There’s no doubt that Dungeons & Dragons had an amazing year. Dungeons & Dragons 5e toped the ICv2 bestseller charts every quarter. The natural rival is Paizo Publishing’s Pathfinder, and this game also had an interesting year with the playtest for Pathfinder 2e underway. Here we find two titans of the fantasy RPG genre. But […]
Redesigned The Witcher TRPG character sheet
A tabletop version of CD Projekt Red’s popular The Witcher roleplaying game is now available for purchase. It’s a dark and deadly game, and when I did my review of it, I noted just how complex it could become with a lot to keep track of. I didn’t have any grumbles about the official The […]
Dark and Deadly: A review of The Witcher tabletop RPG
This is a review of The Witcher tabletop RPG from a roleplayer who is well aware of The Witcher computer game but who has never played it. As a result of reading, re-reading the 330+ pages of the tabletop game and playing through some scenes and melees I am now even more tempted by the […]
Fans demand Zach McGown as Geralt of Rivia in The Witcher
Netflix has a holding page for their The Witcher series which says the show will be out in 2018. Really, so soon? The witcher Geralt, a mutated monster hunter, struggles to find his place in a world where people often prove more wicked than beasts. But who is going to play the titular Witcher? Ask […]
Download The Witcher tabletop RPG today
Cody and Lisa Pondsmith are the listed authors of The Witcher RPG from R. Talsorian Games. It’s the official tabletop game of CD Projekt Red’s The Witcher computer game. It is one of the big-name releases from this year’s Gen Con. Set in the middle of the 3rd Nilfgaardian War the White Wolf, Geralt of […]
This is what The Witcher RPG will look like
It’s funny how some RPGs manage to sneak up on you. The Witcher has managed to sneak up on me, and I wonder if, in part, that’s because I’m yet to play the game. I know everyone raves about it. I should play it. Same with Twin Peaks. I’ve not watched it. I should. It’s […]
Yennefer of Vengerberg cosplay
Yennefer of Vengerberg is a character from The Witcher 3. In this photograph by Kyara17 we have cosplayer Darkicelady as Yennefer. You can see more of Kyara’s art on her Facebook page.
RPG Humour… so you had a rare sword
I’ve done this in computer RPGs and tabletop games where a historic or once favourite weapon fell behind the curve.
The Witcher 3: The Sword Of Destiny trailer
The Witcher 3: The Wild Hunt is due out early in 2015 and will be available for Xbox One, PlayStation 4 and PC. This game brings some changes. CD Projekt Red have always favoured the non-linear approach and with The Witcher 3 they’ve turned to the open world format. In the game you can explore […]
The roleplayers’ analysis of Microsoft’s E3 – so far
E3 is the big game expo. It’s Monday and Microsoft have been speaking. Let’s take a look at their announcements and have a go at sorting the games into roleplaying tiers. The theory is this; there are computer roleplaying games which do what they can to recreate the RPG experience with a console or computer, […]
