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RPG Ideas: Running games in a historical context
Tim Chant is a gamer and author (and baker) based in Edinburgh. His latest project, The Frost Fair, asks ‘what if?’. What if history worked out slightly differently. Would the world be very different? Geek Native invited Tim to suggest some ideas for running RPGs in a historical context and he stepped up to the […]
11 Discord servers to interest tabletop and RPG fans
Discord is a popular gaming app available on desktop or mobile. It’s a cross between a voice system like Skype and a chatroom. If you’re familiar with Slack from work then you might find it similar. There are RPGs being developed, like the gorgeous Break, where the authors and illustrators are sharing progress and answering […]
Mega-Cool: A Review of Savage Rifts: The Tomorrow Legion Players Guide
It doesn’t take much more than flipping through the first few pages of the Savage Rifts: Tomorrow Legion Players Guide to know that writer Sean Patrick Fannon has a deep love of the gonzo sci-fi setting first introduced to the world by Palladium Books in 1990. Fannon’s take on the material is significantly more than a straight […]
The Weird War I is coming
There’s two weeks left to add funds to Pinnacle’s Weird War I – Savage Worlds Kickstarter. They’re funded already; at $25,000 from nearly 350 backers as this post is written against a campaign goal of just $8,000. You can check out the current funding levels here. [Back this Campaign] There’s no cheap “show interest” tiers […]
Urban fantasy meets Savage Worlds: Olympus Inc
Olympus Inc is an urban campaign setting for Savage Lands and it’ll be available if Fabled Environments are able to hit their $8,500 goal on Kickstarter. There’s more than two weeks left on the clock, at the time of writing, and they’re more than halfway there. For the latest stats check the campaign page. [Back […]
Victorian Horror: Rippers Resurrected comes to life on Kickstarter
Pinnacle Entertainment Group have another Kickstarter success on their hands. At the time of writing there are just three days left on the Savage Worlds: Rippers Resurrected RPG campaign. PEG asked for $5,000 and have over $65,000 in the bank. You can check out the full details on Kickstarter. [Back this Campaign] People are thinking […]
Carolina Game Tables find their legs on Kickstarter
I’m trying to think if I’ve ever seen a successful pitch for a specialised game table on Kickstarter until Carolina Game Tables came along. This one is a winner; asking for $15,000 and beating $20,000. At the time of writing there’s more than a day to go and a tally of $25,000 isn’t impossible. You […]
Hellish weaponry: Shane Hensley chats about the weird west and The Sixth Gun
Oni Press and Pinnacle Entertainment Group are running a Kickstarter for The Sixth Gun. It’s a weird west RPG based on the comic book The Six Gun. You can check out the pitch video below, the campaign page here and our Q&A with PEG’s Shane Hensley, Scott Woodard, and Cullen Bunn by scrolling down. [Back […]
Roll20’s survey shows Dungeons & Dragons still dominates the RPG hobby
D&D or Pathfinder? That’s a question which has done the rounds. The market stats from ICv2 seem to have been telling a consistent story over recent years; Pathfinder rises and Dungeons & Dragons drops. The latest survey suggested D&D was in 4th place. There’s a catch though. It’s not just that few groups were buying […]