The Many Faces of Doctor Who Here’s a mystery. How can it be that Titan Comics have released a Doctor Who: The Thirteenth Doctor story before Jodie Whittaker has even aired on the BBC? The answer is to manage your expectations. This entire issue – not number 1, number 0 – is set in the […]
Hostage to Heritage: A review of Lost Fleet Corsair
Lost Fleet Corsair Jack Campbell’s Lost Fleet was the first sci-fi military novel I enjoyed. Wait, wait… I’m not saying Lost Fleet was the first sci-fi I enjoyed. Of course not. It’s just that I found the first military variants of the genre I tried to read to be pedantic and uncharismatic. They worried about […]
The code is our lifeblood: A review of Killtopia
Killtopia is a 52-page, full colour, sci-fi comic from writer Dave Cook and illustrator Craig Paton. Dave Cook’s work has been featured before on Geek Native with the likes of comic book Bust and then Vessels. The story was the same each time; a sensible Kickstarter that didn’t muck around and an output that pleased […]
Our final battle – a review of Degenesis: Rebirth Edition
Search for Degenesis: Rebirth Edition I’m trying not to buy any more roleplaying games; I don’t need any more, and especially not fat hardbacks that strain my poor shelves. But l had to have Degenesis. All 700 pages from the two core rulebooks spoke to me, in the way books sometimes do, whispering of impressive […]
Beware the manpig: A review of Factory
Factory caught my eye at the start of the year when Geek Native was able to share a preview. Since the first Volume of Factory, a collection of the first three books, is out this month, I opted to take a closer look this week. I described it as “Fallout meets Mad Max” then and […]
Life in the caldera city: A review of Children of Artifice
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. […]