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Tanks and Tankards aims to show D&D’s RPG engine can power armoured WWI armoured combat

June 14, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

I don’t doubt the history skills of the team, but typos in the story pitch on Kickstarter won’t reassure people.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, kickstarters, World War II

Short film: Murphy

December 22, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It’s the Second World War and an English paratrooper has been forced to land in a forest. He’s wounded, unable to move but that’s not the least of his problems. A little woodland creature has found the soldier and taken an interest in him. What could go wrong? This is an ISART Digital film and […]

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: short film, World War II

Dem feels: A review of Giovanni’s Island

October 19, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

I was able to watch Mizuho Nishikubo’s Giovanni’s Island in a cinema during an anime film festival. I could hear people in the row behind me sniffing and sobbing quietly towards the end. We call that effect ‘dem feels’ in anime fandom. There’s plenty of anime fans who’ll appreciate a good ‘dem feels’ story. The […]

Filed Under: Movies Tagged With: reviews, scotland loves anime, World War II

A look inside: Cthulhu at War

December 22, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Cthulhu at War bundle from Pelgrane Press available at RPGNow is a little different from other bundles. It putss together Cthulhu adventures from two companies; Pelgrane Press and from Modiphius. Pelgrane has their award winning Trail of Cthulhu while Modiphius have their Kickstarter superstar success Achtung! Cthulhu series. The bundle offers a cash saving […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Achtung! Cthulhu, cthulhu, Modiphius, Pelgrane Press, Sarah Newton, Trail of Cthulhu, World War II

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

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