The House of War and Witness from Gollancz is written by a trilogy; Linda Carey, Louise Carey and M.R. Carey. It’s a historic ghost story of sorts. There are two types of ghost stories; horrors and those with a twist. The House of War and Witness is in the latter camp. That’s not to say […]
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 […]
Another Star in the Night: A Review of River of Heaven
The pathway to the stars is paved with the bodies of the fallen. The slow drift from Earth into the cold void has not gone without hitch or sacrifice along the way. Greed, politics, ideology, nationalism – these and more have made the journey along the River of Heaven a hard one – and yet, […]
Nostalgia you never knew you had: A Nadia – The Secret of Blue Water review
Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water is being re-released by Animatsu in the UK later this month. I never saw any of the original run but watching the series for the first time summoned up plenty of nostalgia. The original run was back in 1990. The show ran for a year, notching up some 39 […]
Serious Disruption: Review of Luther Arkwright: Roleplaying Across the Parallels
The multiverse holds infinite possibility and diversity. Unfortunately, some individuals don’t appreciate that chaotic state of affairs and seek to impose an oppressive and entropic order. The Disruptors want to return the multiverse to a collapsed state, as was the case in the youthful eons of existence, and to that end seek the union of […]
Apocalyptic Survey: A Review of Dee Dee’s Seattle Survival Guide
Props can be a mighty powerful tool at the gaming table. Almost anything that can draw focus, enlighten or provide some sense of reality can make all the difference. While too many props can be a distraction, a scattering of flavourful colour can really engage the table with the game. At conventions, I have found […]
The Old Made New Again: A Review of the Lone Wolf Adventure Game
When I was a kid, I was an adventure book hoarder. I had an entire bookshelf full of them. Every day, before I got on the bus for elementary school, I’d take this small black briefcase and fill it with adventure books and bring it to school. I was running a one-man lending library right […]
Heal Thy Self: Review of the The Eighth Doctor Sourcebook
I saw a picture of Sylvester McCoy on the cover of the Doctor Who magazine yesterday. Age suits him, as do his sideburns. For some reason, by this morning, his image had reminded me of adventures past, probably because I’ve been reading Cubicle 7’s Eighth Doctor Sourcebook. While previous Sourcebooks have served up descriptions of […]
For chaos and love: A review of Elric Stormbringer
Elric Stormbrnger is the second hardcover graphic novel in the remastered and entirely masterful series from Michael Moorcock. I really enjoyed the first – Elric: The Ruby Throne – and Stormbringer picks up straight away. We’ve an Emperor of a powerful (but not as powerful as they once were) and chaos worshiping set of warriors […]
Annoyed at Shakespeare: A review of Magic of Myths – Faerie
Magic of Myths: Faerie was launched at the Birmingham Comics Festival this year and is by the same team behind Magic of Myths. The Faerie story is a fantasy based, roughly, on some of the characters from William Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream – and not all of them are happy with the play. Robin, […]
