This week Geek Native reported on nearly $300 of RPG savings for just a $20 spend on DriveThru RPG. What’s going on? The site has turned 10 and is marking the occassion with a big sale. DriveThru Comics is a much younger site but it’s own sales page admits the following; DriveThruRPG is turning 10 […]
Victorian-era Baker Street RPG: The world of Sherlock Holmes
[Back this Campaign] In the States a judge may have ruled that Sherlock Holmes is now Public Domain but this RPG has the official backing of the Conan Doyle Estate. Baker Street from Kirby Young and Fearlight Games is set after the Reichenbach Falls encounter, when Sherlock is believed to be dead and yet cases […]
7 Weird & Wonderful Tales from London
The Cubicle 7 team has been scouring the darkest corners of London seeking forbidden knowledge for their Kickstarter project Cthulhu Britannica: London. Writer David Wade invites you to join him to peruse a selection of weird and wonderful tales from the city. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/461807648/cthulhu-britannica-london-call-of-cthulhu-rpg-boxe/ [Find out more] 1. The Oldest Mummy in the World In 1892, […]
It’s the Sherloch Ness Monster
You don’t need to be Sherlock Holmes to recognise this monster. Nope. At a glance you can tell this is the Sherloch Ness Monster. Designed by Sean Matthew Leary this t-shirt design is available at Redbubble.
Sherlock Holmes: The Breath of God review
What’s this? A book featuring Sherlock Holmes, arguably the world’s greatest detective (unless you count Danger Mouse1) and the supernatural? How could this work, and should it even be attempted? Luckily for me, instead of discounting the novel as some form of sacrilege, recently I had my views broadened from reading an interesting article from […]
Exclusive extract: The Encounters of Sherlock Holmes
This month we asked George Mann whether authors should consider Conan Doyle’s vision of Sherlock Holmes sacroscant. Mann was a good person to ask as he did the hard work and edited the anthology The Encounters of Sherlock Holmes which is a collection of stories about the great detective from steampunk, horror and assorted authors. […]
Should authors tinker with Conan Doyle’s vision of Sherlock Holmes?
Should authors extend the legacy of the Sherlock Holmes? If they do; should they pitch the great detective against zombies, Daleks or insidious body snatching aliens? The Encounters of Sherlock Holmes , a new collection of adventures from Titan Books include stories from horror and steampunk authors like James Lovegrove, Paul Magrs, Guy Adams, George […]
Steven Moffat interviewed by his son
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5eu5xtc-x3k Steven Moffat’s son is on YouTube and – quite wisely – has dragged his dad in for some video interviews. Got to wonder how large this YouTube channel will grow. The good news is that you can leave your own questions for father Moffat below the video and have a chance of getting them […]
Who owns what?
This infographic is actually helpful — wait, surprise? It lets us know who owns Marvel movies, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Hobbit, DC, Sherlock Holmes (movies), Bond (UK), Spider-man (cos he’s differnt), Jason Bourne, X-Men, Fantastic Four, Avatar, Star Trek, Transformers, and oh… wait… what about The Terminator series?
Does Steven Moffat have a fall fetish?
This post is speculation and discussion that includes the last episodes of Sherlock season 2 and Doctor Who season 7. If you’ve yet to see both then there may be the evil spoilers of doom. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zfhyj9LpMX8 I’m not sure there’s much evidence for this but folks on Tumblr are beginning to ask; “Does Steven Moffat […]
