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The game designer challenge with Stan! Cyberpunk in Japan

February 22, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Stan! is a name that many gamers are familiar with. Along with Hyrum Savage, Stan! is a co-founder at Super Genius Games where he is both a Senior Producer and Designer. In the run up to Christmas he managed a successful Kickstarter for the Littlest Shoggoth, a Cthulhu for kids book, which is now at […]

Filed Under: Interviews, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: anime, cthulhu, Cyberpunk, Interface Zero 2.0, kickstarters, savage worlds, Stan!

Why is cyberpunk so popular? Let’s ask a Line Developer!

February 14, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

David Viars is the Line Developer for the cyberpunk RPG Interface Zero. As this post goes live Interface Zero 2.0 is rocking it on Kickstarter and the game is expanding before our eyes. Geek Native grabbed time from David for a catch up and questions. We talk about cyberpunk, Savage Worlds, the balance between systems […]

Filed Under: Interviews, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Chronicle City, Gun Metal Games, Interface Zero 2.0, kickstarters, Pinnacle Entertainment, savage worlds, sci-fi

Modiphius takes the Kickstarter gamble for Achtung! Cthulhu

February 12, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

There’s no doubt that Modiphius was making an impact with Achtung! Cthulhu. The blend of World War II and the Cthulhu mythos was so horrible that it was right. The multi-system approach was modern and widened the appeal of the game. Geek Native intervied Chris Birch in July 2012 and dug a little deeper into […]

Filed Under: Sites, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Achtung! Cthulhu, Call of Cthulhu, Chris Birch, cthulhu, kickstarters, Modiphius, savage worlds

Interface Zero 2.0: Full Metal Cyberpunk kickstarter

January 16, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

[Back this Campaign] Interface Zero 2.0 launched with lots of buzz. We’re a day or so into the Kickstarter campaign and the $10,000 goal has already been met. Gun Metal Games and David Jarvis have raised $16,200 with 240 backers and more than 40 days to go. They’ve two backers at the $350+ mark too. […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Chronicle City, Cyberpunk, Gun Metal Games, Interface Zero 2.0, kickstarters, savage worlds, Stan!

Achtung! Cthulhu Heroes of the Sea bubble up

November 14, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Modiphius’s Achtung! Cthulhu series continues with a new adventure set and its multi-game approach. Written by Sarah Newton, Heroes of the Sea, is available in a Call of Cthulhu version and a Savage Worlds version, with the latter requiring the Realms of Cthulhu supplement. Heroes of the Sea is 50% bigger than Three Kings, the […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Achtung! Cthulhu, Call of Cthulhu, Chris Birch, cthulhu, Modiphius, Sarah Newton, savage worlds

Sean Patrick Fannon leaves DriveThruRPG to help design your characters

September 17, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Sean Patrick Fannon has been at the helm of the community management around DriveThruRPG and RPGNow for a long while now and has done a stirling job. He’s moved on, though, to concentrate on his skills as a freelancer. In an interesting move he’s created a service called Your Savage Expert. In essence, Fannon draws […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: drivethrurpg, evil beagle games, savage worlds, sean patrick fannon

Interview with Chris Birch of Achtung! Cthulhu and Modiphius

July 25, 2012 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Chris Birch is the writer and game designer of the FATE based Starblazer Adventures space opera RPG published by Cubicle 7. He is the creative director at Joystick Junkies and runs the publishing imprint Modiphius. Birch, already a very busy man, has another RPG projecting going in the form of Achtung! Cthulhu – a World […]

Filed Under: Interviews, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Achtung! Cthulhu, Call of Cthulhu, Chris Birch, cthulhu, Modiphius, Sarah Newton, savage worlds, Trail of Cthulhu, World War II

The Caladon Falls for Savage Worlds Indiegogo project

April 23, 2011 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

We have the PDF for Caladon Falls and have had it for a while. It’s popular, scores an average of 4/5 on RPGNow and has generated a lot of “Can we have it print?” requests. This Indiegogo project is to turn the electronic Savage Worlds supplement from Savage Mojo into a 750 issue limited print […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: 7th Sea, Indiegogo, John Wick, Mage The Ascension, magic the gathering, savage worlds

Talisman Studios rebrands as Savage Mojo

December 13, 2009 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Here’s a story from the gaming world you don’t see very often – a rebranding. Talisman Studios, best known for their Savage Worlds and Mojo Rules games, will be changing their name to Savage Mojo. What they’re doing there is simply combining the names of their top two products; always a risk as it ties […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: savage mojo, savage worlds

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