To keep us going from shopping frenzy to shopping frenzy DriveThruRPG and family run the Christmas in July sale. At the time of writing this post, there are just over 12 days left in the sale. That may seem a lot but there are over fifty thousand items with 25% off! Ouch. Let’s hope we […]
Genre Police: The Mother Of All Punks!
Hi guys, welcome back to genre police. Now we’re done looking at fantasy, we’re going to deal with a different section genre you can smash into you games. That’s right, it’s time to look at the ‘Punk’ genres. In particular, we are gonna start with the originator and how it set a standard for all […]
A World Without (Dice Pool) Limits: A Review of Shadowrun: Anarchy
Ah, Shadowrun. Perhaps one of tabletop gaming’s most evocative settings, saddled with one of its most complex role-playing systems. For years, gamers have marveled over Shadowrun’s amazing world where Man meets Magic and Machine, then backed away slowly when they hit waves of rules concerning character creation, combat, magic, the Matrix (Shadowrun’s virtual reality internet), and so much more. There […]
The 5 best selling RPGs for Spring 2015
Just last year D&D was in 4th place on IcV2’s chart. ICv2’s chart for the top 5 roleplaying games for the spring of 2015 is now out. Given the launch of D&D 5e it might be no surprise to see the iconic title back at the top. Wizards of the Coast will be pleased. Dungeons […]
Back for the Fourth Time: A Review of Earthdawn, 4th Edition
(Note: this review is based on the Kickstarter release of Earthdawn’s fourth edition, which is not yet commercially available. Links to Earthdawn in this review refer to the first edition of the game, released in 1993). In my high school years, FASA’s Earthdawn was one of the defining games of my roleplaying hobby. An awesome setting that […]
Shadowrun: Hong Kong grows by $150K in extra funding every day
Harebrained Schemes have been knocking it out of the virtual park with their Shadowrun cRPG games and it has been Kickstarter backing that’s made that possible. Little wonder this latest campaign is drawing in megabucks. Check out the details on the official page. [Back this Campaign] The campaign has to hit $100,000 by Feb 17. […]
5 ENnie award winners already announced as voting opens
5 ENnie award winners already announced as voting opens Team EN World opened the voting booth for the 2014 ENnie Awards this week. Voting started with 5 winners being announced for the 2014 Judges’ Spotlight award. So, who won? Hobomancer Companion from Hex Games Deep Magic from Kobold Press Rocket Age RPG from Cubicle 7 […]
Gamer legend: A review of the Art of Ian Miller
Ian Miller is an artist that old school gamers will know well. He drew for the first edition of Warhammer 40,000 and Realms of Chaos. He illustrated for Shadowrun and sister Earthdawn as well as Everway. Miller worked on Fighting Fantasy game books and has featured on covers for the likes of H.P. Lovecraft, William […]
Spend $20 and save $300 at DriveThru RPG!
Two new bundles have been uploaded to Drivethru RPG this morning. They caught my eye. Mega bucks of saving. DTRPG 10th Annivesary (RPG) Bundle is normally worth $150.42 but you can have it for $10 DTRPG 10th Anniversary (RPG 2) Bundle costs $168.16 outside the sale but is currently priced at only $10 This means […]
Golem Arcana attempts a whole new board game genre
[Back this Campaign] There’s an impressive pedigree of talent on this project. We’ve got Jordan Weisman at the helm. He’s already help create BattleTech, Shadowrun, Earthdawn as well as the click base concept you see for MageKnight and Heroclix. Harebrained Schemes have had some serious Kickstarter success in the past. Is Golem Arcana a step […]