. We have an autobiographical account from the exiled […]
Burn this book: A review of Fictional Alignment
To be clear, ‘Burn this book’ is the advice on the back cover of Fictional Alignment. Reading fiction, we’re reminded, is a criminal offence under The Fictional Alignment Act to read a work of fiction and that anyone doing so will be terminated. Terminated is the right word to use when killer robots from the […]