Black Shell Games have put an ASCII-based RPG on Steam. If you don’t know what this is then you’re lucky; you’re young. This is an old skool computer RPG made up of text driven choices and illustrations composed of characters and symbols. The genre was born when traditional tabletop gamers started to take their hobby […]
Click and Kill: A review of Warhammer Quest
The original Warhammer Quest is a popular iOs game. This review is of the PC, Mac and Linux adaptation that’s now available through Steam. I played on the PC. I’ve had plenty of time to play this new version and it’s an enjoyable way to spend up to an hour distracting your brain. It’s a […]
Games Workshop and Chilled Mouse will release Warhammer Quest
On the 7th of January on Windows, Mac and Linux Chilled Mouse, Rodeo Games and Games Workshop will bring Warhammer Quest to Steam. The download is based on the classic Games Workshop board game and set in the Warhammer Fantasy world the turn based game has players explore dungeons in the Empire. The tactical game […]
Dicetiny soars to life
A while back Geek Native shared a peak at Dicetiny’s game cards. Now the project has launched on Kickstarter, is looking even better and has the “Staff Pick!” sticker. [Back this Campaign] Fakedice’s game is a four-player digital board game that mixes in RPG and CCG elements. I get riffs of Talisman from it. It’s […]
Middle Earth: Shadow of Mordor launch trailer
If I’m asked for famous Lord of the Rings games I’d say Cubicle 7’s The One Ring or MERP. These are tabletop RPGs. Can’t someone make a computer game that does as well? Rated 18, is Shadow of Mordor a candidate for this prestigous role – the best Middle Earth computer game of all time? […]
A sneak peak at Dicetiny’s game cards
Dicetiny is a forthcoming computer game from FakeDice. It’s a mix of fantasy adventure with board game. Consider it Monopoly meets a dungeon crawl with card collecting thrown in too. There are four classes to pick from and you can game alongside three other players. FakeDice aim to get Dicetiny into Steam Early Acccess this […]
A Rite from the Stars brings performance rewards to graphic adventures
Risin’ Goat are attempting to Kickstart a graphic adventure called A Rite from the Stars. I’m rather fond of the medium as a causal approach to gaming and find it quite cathartic. The Spanish studio think they’ve found a way to keep things simple and yet bring in a measure of performance. [Back this Campaign] […]
Privateer Press brings Warmachine: Tactics to Steam
It’s early access for Warhmachine: Tactics beta on Steam. This build version has online multiplayer with four armies (one warcaster, multpile warjacks and warrior units each) and a multiplayer map. For single players there’s a scenario designed to introduce the game before nudging people into multiplayer. There’s a lot to go until we reach the […]
Valve announce multiple Steam powered machines
Did you safely predict Valve would launch a SteamBox after yesterday’s SteamOS news? I did. I was wrong. The company has gone for multiple boxes, Steam Machines if you will, from a range of unnamed hardware partners. Valve aren’t happy with the PC world. For a start, the number of PCs being sold is dropping […]
Dungeons & Dragons: Chronicles of Mystara out today
I don’t think this is what the hobby means by Old School Renaissance. That said; if you fancy a bit of retro clone action with D&D then you can download Chronicles of Mystara. The download is a revamp of two classic D&D comptuer game titles; Tower of Doom and Shadow over Mystara. It’s a feast […]
